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Teisco May Queen, Vamper and Fire Bird.

  I've always loved "cheap" (I use this term in the past tense) Japanese guitars that you could find at secondhand shops for great prices. Their shapes often made nearly...

Whats in a set up

I get asked a lot "what do I get for my set up". I've been doing set ups for over 20 years now and in that time I've probably played,...

Maton Flamingo repair

Well, here it is folks. What a shape. All these 60's Maton guitars are awesome shapes. If you like the look of this check out Tony's great GuitarNerd blog for more Maton...

Fender Jagstangs

The Jagstang was released in 1996 after Fender worked with Kurt Cobain on making a signature model. It was a mix of Fender Jaguar and Mustang and for me it...

1971 Strat refret pt 2

OK folks, so after a ........... challenging refret (see last post) the guitar was ready to go together. The body was a "relic'ed" alder body from one of the US...

Gibson Les Paul headstock repair

Well, here's ANOTHER one. As I've said before this is one of the most common repairs I do and will do for the rest of my time as a repairer.This...