Examples of Our Work

I don’t work on acoustics very often… but I thought I would include some pictures of a 1950 000-18 we just finished. The back and sides of the guitar retain their well worn original finish… the top finish was pretty much gone so it was decided to duplicate a period correct sunburst on the top, […]

Here is an early blackguard tele we restored for a customer.

This is a 1956 Strat I did a body-only refin on for Dave Westerbeke of California. This was a difficult one because I had to blend to the original finish which was still present under the pickguard. It turned out real well…Dave says I “hit it right out of the park” …I like that!
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Here’s an early 1960 Jazzmaster we just finished restoring. This guitar is an example of the faded 3 tone burst (sometimes called a 2 & 1/2 tone burst) that was common on Fenders in 58-60… the red is more of a rusty brown color. A nice variation of the classic Fender finish…

If you love custom colour strats, this one will have you ” foaming” at the mouth!  This is my 1961 strat done in what is arguably Fender’s sexiest colour…. foam green with period correct desert sand primer. Just a killer look with a funky green guard and authentic lacquer checking. By the way…. if you’re […]

Here’s an early 60’s Mary Kaye model I built from a bunch of old parts I had lying around…

Sometimes we are asked to take a brand new Fender or Gibson and make it look like an old original. Case in point is this baritone jaguar owned by guitarist extrordinaire Bill Frisell. It had a thick poly sunburst finish, and although it’s a cool guitar, it wasn’t much in the vibe department. Bill and […]

Who doesn’t love custom colour strats??? The guitar on the left is a ’61 aged Inca Silver replica built for Nick S. of Idaho.The guitar on the right is my early 60’s aged Surf Green parts guitar built around a 1959 slab board neck. By the way…the green nitrate guard on the Surf Green guitar had 2 […]

Here’s a 1950 Nocaster that we restored for our good friend Joe R. of Tacoma. This is the oldest Fender I have worked on so far…I could almost feel the presence of Leo Fender peering myopically over my shoulder , saying ” Ah yes…I remember this one”!!

This one was a neck and body restoration […]

Here’s a 57 Tele we redid for all around great dude Martin D.
Moderate forearm wear and light checking make for a classic Tele look.