New guitar that arrived in the shop in a damaged condition, the top edge lacquer and wood had been crushed. The repair involved inserting tiny pieces of wood, sanding and then adding some finishing touches locally and then lacquer…….hey presto! Good as new!
This is a typical repair job for me. A replacement nut after the original had lost a piece so I fitted a new one that needed cutting and filing to shape for a left handed guitar (so don’t be thinking the negative on the picture has reversed).
‘DADS’ guitar (as Dave would call it) is featured in Steve’s forthcoming book in great detail. The book is out Sept 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufUfvpg5XA
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What on earth are people doing with their guitars?? This one broke from the heel, not as serious so needed resetting and gluing. Also required a slight touch up with lacquer but other than that job’s a good ‘un. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoogY-UGio I am up early this morning as I head down to the home of Suzi Quatro. I had been listening to Suzi on the radio talking about guitars and the ladies that worked at the Kalamazoo factory and whilst I was working late on a guitar repair myself, I was distracted by this wonderful…
Les Paul TV previously owned by Eric Stewart of 10CC and Mick Ralphs of Bad Company. The Les Paul Junior was introduced in 1954 with a dark brown-over yellow lacquer giving intense shading on this entry/student model guitar. Les Paul and Mary Ford were extremely popular stars of the day and had their own TV…
I was asked by Eric to service this bass and take a look at the electrics because the volume pot was working intermittently. The trus rod needed slight adjustment but other than that it is lovely to see this guitar in such great condition. See this old clip to appreciate how well it has stood…
This was a job to repair a lacquer chip paying careful attention to get the colour right..
All of these guitars came to me for servicing during a break in their tour itinerary via George Borowski who was their guitar tech at the time. I got them all on the Tuesday and had to get them done for Thursday so working through the night was mandatory. Note green telecaster which needed a…
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