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Chicago Fret Works - Guitar Repair

Vintage Les Paul TV Jr. – Neck Restoration

by Steve | Apr 18, 2012 | finish, gibson, headstock, Refinish, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 3 comments

Here’s a Gibson Les Paul Jr. that suffered a bad headstock break and a repair that was probably worse than the break itself!  It took undoing much of those old repairs, but we made it look right again. A client of ours spotted this TV yellow 1959 Les Paul Jr for...

Paul Reed Smith Headstock Rebuild

by Steve | Nov 22, 2011 | Customization, finish, headstock, Paul Reed Smith, Repairs, touch up, Vintage Restoration | 5 comments

After a serious fall – or more likely, several serious falls – this Paul Reed Smith ended up on the auction block. Here’s how we rebuilt the headstock and got it ready to rock again for the new owner. – This repair is becoming quite a specialty...

1952 Les Paul Goldtop – Headstock Rebuild

by Steve | Aug 17, 2011 | gibson, headstock, refret, Repairs, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 11 comments

You don’t saw the neck off a 1952 Gibson Les Paul without fully considering WHY one might do such a thing.  Lots of thought and care went into this repair and the outcome made it all worthwhile. The 1952 Goldtop is where it all began for the Gibson Les Paul....

Vintage Gibson Les Paul Headstock Repair

by Steve | Feb 22, 2011 | gibson, headstock, Refinish, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 1 comment

Keep looking folks. There are still great old guitars hiding under beds, in closets, and in basements. This one was abandoned in the basement of an apartment building and while it showed up in rough condition, it went home looking and sounding terrific. This is one...

Vintage Gibson Les Paul Jr. Restoration

by Steve | Apr 13, 2010 | finish, gibson, headstock, neck reset, refret, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, vintage | 3 comments

In this post, see how we made some ugly previous “repairs” look right and brought a great vintage Gibson back to life. This 1960 Gibson Les Paul Jr. is a terrific playing and sounding specimen. But it sure didn’t come in looking this great. After the...
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