Our Work
Check out some real life before and afters! These before and after photos are just some of the projects that have been completed (more like the ones I remember to take a before and after of). We're excited to share the results and the journey.
Setup and un-grossing a Charvel
This is an extreme example of some of the guitars that come in to get setup. The playing surface is cleaned and frets polished, making the guitar feel and play like new again.
The original economy tuners on this Epiphone were replaced with a Kluson locking version, using the same mounting holes for a clean install.
New Tuner Upgrade
This acoustic guitar got too dry and cracked right down the top. Humidity swelled the crack closed and glue applied, then cleats added to the underside to hold the crack together.
Crack Repair
One of the most overlooked areas of improvement in tone are the potentiometers and capacitors. This part of the signal chain has as big of an affect on your tone as your pickups do. If you haven't upgraded, you're missing out.
Electronics Upgrade
New Acoustic Guitar Nut
Nuts break; sometimes due to abuse, sometimes due to inferior material. Here, nuts are crafted and fitted to each instrument ensuring proper fit and playability.
Fingerboard and Fret Cleaning
Years of grime and corrosion were cleaned off of these frets and fingerboard. Part of every setup, fret get cleaned and polished, and the fingerboard is cleaned; conditioned on dark woods.
The nut on this 90s Stratocaster was pretty worn out so we made a new one from bone, fitted it to the guitar and gave it a nice hand polish
New Stratocaster Nut
Handwired Controls Upgrade
A lot of the big brands cut corners on guitars you wouldn't think corners would be cut on, but here we are. Removed this gross PC board-mounted electronics system and wired in new CTS potentiometers, orange drop capacitors, and a Switchcraft switch.
Fixing an "oh no"
Customer dropped off this guitar for a new nut. Unfortunately for me, the factory used some insane epoxy to glue this plastic nut in and, despite doing what I normally do to avoid damaging the instrument, I damaged the instrument. So I fixed it. Used a piece of ebony I had in the shop, cut and shaped it, cleaned up the headstock and glued into place. Finally, made the new bone nut and delivered it to an extremely happy customer.
