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 [...]
