1967 Baldwin Virginian Acoustic Electric

1967 Baldwin Virginian Acoustic Electric

1967 Baldwin Virginian Acoustic Electric Before After This guitar needed a great deal of work to bring it back as a playable instrument. First of all, the plywood back of the guitar had become totally delaminated and a brand new Brazilian mahogany back needed to be...
Fender Telecaster 60’s Refinish: Surf Green

Fender Telecaster 60’s Refinish: Surf Green

Fender Telecaster 60’s Refinish: Surf Green Before After The body on this 1965 Tele was in rough shape; it required a large hole to be filled in the bridge pick-up cavity area and several other smaller holes to be filled as well. The top was then leveled and laminated...
Fender Telecaster 60’s Refinish

Fender Telecaster 60’s Refinish

Fender Telecaster 60’s Refinish Before After The body on this early 60’s Tele was in rough shape; it required a large hole to be filled and a center route to be filled with a wood plug. The top was then leveled and laminated with a nice curly maple veneer and...
5 String Bass Conversion

5 String Bass Conversion

5 String Bass Conversion After After After Originally, this was a 4 string Jazz bass body. The body was converted to accept a 5 string fretless neck. The neck pocket had to be enlarged to accept the wider 5 string neck. Also the profile of the body at the neck joint...
1966 Fender Tele Decal Repair (headstock)

1966 Fender Tele Decal Repair (headstock)

1966 Fender Tele Decal Repair (headstock) Before During After The “before” picture shows the poor condition of the original decal, which was flaking off. The headstock was prepped, cleaned and a new identical decal was installed while maintaining the original patina...