South Austin Guitar Repair – Our Work

Custom Jazz Bass Build South Austin Guitar Repair   This project was special, it was a personal project, resurrected from one of the first basses I ever built! This particular project had changed appearances a few times through it’s life. Originally, it was a Jazz bass, the

Taylor Guitar Repair South Austin Guitar Repair   This poor Taylor had a run-in with a misstep of the wrong foot! The customer had borrowed this guitar from a friend and mistakenly used it for a slipper, or boot, or… I dunno. But it done got broke! The customer was nervous this

Paul Reed Smith – Pickup installation, Wiring Modification Coil Tap and Phase Reversal South Austin Guitar Repair   This is the type of project I totally geek out with. I LOVE wiring modifications on guitars. I often wonder why coil tapping isn’t a standard on every g

1960′s Stella Acoustic Repair South Austin Guitar Repair     Here is an old guitar that underwent a total makeover. Once again, the was the unfortunate result of parents allowing their young children to “play” their guitars. I honestly don’t know how

Fender Stratocaster Neck Scallop South Austin Guitar Repair     Ever feel like your guitar doesn’t play as fast as you want? Well, aside from hours of practices, there are some other tweaks you can make to your guitar to help train yourself to play faster. Scalloping a

Dean Acoustic Guitar – Partial Re-Fret South Austin Guitar Repair   Wow, it’s almost been a month since I’ve had time to blog about Austin guitar repairs. Despite the summer rush for repairs being over, the rush itself seems to continue on. I guess it’s a

Fender Telecaster – Pickup Swap, Body Route, Pick Guard File, Kill Switch Wiring Modification     Today, we have another one of the many awesome guitar projects here in Austin, TX. The owner of this guitar wanted to do some electronic upgrades to his main ax; an Americ

Guild 12-String Acoustic Bridge Re-glue     Well, it’s been a busy, busy month. And not coincidentally, a hot, Texas month. The kind that makes old glue weakened and acoustic bridges start to pull apart from the surface of a guitar. I’ve had about 5 guitars broug

Epiphone Les Paul Snapped Headstock Re-Glue and Setup     The fatal flaw in guitars with 45º angle headstock is the very thing we like about them most… the 45º angle. All too often, we rest our guitars against a couch, or our amp, you graze the body with your leg, or you