Instrument/Amp/Studio Equip. Repair

A fret job on a 1962 Fender Stratocaster. They were worn down with deep grooves in most of the frets. Standard fret job done with care as to not damage the neck.

This is a 1956 Gibson LG-3 that had multiple problems. The frets were worn down to nothing. The bridge had been replaced with a Martin style bridge which was lifting. The intonation was off a bit. Removed the bridge which revealed that the bridge had been replaced multiple times. Previous to the Martin-style bridge, it had a 60's B-25 style adjustable bridge installed which created more holes under the bridge. The bridge-pin holes had been relocated when the Martin-style bridge had been put on. Feeling the underside of the top, it felt like the bridge plate was in two parts. After removing the two pieces I found that the original bridge plate, installed in the factory, was misaligned with the original bridge. The original bridge-pin holes were on the very edge of the bridge plate. Then when the Martin-style bridge was installed another piece of wood was glued in for the relocated bridge-pin holes. A mess! The original bridge was a straight bridge both front and back.
I created from scratch a Gibson reverse style ebony bridge to put on the guitar. I made it wide enough to cover any intonation problems. I drilled bridge pin holes to match the original bridge, which I found out later were a bit off in the factory. Repaired holes in the top with spruce scrap. Removed the bridge plate pieces and made and installed a new bridge plate. Glued on the new bridge. Once the bridge was on I was able to mark the correct location to slot the bridge for the saddle. Slotted the bridge and started putting everything back together. Made need adjustments to the saddle, new frets, etc.

This is an old 1962 Martin 000 acoustic guitar that was brought to me with the bridge coming off. A few years previous the owner had glued the bridge down in the wrong place and in a very amateur fashion. Also the first five frets were badly worn, while all the others seemed fine. The bridge came off pretty easy and revealed that the bridged had been glued to the lacquer finish on the top. It was done like this at the factory! It is usually standard practice to tape off the area for the bridge (or install it first) before spraying the lacquer finish. The bridge was actually in good condition and did not need to be replaced. I sanded off the finish at the bridge location then glued the bridge properly onto the guitar top. While that was drying I was able to remove the five bad frets and replace them with fret wire of a similar size. Filed them to match the original frets. When I put new strings on the guitar I checked fret height and nut slot depth and all looked good. Back to the customer.

Cleaned all the rust off the tuners. Had to rethread the one post and install a proper screw. Cleaned the nut. With strings on E, A, and D strings were buzzing on first fret after truss rod adjustment. Put Crazy Glue in the slots to build them up high enough to stop the buzzing. Cleaned the rust and other crud off the pickups. Some of the pickup adjust screws were rusted in place and had to leave them as-is. Cleaned rust off the bridge and got the roller pieces so they could rotate along the shaft properly. Cleaned the rust off the tailpiece. Cleaned the pots and the 1/4" jack. And done.