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A New Neck For A National Glenwood

A New Neck For A National Glenwood

by Steve | Apr 19, 2017 | Airline, Customization, finish, headstock, inlay, National, reso-glass, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 2 comments

A beloved long-time friend had been sitting for too long with a broken neck. It was time to bring it back to life. I’ve been meaning to share this crazy repair for a while. It’s a 1960’s National Glenwood 95 – one of National’s...
1965 Fender Jazzmaster Refinish / Restoration

1965 Fender Jazzmaster Refinish / Restoration

by Steve | Aug 13, 2015 | Complete refinish, Fender, finish, fret work / fretwork, Refinish, refret, Relic Service, vintage, Vintage Restoration | 4 comments

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...
Nels Cline’s WATT -1959 Fender Jazzmaster

Nels Cline’s WATT -1959 Fender Jazzmaster

by Steve | Aug 19, 2014 | Fender, Repairs, vintage | 16 comments

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...

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...

EKO “Rokes” Rocket Refinish

by Steve | Sep 11, 2012 | Complete refinish, Customization, Refinish, Uncategorized, vintage | 3 comments

We improved on some poor modifications to this Italian-made EKO Rocket. The Rokes were a mid-1960’s English band that found their greatest success when they relocated to Italy. There, the Italian guitar maker EKO developed this awesome, futuristic design for The...
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