This Ibanez Jem came in for a custom paint job to make it look like a Steve Vai signature guitar. The job amounted to painting the lion’s claw at the Floyd Rose Tremolo cavity bright pink. Doesn’t look like much of a job but it’s tricky enough to get a clean line around the edges…
This Telecaster neck refret job came in as a straight forward neck refret plus supplying and fitting a new hand-cut bone nut. The customer wanted jumbo stainless steel frets fitted. However, when the guitar arrived it soon became clear that there was more than just the frets that needed fixing. The neck appeared to be…
This Johnston LP Style Guitar started life off as a Westfield Les Paul that came “free” with an amp I bought on a local selling website. When a guitar has a good neck and body you can work wonders with it. This one has a good mahogany neck and body and the tuners and bridge…
This customer wanted his Epiphone Les Paul Headstock customised to a Norlin era style Gibson Les Paul headstock. The 1st thing to do was remove the existing Epiphone headstock veneer. This was done using a steam iron to soften the glue and then gently levering it off with a scraper. Then the tuner holes…