Restorations

This old Hofner bass had led an interesting life. There were many repairs and modifications made to it over the years. Most notable was defretting it and veneering over the fretboard to render it fretless. The owner wanted it restored to how it was way back when. Click on the images to experience this colorful story step-by-step!

This Gibson Custom Shop ES-339 had suffered a broken headstock, been reglued with a poor choice of glue, and then rebroken. In this situation, with old crusty glue contaminating the joint and making it difficult to fit back together and glue securely, we resort to inlaying wooden splines through the broken area to restore some solid wood and good glue joints to the weakened area. It's more expensive and more challenging to touch up, but it makes sense when your expensive guitar is broken and unplayable!

This 1959 Fender Precision Bass came in looking like it sat on the bottom of Lake Michigan for a while. Time for some major repair and restoration including a headstock rebuild. Click the photos below to read about each step pictured here!

This 1966 Gibson SG Jr. suffered some ill-advised and crudely-executed mods before we got our hands on it. Our job: just make it look right again. Click the pictures to read about the action. . .

This Martin D35 required some top crack repairs and had some top damage from that time the bridge decided to part ways with Ol' Flattop. Click the gallery photos to read a little bit about each step!