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Maton EM325 pick up and neck joint

It always seems wrong to cut a big hole in the side of an old acoustic ................ I actually usually try and talk people out of it when they want...

Maton Supreme 777

This guitar has graced my workshop a few times over the years. It's owned by a lovely man in Sydney who tours it a lot as he insists on it...

1960's Guyatone SG42T

Even before I got myself a copy of the great "Bizarre guitars" book years ago I'd been on the search for guitars like this. Even though the whole book is...

The "new acoustic" set up

Here's a "repair" I do quite often for my customers that involves making their brand new guitar play like it should. When you buy a new guitar it needs a...

Amena acoustic

There a "repairs" that I do sometimes that don't really make sense in the big scheme of things. Someone brings in a cheap guitar that has big issues that on...

Teisco Del Rey EP-10T

I do have a real soft spot for these old Teiscos and Guyatones. For years they were written off as "cheap and nasty" Asian imports trying to compete with the...