Custom inlay & new frets :: 1982 Gibson SG R1 [8.0 lbs]

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A player's long-loved SG he named "Norah" in for new frets, new bone nut and dressed up with some fingerboard inlay.  Originally a dot neck, we decided to go with pearl blocks along with a custom "Norah" script designed by the player's friend, cut by Dave Nichols Custom Pearl Inlay and the easy part, dropped in the board by me (video here).

The guitar is set up for slide, strung with flats and tuned to open E.  I highly recommend trying flatwounds if you are into slide.  Sounds killer.

Follow up on this project's photos & videos here.

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Shim Nut, Cracked Bridge & Ghost Bunny :: Yamaha FG-360 [5.0 lbs]

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Shim Nut, Cracked Bridge & Ghost Bunny :: Yamaha FG-360 [5.0 lbs]

A low nut and cracked bridge brought this guitar into the shop.  I shimmed up the nut and glued the bridge crack through the pins.  The bridge is really rosewood that is dyed black to look like ebony.  While cleaning the bridge I noticed there was an odd silhouette on the bass side wing.  I had a good laugh when it turned out to be the remnants of an old Playboy bunny sticker.

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