Blown Up Sides :: Breedlove AD25/SM

August 4, 2015

This family heirloom was damaged on an international flight that crushed the guitar across the lower bout. The sides are broken free from the back through the linings in two places. The back also has multiple loose braces and cracks that will be addressed once the sides are re-secured. Part of the damage can be seen below.

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Custom bridge for an underset neck :: 1961 Guild M-65 3/4 CW [4.7 lbs]

July 31, 2015

Custom bridge for an underset neck :: 1961 Guild M-65 3/4 CW [4.7 lbs]

A long time ago, someone sat on this guitar at a party and broke the neck joint. The owner decided to repair it himself, but under-set the neck slightly. The bridge I am replacing here is a tuneomatic that was too tall to get the strings down enough for decent action. A new low profile rosewood bridge was fabricated to compenste for the low neck angle. I ended up inlaying a carbon fiber beam though most of the bottom of the new bridge for rigidity. The single P90 on this guy is nasty (i.e. awesome). And yes, another unfortunate casualty of the hardware store refinisher.

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Fret level crown polish :: 1999 PRS Custom 24 [8.3 lbs]

July 28, 2015

Fret level crown polish :: 1999 PRS Custom 24 [8.3 lbs]

Excessive fret wear was causing intonation issues on this bolt-on 24 fret PRS. Jumbo frets (aka wide) can be more prone to tuning issues because the contact point of each worn fret gets pushed back towards the bridge and causes notes to play sharp. Leveling out these divots and recrowing the frets resets the intonation point back to the middle of the fret slot, therefor minimizing intonation issues.

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New bone nut :: 2001 PRS Custom 22 [8.2 lbs]

July 28, 2015

New bone nut :: 2001 PRS Custom 22 [8.2 lbs]

This early Y2K PRS was in for a new bone nut to improve the action for both slide and fretted playing. The original graphite nut slots had worn down and made slide playing difficult, especially down low.

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