Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Repair - Hohner acoustic electric bass

 


The electronics box had come loose and was moving around when played and causing noises.
The wood the screws were put into was razor thin and had broken away.



I made some small wood blocks and glued them in place.



Then drilled pilot holes and refit the electronics box with new longer heavier duty screws.








Cleaned and oiled the fret board after adjusting the nut height



Lowered the saddle and oiled the bridge




Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Repair - Honda II SG style vintage electric guitar 1970's

He had replaced the foil style pickups with P-90s. I secured the pickup selector and tweaked the truss rod and polished the frets. Cool little short scale with vibrato bridge.
 This project was for a gentleman who had he friend pick it up for him because he was on an oil freighter and was out to sea for the next 5 months.




Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Setup - Squier Garbagepail-caster

This guitar was dropped off by a friend who plays in a band and he needed it setup to play C# so we used Ernie Ball Mammoth 12s and really cranked the truss rod, adjusted the pickup height and re-intonated the saddles.


Monday, November 18, 2013

Repair - Applause Acoustic Guitar bowl back 1980's

 

  • Remove and re-glue bridge
  • Level, crown, and polish frets
  • Lower saddle and nut for better action and intonation
  • Service tuners for better tuning stability
  • Clean and touch up minor imperfections in finish





















Saturday, September 28, 2013

Repair - G Holiday vintage acoustic guitar 1960s Orchestra model

Had this old mystery guitar in the shop the other day. 160s department store acoustic guitar in orchestra model size. It has a steel re-enforced neck, but its an adjustable truss rod
  • Custom made a new bone saddle
  • Installed side dots at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 12th frets
  • Filed down the bridge to improve action
  • Leveled, crowned, and polished the frets
  • Cleaned & oiled the fretboard
  • Glued and filled numerous cracks on the top, sides, and back
  • Slotted the bridge pin holes to improve the break angle of the strings
  • Lubed and adjusted the open gear 3x tuners
  • Sanded and filed the nut to improve string height
  • Restrung with Ernie Ball earthwood lights 10 gauge