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

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

Epiphone Les Paul – Bone Nut Carve, Pickup Swap and Setup   This is my kind of project. I often have customers ask me what upgrades are the best bang for their buck to make a guitar they’re owned for years, new and exciting. Can you guess what my two recommendations a

Ukulele – Saddle Route, Bone Nut and Saddle Carve and Setup   Two guys walk into my shop with a little Ukulele. One built this little masterpiece in his high school woodshed class and the other was inheriting it. While the wood working was precise and well thought out, the

  Ibanez Artcore Semi Hollow – Electronics Fix Every once and a while, there is a DIY project that just doesn’t make the cut. This was one of those. The customer redid all of the electronics from scratch, from the pickup swap to the re-wire. And did a fine job at that