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 | 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...
by Steve | Jul 18, 2012 | Archtop, Refinish, Relic Service, Vintage Restoration |
Here’s how we gave a modern Epi Casino a vintage look. The owner of a modern “natural” finished Epiphone casino wanted it to look and feel like a vintage 60’s Casino with a sunburst and lacquer finish.Epiphone uses a polyurethane top finish...
by Steve | Apr 18, 2012 | finish, gibson, headstock, Refinish, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
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...
by Steve | Oct 13, 2010 | gibson, Relic Service, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration
Hang on…something doesn’t look right here. A neighbor of mine brought us this 1960’s Epiphone Casino that he was thinking about selling. But he was rightfully concerned that a few obvious alterations would make it hard to sell at its full value. The...
by Steve | Oct 8, 2010 | bass, Complete refinish, finish, Guild, refret, Relic Service, Repairs, vintage |
This online auction purchase made a layover at CFW for a body refin, before heading to its new home in France. The buyer lives in France and the seller lives in Chicago. So before it shipped, the new owner of this vintage Guild Jetstar Bass asked that it be brought...
