1976 Gibson ES-175D [6.9 lbs] :: new stainless steel frets, bone nut and setup [photo 1]

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1976 Gibson ES-175D [6.9 lbs] :: new stainless steel frets, bone nut and setup. [photo 1]

The press-in bushing on this 1970’s Gibson have separate washers.  Over time these bushings can become loose and pull up out of the peghead.  These washers are then free to make God-awful sympathetic buzzes and rattles.  I tightened the fit of the bushings by using super glue to stiffen the wood fibers in the tuner holes.  Before installing the bushings, I lightly glued the washers to the bushings so if the bushings rise up again in the future the washers will not be free to vibrate.

2000 Washburn D42S [4.8 lbs] :: setup

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2000 Washburn D42S [4.8 lbs] :: setup.

This is one of the loudest guitars I’ve heard in a while.  And loud usually doesn’t mean great tone, but this one sounded pretty damn good!

2002 PRS CE24 :: set up for floating tremolo

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2002 PRS CE24 :: set up for floating tremolo.

Originally this guitar had the tremolo “blocked” with shims of wood wedged between the tremolo block and the body cavity.  Those shims were removed and an extra trem spring was added [this only had two] because there was not enough spring tension to hold the bridge parallel at rest.

2011 PRS DGT Grissom [8.4 lbs] :: Eb setup

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2011 PRS DGT Grissom [8.4 lbs] :: Mike of the Boston band Strange Machines brought his new PRS Grissom by the shop last week for an Eb setup [EbAbDbGbBbEb].

2002 Martin OOO-16SRGT :: headstock breaks

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2002 Martin OOO-16SRGT :: headstock breaks.

The top of the bass side headstock [upper right in photo] was split and the bottom treble side [lower left in photo] cracked.  I opened the cracks, applied hot hide glue and clamped them both.  The lower crack extended into the barrel of the neck so I had to smooth the break’s transition.  The lower repair left the neck feeling smooth to the touch and was not touched up cosmetically to save on costs.