Martin Acoustic Guitar Neck

This neck repair on a Martin acoustic guitar was necessary because the owner had stored the guitar in his garage, in its case with strings on for a couple of years. When he got it out to use it, the action was sitting at around 5mm at the 12th fret. He knew the neck had…

Some Recent Guitar Repair Jobs

I’m afraid I’ve neglected the website for a while now so, just to get started again, here are some recent guitar repair jobs that have been completed over the past couple of weeks (in addition to the normal routine setups on Strat, Les Pauls etc) This is a Blueridge acoustic/electric that came in with the…

5 String Banjo Restoration

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…

Ibanez Jem Custom Paint

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…

Johnston LP Style Guitar

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…

Avalon Guitar Repair

                  This Avalon guitar repair job resulted from a couple of circumstances that combined to leave the customer with this badly scarred guitar top. What happened was that the owner’s son put a slight score on the face above and to the bridge end of the soundhole.…

What’s New

During the recent lockdown, we stopped working for a few weeks but have now re-commenced operating, but not quite as before. Unfortunately, we’ve lost some of the personal touch where we can try out your guitar before and after repair/upgrade/set-up etc and discuss any works required before your guitar goes into the workshop. However, you…

Not Just Guitars!

Despite the name of the business, I don’t just work on guitars. Over the years I’ve repaired, set up or fitted pickups to ukeleles, mandolins, banjos etc. Today I have an Irish Bouzouki that the owner wants a pickup fitted into. So, I’m fitting a K&K mini. The difficulty with this instrument is that it…