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Epiphone SG

Hot rodded this Epiphone SG a couple weeks back- installed Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups with all new (and better) components, Gotoh 510 Midsize tuning machines, new bone nut, fret dressing, and a setup!!

1930 Gibson L4 Special

Here’s a fun/big project I’ve been working on lately. This one was hanging out by the humidifier for a few months, and everyone who came through the shop asked about it!

Here is a 1930 Gibson L4 Special, purchased by my customer from @normansrareguitars and believed to be a prototype of sorts from that year.

It’s been resprayed at one point, an old crack that had opened up, and the owner wanted to do some cool other stuff with it- Replace the old cracked fretboard with a new one w/ real pearl inlays, fix the cracks in the top, fit a nice new ebony bridge, do a neck reset, new tuners, and install a new pickguard…

So far I’ve repaired one of the top cracks, started fitting the new bridge, removed the old bindings, removed the fretboard, and today I succeeded in finally getting the neck off. (Gibsons are fighters)

A lot more work to go one this one but I’m excited to update this older archtop with some nice finishings and a modern playability. Been watching a lot of car show lately, so this is my ‘resto-mod’- keeping it true to the original guitar but sprucing it up a bit for the next century.

The Aria 5102T

Aria 5102T

The Aria 5102T is complete and ready to rock! This was such a fun guitar to work on. I reconstructed/reglued the broken neck pocket, rerouted it for the correct neck pitch, replaced the missing trem parts and modified it to function correctly, polished the frets and set it up for play. Here it is in all it’s hollow body glory!

The Aria 5102T

The Aria 5102T is complete and ready to rock! This was such a fun guitar to work on. I reconstructed/reglued the broken neck pocket, rerouted it for the correct neck pitch, replaced the missing trem parts and modified it to function correctly, polished the frets and set it up for play. Here it is in all it’s hollow body glory!

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1967 Gibson ES-335 TDC

This lovely 1967 Gibson ES-335 TDC just visited my shop for a refret and a new nut.

1971 Martin D-12-20

Before…and After!

This 1971 Martin D-12-20 just had a neck reset, refret, 5 large top cracks repaired, a new pickguard made, and redid a previously messy binding repair. This guitar was unplayable when it arrived my the shop, may it go on to make beautiful music for many more years to come.