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28th March 2012

Here are a few of the tasks we have had over the last couple of weeks

A  fretless Yamaha bass was brought in to have the side dot markers "relocated" in line with the fret-lines. We drilled out the originals and filled with matching rosewood. New white ones were fitted. The fretboard edge was relacquered.

One of our regular customers wanted a very lightweight guitar to play whilst he was recovering from surgery. We made him a minimalist lightweight  instrument which weighs only 2.6 pounds (just over 1 kg !!

This lovely Schecter had suffered a nasty deep ding on the front, luckily this was contained within a black strpe so an economical repair is possible.

We are refinishing a Les Paul in vintage gold top nitro, front back and sides.

Two regular customers brought their basses in for their annual service/setup. 1978 Rickenbacker 4001 bass and Fender Precision from 1977.

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7th March 2012

More painting.....

The owner of this Fanned fret Les Paul (shown here http://guitarangel.co.uk/customDetail.php?Epiphone-Les-Paul-Junior-fanned-fret-Custom-guitar-5   fancied a colour change!!

Purfling and binding was added and the top refinished in Candy Apple Red nitro cellulose paint. It sports a 1 ply celluloid lookalike pickguard which was made from a blank.

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7th March 2012

Ready to go!

The Candy Apple red precision bass body and the Fiesta red refinished Strat have been buffed and polished and await collection.

We have fitted a Fishman Ellipse with undersaddle pickup to this lovely all mahogany Martin D15.

The Black Epiphone now sports a Bigsby B50 Tremolo and has been setup to play low and fast.

The Washburn EA50 is rather rare and was suffering from a high action. The rosewood bridge base was reworked and 3mm was removed. The saddle carrier has also had 3mm removed from its base. Each individual saddle had to be lowered too and the opportunity was taken to perfect the intonation at the same time. The electrics have been serviced and it has been restrung with 11's............

..........Just a few examples of some of the work we have carried out over the last week or so.

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17th February 2012

Fiesta red, Candy apple red, Glacier blue, Vintage tints!

This week has been quite a colourful one!  Several guitars were now ready for their colour coats.

The Fotoflame strat body now has a gorgeous Fiesta red nitro finish and once hardened off completely will be hand buffed and polished to a gloss

The Precision bass body has been coated in Candy apple red metallic and awaits clear top coats

The Telebass neck has been treated to a thin skin tinted nitro finish.

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6th February 2012

painting progress

The fotoflame strat has now been given several coats of basecoat primer and is hanging up to dry for a few days prior to flatting back and painting with Fiesta Red nitro.

The custom Fanned fret LP has had the back and sides refinished in dark tinted nitro. It will need to harden off before the binding is cleaned up and the front can be painted candy apple red metallic....

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31st January 2012

Fender Japan fotoflame Strat, body refinish

This Japanese 62 reissue Fender Strat has the fotoflame finish. The finish has cracked badly and has peeled off in places which is not uncommon on these models due to the way the photo finish was applied. The owner has requested a nitro-cellulose paint finish in Fiesta red. Firstly the guitar is dismantled and the parts safely stored. The finish is removed with the help of some heat which melts the photographic emulsion beneath the paint. The residue on the edges is sanded off and the whole body is then finish sanded ready for painting. It will be primed shortly.....

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