Fender Stratocaster USA 1984 ’57 Vintage Reissue Complete Overhaul – Before Photo Fender Stratocaster USA 1984 57 Vintage Reissue Complete Overhaul The guitar has already been stripped and paint work removed. Breakdown of project: Complete Strip Down. Neck – Repair Heel Neck – Fret Level, Crown and Polish Neck – Sand and oil. Neck –…
Gibson ES-335 1995 Complete Overhaul Using Gibson Parts Complete clean up and replacement of electrics and tarnished parts on this lovely Gibson ES-335 from 1995. This beautiful Gibson ES-335 was posted to us and was in a bit of a sad state, with the electrics disconnected and pushed inside the guitar. The customer wanted to…
Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass 2003 Overhaul Project Your guitar was made at the Unsung Plant, Korea on February, 2003. A lot of work was required on the frets and fretboard, this stunning guitar is in near perfect condition, however it has been played a lot and the frets were worn and the fretboard needed a…
Gibson SG (2004) Complete Overhaul Project Complete clean up and replace electrics on this lovely Gibson SG from 2004. Needed to remove all the stickers first and then a big clean up and sort out. The condition with chips and dents were left as a genuine relic / a sympathetic restoration. Breakdown of project: Strip…
Pearl SG (1970’s) Rewire & Complete Overhaul Project Complete clean up and replace electrics to this lovely old collectable 1970’s guitar (Pre-Lawsuit). The condition with chips and dents was left as a genuine relic. The frets were also worn but left for now, because they have the original nibs on the ends. Breakdown of project:…
Egmond Lucky 7 Rebuild and Upgrade Project. Complete clean up and add electrics to this lovely old 1960’s guitar. Breakdown of project: Complete clean up of body and neck. Frets Polish. Kent Armstrong Jazz Pickup AxeKool bespoke vintage style Wiring Harness. Custom cut Pickguard. Ernie Ball 10’s Strings. Full Setup etc The Egmond plays and…
Fender Stratocaster USA 1989 Partscaster Project. Complete construction of a Partscaster using a 1989 body, new hardware electronics & pickups. The body was originally purchased in 1989 by the customer and has had various spray and refinishing work already done, so its staying as a bit of a road worn / relic. The finished guitar…
Fender Telecaster Mex 1998 Complete Overhaul (Relic) The guitar had been discarded for many years and the customer wanted to play it again. Has you can see from the before photos it needed a massive clean up and sort out. With the scratches and groves in the body it was always going to be a…
Precision Bass Custom Build Our customer supplied all the parts including the body and Fender neck, boutique pickups, Fender neck plate, Schaller gold machine heads, string retainer and strap buttons. Also included was the pickguard, bridge and various screws etc. We supplied an AxeKool P Bass Vintage Wiring Harness and the control knobs The project…
Fender Musicmaster 1976 L/H Project, Complete Rebuild This original right handed Musicmaster guitar was in a bad way and the body was never going to be recovered as it had been hacked up at some point in its life, which was a real shame. The project was a new body in the form of a…
Fender Stratocaster 1972 Project, Complete Rebuild Strat USA David Gilmour Stratocaster 1972 The owner of this guitar, dropped it off with us and it was in a bad old state. The client had owned it from new in 1972 and it had been sprayed many times in various colours and was white purple with red…
Custom Telecaster Project, Telecaster complete build, Tele Alex the owner of the guitar, dropped it off with all the bits. The guitar body was bare wood and all parts were new and supplied… Breakdown of project Body prepared for spaying and then sprayed to a shell pink. (the photo does not do it justice) Tuners fitted…
EVH Tribute Mike the owner of the guitar, dropped it off with all the bits. The guitar was already painted red and had a couple of white lines on it, and we did the rest… This is a 7 sting with a set through neck and active Seymour Duncan Blackout pickups. Yep, it a real…
Shaftesbury Bass 1969 This would have to be one of the biggest repair jobs I have had to do. The photos (I remembered to take a few) show how badly the guitar had been damaged, its condition was very poor. Chris, who owns over 25 guitars, bought the Shaftesbury into the workshop one day to…