GUITARx

09/12/2024

This fine Gibson SJ200 once belonged to the famous bluesman John Lee Ho**er. His daughter brought it to me for a set up. A guitarist in her band will be using it at a blues festival in Arkansas next month.

05/20/2024

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02/12/2024

This 6 string Mountain Dulcimer came in needing some TLC. Frets were leveled, crowned, and polished. The Bridge and Nut, both mahogany, had broken corners that needed repaired. New strings tuned to D A D and now we’re ready for the hootenanny!

02/11/2023

Anthony brought the bass to me with a severe up-bowed neck. I mean it was really BOWED UP! The truss rod was not working properly and if it did, there was no way it would straighten out the neck. We needed a miracle. 🙏 After removing the neck, I clamped it into a back-bow using a steel bar and a big-ole C-clamp. Then wrapped the whole thing with a towel, placed several damp sponges around the towel, then wrapped the towel with an electric heating pad. Then it was sealed in a plastic bag and hung up to cure with some nice warm moisture for a couple of weeks.
Afterwards: 😇 Praise the Lord, the neck no longer had an up-bow and in fact with string tension it stayed straight. In fact it still has a tiny bump of back bow which had to be reduced judiciously with a wee bit of fret leveling. Of course to really fix it for optimal playability, I would need to replace the truss rod, level the fingerboard, then refret it. Well that wasn’t in the budget, so with some new strings and tweaking the action, I got it very playable. It’s not optimal, but what was once dead is now reserected with new life and ready to rock again. 🎸 Anthony is happy and Buster who came along to pick it up definately approves! 😃

01/16/2023

IT IS FINISHED!
This Korean made Harmony Marquis 12-string is finally ready play after about 2 years of sweat and toil. Work included: Glue up loose braces; Remove bridge and reinforced bridge plate; Remove Neck; Repair broken neck heal which snapped when removing the neck; Flatten bellied top; Rout out flat area for bridge; Made new bridge by hand and glued to top; Installed JLD Bridge Doctor to reinforce the bridge plate and top; Glued neck back on with existing dowels (not a dove-tail joint); Added screws to reinforce neck joint; Shimmed fingerboard extension to correct angle after neck-set; Removed frets; Leveled and radiused fingerboard; Stained fingerboard (its cheap oriental wood, not rosewood); Installed new frets, leveled/crowned/polished; Made new bone saddle; Made new bone nut; Set up action, voila it is finished!
If anyone wants to buy it, bring a truck load of money. 🤑

01/05/2023

This sweet Les Paul belongs to one of my customers and he’s selling it. I’ve done a lot of work on it over the years, bone nut, set-ups, new pickups, 50’s wiring, etc. 50’s neck feels great, great tone, not too heavy, and easy on the eyes. He’s asking $1700.

12/29/2022

Before and After: Removed the stock bridge on this Lap-Steel Guitar, then made a cover plate to cover the existing holes from the bridge posts, and installed a Certano Roller Bridge with a Certano String Bender.

11/06/2022

Larry digs his 1969 Telestar after getting an overhaul. I did a complete rewire with new pots and a jack. Then reglued a lifting fingerboard followed by a complete refret. Strung up to an alternate tuning of EBEG . Now it’s ready for strumming into a psychedelic trip down the rabbit hole where the giant mushrooms grow. Yeah dig it man!

09/02/2022

Stranger Things. No not the Netfix show, The Guitar!
A fake Chinese copy of a Les Paul.
Did I mention fretless?

07/21/2022

06/17/2022

Baby it’s hot outside. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR BABY’S SITTING IN A HOT CAR WHILE YOU’RE OUT N’ ABOUT!!! 🥵🎸