Honey, I ran over my guitar!

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 [...]

As The Years Come Flaking Off

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 [...]

Vintage Gibson Fix

Here’s a cool product I recently found very helpful for vintage Gibson acoustic guitars with the adjustable bridge. These guitars originally came with either a wooden saddle (one of Gibson’s brilliant ideas, from the 60′s) or ceramic. I much prefer the sound of the ceramic version, because it gives a brighter sound, much like a [...]

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    Having your instrument serviced by someone other than an Authorized Service Center could void your warranty, even if the job is non-warranty-related. Always make sure that you are using an authorized repair center, especially if you are the original owner. I have been getting a few cases where the owner had previously taken their instrument to be repaired, at the store at which they purchased it, only to find that they were not authorized, after work had already been done and voided the warranty. Click on my "WARRANTY" tab at the top of this page to see which companies I represent.
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