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" ...
Here is a fairly simple repair to a fairly common problem with vintage Gibson basses with two point bridges (three point bridges as well). This 1969 Gibson EB-1 "violin bass" has a classic problem of the silk string windings crossing over the saddles and robbing sustain ...
Here's a quick post about a quirky repair that came through the shop a few months ago for a basic setup ...
