Electric guitar with a white body decorated with black polka dots, featuring two humbucker pickups, a bridge, and control knobs, resting on a wooden surface.

Notable Projects

A dual-neck acoustic guitar with a natural wood finish inside a black case.
K & F Lap Steel

This poor K&F lap steel was covered in many layers of paint, the top layer a coral pink.

Close-up of the back of a wooden guitar neck with some scratches and polish, in a workshop with hanging tools and other guitars in the background.

Subtle figure…

A lap steel guitar with a wooden body, metal pickup, and control knobs on a workbench. There are tools, a soldering station, and other equipment nearby, indicating a repair or assembly setting.

K&F lap steel, one of the earliest electric guitars to visit the shop.

Disassembled electric guitar body with red paint, lying on a striped cloth-covered table in a woodworking shop, with paint remover, a putty knife, and other tools nearby.

Many hours of stripping and sanding to remove the layers.

Close-up photo of the bottom of a vintage wooden string instrument, showing the tailpiece and end block with no strings attached.

Simple routing.

A close-up of a worn, black-painted piece of woodworking equipment or tool, with chipped paint and a metal surface marked with the number '672'.
Back view of a wooden guitar body in a woodworking workshop surrounded by various tools hanging on a pegboard and on shelves.

The serial number became visible and was a very rewarding point in the project.

Close-up of a wooden object with the number 673 engraved on it.

Serial number 678

An electric guitar lying on its side on a workbench in a guitar repair shop, surrounded by tools, equipment, and other guitars in the background.

Several coats of lacquer with touch of amber and brown dye. The body is a bright maple.

A vintage banjolele body with tuning pegs and strings on a table in a workshop or repair shop.

Assembled and sounding sweet!

A vintage steel guitar with a wooden body, two control knobs, and a metal bridge, placed on a green towel on a workbench.
Three torn pieces of blue and white printed paper on a wooden workbench with tools and equipment nearby.

The pickup was dead and had to be rewound. Disassembly revealed these old magazine shims advertising a natural gas powered ice box!