Stories from Daily Guitar Repair
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Hopping up a Humbucking Pickups by Adding Wire 7.7K up to 9K
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Dec 12, 2010
Here is a early patten # Gibson Humbucking Pickup, very similar if not exactly the same as an actual PAF. Typical DC resistance on something like this is between 7K and 8K. In short, the larger the resistance the more… Full Story »
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Adding a 22nd Fret to a 21 Fret Strat, Getting to "D" on the high E
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Dec 9, 2010
This is a trick we used to do a-lot more back in the days before the 22 fret strat became more the norm. The hard part is matching the finish on a maple neck. On a rosewood fingerboard you can… Full Story »
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Alen Whitman on the road with Joe Satriani, As posted on BoingBoing
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Nov 10, 2010
Guest blogger Allen Whitman, is the founding bassist of the instrumental trio The Mermen. He also writes about Internet audio with Jon Luini (Chime Interactive) as The Fezguys. When not on the road he manages Gary Brawer's Stringed Instrument Repair. As bassist for electric guitar icon (and extremely nice person) Joe Satriani… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Joe Satriani
- Guitar
- Rock
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We do Dulcimers, well Trevor did.
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Nov 9, 2010
Not only did the end of the peghead break off but it also used old style friction, or violin tuning heads. The client asked us to repair the peghead and if we could improve on the tuners while we were… Full Story »
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What I believe is a 1965 Supro Martinique, with a pickup problem
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Nov 2, 2010
Back together ready for stringsThis is a very unique pickups system built right into the bridge and bridge base of the guitar. Looking at the bottom of the bridge base you can see 2 small squares with a small hole… Full Story »
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Announcing the Birth of the 12 string Koa Healy Acoustic Guitar
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Oct 22, 2010
Trevor Healy, who repairs guitars with us over here, has a line of custom built acoustic and electric guitars. He just finished this beautiful Healy Koa 12-string. The photos do not do it justice. The tone is clear and smooth… Full Story »
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Rewinding a Supro "string through" pickup.
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Oct 17, 2010
From what I understand Valco made Supro for National and other brand like Oahu. I am not sure on all the details. This pickup turns up on many different brands of lap steels. The strings pass through a small opening… Full Story »
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Fingerboard, Frets and Inlay
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Oct 12, 2010
Here's another contribution to our side dotting bonanza. A friend of the shop has been building guitars for a little while and asked us to help out on an early guitar not yet completed. The fingerboard was installed and slotted,… Full Story »
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Rebuilding a 1932 Martin 1-17
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Oct 10, 2010
This Martin 1-17, about a 1932 guitar came in needing lots of TLC. There were almost no fret sticking out, 1/2 of the bar frets had been replaced with modern tang frets in a very messy way, the neck set… Full Story »
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Tricky Truss rod Repair on a 60's Gibson 335, 12 String
Daily Guitar Repair &bull Oct 8, 2010
SOMEHOW We happened to get two broken truss rods in one month. Judging by how much rust was on the broken end it had been sitting for quite some time. You can see in the first photo how much rod… Full Story »
