Repairs
Generally, anything can be fixed with enough time and effort. However if an instrument will cost more than it may be worth it is my duty to let you know.
If you are interested in having some work done please fill out the form below, we will contact you if and when we are able to fulfill your request.
Gallery
Below is a gallery of previous repairs. For a more thorough catalog of my repairs, go to my YouTube Channel, or the Rosa String Works Channel
This is a 1930's Charles Lindbergh guitar, made by Harmony. This one had been beat up, most of the finish was missing, and the bridge was virtually destroyed.
You can see the fretboard is worse for wear. It almost disintegrated when I took it off.
This is after removing the loose neck, and the rest of the finish. Time for a total refinish!
Here you can see the new bridge, it looks more like a plane and provides more strength for the top. As well it has all new finish!
All strung up and ready to be played! It has a new fretboard, and all new inlay, but it's made just like the original.
This 1953 Gibson J185 had some serious internal problems, lots of loose bracing, and a few less than professional fixes.
Here you can see through the sound hole, and spot the yard stick glued to the back as extra bracing. Along with the yard stick most of a bottle of glue was built up around it.
To take the back off, I had to carefully remove the binding by lightly scoring around the seam with a Xacto knife. A time consuming procedure, but it allows the biding to be reattached just as it came off.
Here's a closer look at the inside of the back, all the extra glue had to be removed, along with the yard stick.