Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Setup - Squier '51 electric guitar

  • lighlty sand neck to improve feeling
  • Clean & polish frets
  • adjust truss rod for better relief
  • file saddles to avoid string breakage
  • Restring with Ernie Ball 9 gauge





Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Repair - Kent KF-720 dreadnought acoustic guitar made in Korea 1970s Part 1

This job was a repair for someone who had tried to repair it themselves and had a lot of issues. So I was tasked to undo what had already been done and start over:

  • Tap truss rod back into proper position
  • Create custom string guide for zero fret
  • Removed bridge, cleaned off super glue, filed lower to improve action and screw holes filled with its own matching sawdust
  • Scraped and sanded bridge pad, filled and re-drilled 6 string holes for bridge
  • Re-glued bridge, correcting string spacing and alignment
  • Polished frets, rounded fretboard edges, cleaned & oiled rosewood
  • De-glossed back of neck with Scotch Brite pad
  • Minor cosmetic touch-ups with wood stain match pen
  • New Elixir strings 13 gauge with setup

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Repair - Marlboro Miles Acoustic Guitar 1990s Part 1

This was a challenging repair. This was a guitar that was purchased using Marlboro cigarette rewards points known as Marlboro Miles. It's a Chinese Martin copy and has some nice materials. However eventually though the owner smashed the guitar in a fit of rage (nicotine fit?) and kept the pieces for decades, until I came along and naively agreed to fix it.











Saturday, April 24, 2021

Repair - Epiphone Genesis Reissue made in Korea 2013 - Broken neck

This guitar was brought in with a severe crack in the neck near the headstock and needed a setup.

Glued it clamped it and then adjusted the truss rod and set the intonation, restrung with Elixr 10 gauge