by Steve | Mar 1, 2016 | Complete refinish, Fender, Refinish, refret, Vintage Restoration, Wilco
A look at restoring one of the earliest Fender electrics for Pat Sansone of Wilco and The Autumn Defense The members of Wilco make their music in our neighborhood and we’re lucky to see lots of beautiful instruments from their vast collections. When...
by Steve | Aug 13, 2015 | Complete refinish, Fender, finish, fret work / fretwork, Refinish, refret, Relic Service, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
First repair blog in a long time! This one was just too juicy to not write about. We brought a vintage Jazzmaster back to what it should look like after all these years. There was a time when lots of folks were stripping the finish off their 50’s and 60’s...
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 | May 30, 2013 | Fender |
Folks are sometimes surprised to hear baseball games rather than music on our radio. It’s definitely our other passion. The two worlds collide here, with this gorgeous La Cabronita style Tele that we built to be auctioned off at Cubs President Theo...
by Steve | May 22, 2013 | Amplifier Repair, Fender, Fender Amp, Pickups, Vintage Restoration
Last fall we received a donation to our Guitar Recycling program – benefitting Intonation Music Workshop – that blew us away. It will ultimately raise nearly $3000 for the kids learning to play music through IMW. It was this vintage 1974 Fender Strat with...
by Steve | Jan 25, 2013 | Complete refinish, Fender, finish, Refinish, Relic Service, Uncategorized, Vintage Restoration |
This vintage Strat survived the 80’s, but just barely! Here’s how we brought it back to it’s original (looking) glory. When you really think about it, it’s a wonder there’s any clean and unaltered guitars from the 50’s and...
