- Clean & oil fretboard
- Polish frets
- Adjust truss rod, saddle height and nut slots to lower action
- Source replacement tremolo bar
- Restring with Dean Markley 9 gauge
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Saturday, May 21, 2022
Setup - G&L Comanche electric guitar
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Repair - Sigma dreadnoght acoustic guitar 1990s - Broken headstock
This one a cat had knocked over and the headstock snapped off so we took one of it nine lives and resurrected this vintage acoustic.
- Repair broken headstock
- Lower action
- File down saddle and nut
- Clean and oil fretboard
- Restring with Martin 11 gauge strings
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Repair - H&B classical guitar - Body cracks
- fixed body cracks with cleats
- filed saddle down to improve action
- cleaned & oiled fretboard
- polished frets
- restrung with Orphee medium tension nylon strings
Monday, May 2, 2022
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Setup - Guild 12-string Semi Jumbo acoustic electric guitar
Customer brought in this project wanting to sweeten the action as it had become unplayable at the higher frets. There was some room to take off on the nut and saddle so it was decided we do that and set it up to play easier.
- Adjust truss rod to lower action at 12th fret
- File down saddle and nut to improve intonation and string height
- Test and check electronics
- Clean and oil fretboard
- Restring with D'addario custom light 10 gauge strings
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Repair - Ovation electric acoustic guitar - Headstock chip
A customer brought in this 90s Ovation acoustic electric to have setup and some touch up work done. The headstock had been dropped and a chip had come off, so I sanded a smooth radius back into it and stained it up. Also touched up some cracking on the finish on the top.
- Fix headstock chip
- Touch up cracks on top
- Clean and oil fretboard
- Adjust saddle and nut height for improved action
- Restring with Martin custom light 10 gauge strings
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Setup - Ibanez Premium electric guitar Floyd Rose bridge
- Premium setup
- Clean and oil fretboard
- Clean and restore oxidized hardware
- Level, crown and polish frets
- Set Floyd Rose bridge for low action
- Adjust truss rod and intonation
- Restring with Ernie Ball 9 gauge
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Upgrade - Squier Stratocaster - Seymour Duncan JB humbucker pickup
- Upgrade bridge pickup from single coil to Seymour Duncan JB humbucker
- Level, crown and polish frets
- Clean hardware and fretboard
- Adjust truss rod, saddle and intonation
- Restring with Ernie Ball 10 gauge
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