Here by far is the nastiest neck break to come across my bench to date. It is a 1965 Epiphone Olympic. The neck is cleanly broken free of the body and then some. This came into the shop in three pieces (body, neck, headstock) with a few loose / missing pieces to boot. The back story is that this player was at a rehearsal where he backed up and tripped over some gear. On the way down he caught his head on a counter top and was knocked out cold just before he and the guitar hit the ground. Ouch! ...
Ok, here is an output jack crack repair on an 80’s Yamaha 335-style guitar. And yes, I said “output” jack – not the common “input” jack misnomer. For me, input jacks are for amps, output jacks are for guitars. The signal leaves the guitar and enters the amp, right? ...
Today I am going to tell you a little about myself as this day marks the first year of what I consider, establishing my first "real guitar shop" ...
Happy 2013! I have a few posts leftover from the tail end of 2012 that will go up here before I do my "New Year's" post. Here's a '79 Strat from my boy DaveO from a few weeks ago ...
A customer brought in a replica flame maple Tele neck that he found online for ridiculously cheap. The flame in the maple was incredible, however someone had modified the nut slot ...
