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Why and How to Humidify Your Guitar – 2015 Edition

Why and How to Humidify Your Guitar – 2015 Edition

by Steve | Dec 23, 2014 | acoustic, gibson, Guild, Martin, Repairs, Taylor, Uncategorized | 10 comments

“An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure.”  In this post, we’ll break down the best way to protect your guitar in the cool months ahead. Chicago winters kill guitars. The weather gets dry and cold, so we turn on our furnaces – drying out...

A 1967 Gibson J-45 Gets A New Saddle

by Steve | Jun 2, 2012 | acoustic, acoustic pickups, gibson, Vintage Restoration

We recommend removing the midi pickups from your vintage acoustic guitars. Just saying. Okay, unless you want it to sound like a trombone or a piano, you’re probably not thinking of putting six midi sensors in the bridge of your vintage guitar. But if you...

Featured Guitar: Vintage 1958 Gibson ES335

by Steve | Apr 20, 2012 | electronics, gibson, nut, Repairs, vintage

This one is the real deal. A gorgeous “unbound” 1958 Gibson ES335. Take a closer look. This guitar was once part of Richard Gere’s collection that was auctioned off in October 2011. It’s a very early example of a 1958 Gibson ES335. The earliest...

Vintage Les Paul TV Jr. – Neck Restoration

by Steve | Apr 18, 2012 | finish, gibson, headstock, Refinish, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 3 comments

Here’s a Gibson Les Paul Jr. that suffered a bad headstock break and a repair that was probably worse than the break itself!  It took undoing much of those old repairs, but we made it look right again. A client of ours spotted this TV yellow 1959 Les Paul Jr for...

Hey Porter! New Handmade Pickups!

by Steve | Sep 2, 2011 | electronics, Fender, gibson, Paul Reed Smith | 1 comment

Affordable pickups, hand-wound in the USA? We found ’em. Welcome Porter Pickups! You’ve got yourself a nice electric guitar that feels comfortable, looks great, but sounds… meh…  The thing to do is get some new pickups in there.  It’s an...

1952 Les Paul Goldtop – Headstock Rebuild

by Steve | Aug 17, 2011 | gibson, headstock, refret, Repairs, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 11 comments

You don’t saw the neck off a 1952 Gibson Les Paul without fully considering WHY one might do such a thing.  Lots of thought and care went into this repair and the outcome made it all worthwhile. The 1952 Goldtop is where it all began for the Gibson Les Paul....
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