Featured Guitar – Tele “Deluxe” ?
Well obviously this is a custom refin (not done here) and obviously it looks more like a Tele Custom than a Tele Deluxe, but it's pretty cool looking either way! Somewhere along the line, this Tele was modded with a Bigsby and a wide-range humbucker. The current owner...
Featured Instruments: A Pair of 1920’s Gibson Banjos
This pair, a four string tenor banjo and an eight string mandolin banjo from the 1920's, needed new heads and bridges and some TLC. They came to the right place. Here's a Gibson MB-1 and (maybe an enthusiast will help me out with this) a TB-1 or TB-3. They both...
Custom Guitar Refinishing – Gibson SG and Fender Precision Bass
Sometimes we have to get a little creative with refinishing. Here's what happens when someone wants an unusual color for their guitar. We had a couple of unusual projects recently that required some creative work with color. The owners of both this 70's Fender...
Vintage Gibson Les Paul Jr. Restoration
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 owner picked it...
Featured Guitar – 1973 Fender Tele Deluxe
Okay Tele Deluxe fans, what looks different on this guitar? And no, we don't mean the flower tattoo. That's right! It's the......Strat style tremolo! Not what we're used to seeing on these guitars at all. Neither of us had ever seen one of these in person and had to...
Featured Guitar – Vintage Regal Tenor Resophonic
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 tenor guitar...
Martin Headstock Repair
This Martin guitar took a serious fall, snapping the headstock off completely. See how we made it look like it never happened while keeping every bit of strength it had before. This is never how you want your Martin to look. But if your headstock does break off, you'd...
Attack of The Mossmen!
Two more vintage Mossman acoustics get the superhero treatment - a neck reset, refret, custom pick guard, and a new brace. Not long after posting photos of our previous Mossman neck reset, we received two more Mossman guitars that needed the same treatment, but with...
Vintage Gibson LG-1 Top Crack Repair
A family heirloom gets a new life for the next generation of strummers. We weren't sure we believed a phone caller who said his vintage Gibson acoustic guitar had a crack in the top that was open more than a quarter inch. But when he brought it in, sure enough that...
Greco Les Paul Copy – Refinish and Relic
Here's an early 1980's Greco Super Real Goldtop as it arrived in our shop. Take a look at how we gave it a more authentic and vintage appearance. The Greco Super Real is one of the more sought-after copies of the Gibson Les Paul. They consistently fetch upwards of...