Fingerboard crack & new Waverly's :: 2014 Martin Custom O [4.0 lbs]

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A nice little size 0 with a tiny fingerboard extension crack to be repaired.  The player also decided to upgrade the stock Grover tuners for Waverly with ivoroid buttons.  Looks sharp and sounds great.

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Videos of the repairs from the vlog below:

Fingerboard crack repair.

Tuner swap.

Setup :: 2004 Fender Squire Vintage Modified '51 [7.1 lbs]

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Some high frets needed to be glued down along with cleaning up the sloppy graphite nut and this guy was playing good again.  Interesting guitar with a Strat body, master volume (humbucker coil tap pull) and 3-way rotary pickup selector.  No tone controls.  Balls out.

Frets & binding repair :: 1993 Martin HD-28 2R [4.8 lbs]

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A great sounding early '90's rosewood dreadnought in for new frets and binding repair.  The back's binding in both waists has come free and needed to be re-glued.  Videos from the vlog below.

Repairing the binding.

Broken jack & Setup :: 1983 Gibson Flying V [6.9 lbs]

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An early '80's Flying V in for a broken output jack repair along with a setup.  I love the blue finish on this flashy modern electric archetype.  V's always feel awkward in my lap, but they are clearly meant for a strap use only (and up on stage!).

Loose frets :: 2004 Squire Vintage Modified '51

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Poor fretwork is to be expected on a guitar that currently retails for $180*.  A bunch of fret ends were loose and caused all sorts of buzzing.  Here I'm using superglue and clamps to make them sit back down.  A very cool guitar once you sort out the factory's hasty setup work.

*this is a 1st generation '51 with the current reissues retailing $180.