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Steve's Guitar Repair Workshop Gallery

Ouch! Bridge repairs to an old Washburn Acoustic..

  • Ouch! Bridge repairs to an old Washburn Acoustic..
  • Removal of residual glue and laminate and then surface prepped for re-gluing..
  • Bridge position set and glued back into situ with clamps to secure..
  • And.. 1 week later, she's back in rude health and one happy customer!
  • A very interesting and involving job this one.. A 1920's open backed 5 string banjo in for light restoration and replacement of the vellum (skin)
  • The finished article! A very satisfying job, now complete..
  • This is what happens when you fit steel strings to a classical bridge...!!
  • Underside bracing checked and bridge glued and re-set into position..
  • You can see how the ruler passes under the bridge to see it's lifting away from the body. This guitar was left in the attic for many years...
  • Using a scraper to carefully separate the remaining glued areas from the body
  • And it's off!
  • Cutting the top nut slots..
  • Neck removal on a Classic Player Series Fender to facilitate a fret dress..
  • Checking the frets with a straight edge..
  • A rather lovely 12 string Ricky in for a set-up...
  • Removal of budget tuners from an old Korean made Squier Strat, ready for fitting of an upgraded set..
  • Drilling pilot holes to accept steady screws..
  • Nice set of Kluson style tuners fitted..
  • A rather lovely Gibson Les Paul in for a fret dress and set up and pickup replacement..
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  • Pickups removed...
  • In the early stages of a time consuming fret dress!
  • A lovely USA Tele in for wiring swap out and a setup
  • All fitted and working great!
  • Nice old 70's Fender Strat, in for recomissioning..
  • Part of setting up this 70's Fender will include adjusting the tremolo unit!..
  • Why are we ironing the neck? Heating up the frets to soften the glue on the fingerboard for removal...
  • Removing the truss rod after the fingerboard has been separated..
  • This is just the beginning! New truss rod waiting to be fitted, then it's basically the reversal of the process, but without the iron!!

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