This 5 string banjo restoration job started off with the customer bringing the banjo to me to have the G string tuner and the broken G string guide replaced. The banjo was, shall we say, in a well used condition. However, when I got it onto the bench, it quickly became clear that this…
DetailsSo, you may have seen my recent post on preparing the road worn Epiphone Les Paul. This is the update now just to complete that project. The customer wanted a set of Johnston hand-wound pickups fitted to the guitar. He asked for a bespoke specification which was a neck pickup wound to 8k ohms with…
DetailsThis job came in from a regular customer who got this Epiphone Les Paul as a Christmas present. Although he loves the guitar, he decided he wanted it to have a road worn look and also have a new set of pickups made for it. It always makes me a bit nervous when I’m…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsThis 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…
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