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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...
Why We Don’t Have Fixed Amp Repair Prices

Why We Don’t Have Fixed Amp Repair Prices

by Steve | Dec 7, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

“How much does it cost to re-tube & bias my amp?”  It’s a common question and we don’t always have a straight answer. But we promise – we’re not being evasive! Some amps are simply harder to work on than others! Case in point,...

Vintage 1930’s National Duolian Neck Reset

by Steve | Apr 12, 2013 | National, neck reset, resophonic, Uncategorized, vintage | 5 comments

We reset the neck on this beautiful mid 30’s Duolian for Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy. We’ve been privileged to do some work with Chicago’s hometown heroes, Wilco. This National Duolian dates to the mid 1930’s and is an interesting companion...

1960 Rickenbacker 360 – Truss Rod Repair

by Steve | Feb 20, 2013 | headstock, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 3 comments

This vintage 360 suffers from a fairly common Rickenbacker ailment. So we used a less common approach to correct the problem, improve the guitar’s performance, and maintain it’s original condition. We see a lot of Rickenbacker basses and guitars in our...

Vintage 1968 Fender Stratocaster Restoration

by Steve | Jan 25, 2013 | Complete refinish, Fender, finish, Refinish, Relic Service, Uncategorized, Vintage Restoration | 3 comments

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...

Guitar Humidifier Season Is Here – 2012

by Steve | Oct 23, 2012 | acoustic, bridge reglue, neck reset, Side crack, top crack, Uncategorized | 2 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...
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