by Steve | Aug 19, 2014 | Fender, Repairs, vintage |
Getting Wilco’s guitarist’s favorite guitar ready to head back on the road. Hard not to be a little star-struck with this one. It’s a 1959 Fender Jazzmaster belonging to Nels Cline (Nels Cline Singers, Wilco) that’s now known as WATT. Nels got...
by Steve | Aug 7, 2013 | acoustic, acoustic pickups, Martin, neck reset, refret, Vintage Restoration |
Coming soon to a Wilco concert near you! This Martin OOO-28 needed the standard work-over for a guitar of that age and man, was it worth the trouble! We love working on old Martins here. They are repairman-friendly and always satisfying when they’re finished....
by Steve | Feb 22, 2011 | gibson, headstock, Refinish, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
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...
by Steve | Feb 12, 2010 | acoustic, resophonic, vintage |
Sometimes the guitar itself is more interesting than the repair. It would be a shame not to share some of those instruments. So with that in mind, presenting our first “Featured Guitar.” The owner of this Regal tenor resophonic guitar is something of a...
by Steve | Aug 3, 2009 | Archtop, binding, finish, Gretsch, Repairs, vintage |
When it rains it pours, and my partner Dan has been up to his elbows in binding repairs this year. Here, he replaces the dried and crumbling binding from a vintage Gretsch Country Gentleman. A common problem on vintage Gretsch guitars is the decay and crumbling of...
