Here’s a quick update on the 1972 Fender Jazz Bass, from an earlier facebook post. (much earlier) This is a job that nobody likes, including me. Today I have finally decided to strip the finish from this classic bass. It was poorly refinished, long ago, with a thick and hard polyurethane-type product. You know: something [...]
August 22, 2010
Categories: Finish, Restorations . Tags: Fender, Jazz Bass, bass, vintage, refinish, lake placid blue, 1972 . Author: serviceguitarrepair . Comments: Leave a Comment
I recently got an e-mail from a good customer that was very worried about saving his guitar after backing over it with the family van! OUCH! He stated that he had forgotten about setting it down after removing it from the back. Fortunately, it was in a hardshell case when this happened. (Photo staged for [...]
April 24, 2010
Categories: Restorations, Upgrades/Modifications, Vintage Guitars . Tags: binding, broken guitar, D-1E, finish touch-up, Guild . Author: serviceguitarrepair . Comments: 1 Comment
One of my favorite things to do is the cleaning and restoring of vintage guitars. It comes from years of working at Guitar Maniacs with my dear friend: Rick King. This is where my repair business started, in 1993, and grew into what it was, when I took it home in 2000. I am forever [...]
March 2, 2010
Categories: Appraisals, Restorations, Vintage Guitars . Tags: 1957, ES-350TD, Gibson, Guitar, Guitar Appraisal, PAF, Patent Applied For, restore, vintage . Author: serviceguitarrepair . Comments: Leave a Comment