Luthier's Statement
Dear Repair Customer,
Your guitar can reach a new level of playability and tone. Mass produced instruments need individual attention to perform their best. Even handmade instruments need work sometimes. An experienced and knowledgeable luthier can do things that make your instrument sound better and give you improved performance. Guitars and other string instruments are primarily made of wood, and some glue. The organic material will expand and contract with seasonal humidity and temperature changes. Musical instruments are-- by nature-- delicate and sensitive to these seasonal weather changes. Most guitars will benefit significantly from regular adjustments.
If you're tired of fighting your instrument and you want perfect playing action, give us a call.
My personal love and focus is on finely crafted steel-string and nylon-string acoustic guitars. I also have an affinity for electric modifications, and I'm highly experienced with electric guitars & basses. Fret work is a specialty and we do a lot of it here-- standard fret-leveling and minor dressing, and full re-fretting and fingerboard restoration.
Some issues can arise that are beyond our control, especially with instruments that haven't been well-cared for. I encourage clients to by picky, but practical. I will go to great extremes to assure that you are completely satisfied with our service.
~ Ryan R. Elewaut, founder & owner
Wanna see something nasty?
Swipe for the final result...
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#cleaned up and #shielded with a couple #mods.
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Oh yeah.
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The #two #tenors …
Strange things compound and waves of occurrence do often occur. These two instruments came in on the same day, from two different clients. Both tenors are bout 100 years old. One #banjo one #tenorguitar #occurrence #serendpity
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I currently have this #georgeous and #impeccable Huss & Dalton for sale. She’s #mint and ready for a new home.
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Oldie but a goodie, this ‘57 Gibby J50 is here for a refret and some restoration.
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I thought you’d be interested in seeing this guitar. I have a customer who keeps bringing me these things damnit! Lol.
But this is by far the nicest one I’ve seen from his collection… or really anywhere since this is only like the 5th harp guitar I’ve actually worked on.
Either way, this instrument was the real deal! Video coming in a reel form soon soon.
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#squeeze
#glue #guitarrepair #arizonaluthier
This was an unconventional bridge reglue. It required a little extra help on the #wings. But the broken plywood underneath was such a good fitting puzzle piece that it was able to go just fine without doing much prep work, which was the idea since this guitar wasn’t worth a compete and tedious job. If you know what you’re doing, sometimes you can do a professional hack job, keep a customer happy within budget, and bring a guitar back to life for more pickin.
Video coming soon...
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For some reason the last post didn’t display both pics. Here’s that bridge plate.
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I have a story for you. And I debated sharing this because it was a weird thing to do.
This is a #charango . A pretty nice one too, made not from an #armadillo like #traditional charangos, but carved from a complete piece of South American hard wood, topped with spruce. It sounded great.
Anyway, the customer really wanted a strap button... badly, so... I had to find a way to get a properly curved block to fit back up in the right spot inside the body and glue it into place before screwing in the strap button.
I didn’t want to crack the thin bowl-carved wood. This was the only option for the little #beauty. I also had to take contour #measurements for shaping the #convex block so it would have a decent glueing surface inside.
These doodad tuning gear clamps were shown to me by an old luthier tech a long time ago. When they come in handy, they can solve some really weird puzzles.
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Customer was adamant about staining the fingerboard black during the #refret. Evo Gold super jumbo frets on an original custom shop ESP @espguitars ... this guitar shipped all the way from Hong Kong. On its way back now.
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Here’s something I didn’t mention. That @collingsguitars D1 in the last post has a K&K bridge plate #transducer #pickup. This made the bridge reglue a little more involved than normal. I had to make a #custom clamping caul for inside to avoid the pickup heads and to get proper clamping #pressure. #loothin
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REPAIR PRICING*
OUR MINIMUM CHARGE IS $50
While many guitars need to have multiple repairs performed, some "fixes" are included in the price of others. A complete list of repair pricing is impossible but a general price-list is shown below.
*Official Quotes must be made by appointment. Consultations are always FREE.
Service Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our primary goal. We warranty our work for 30 days. Additional fine tuning is included in this period. If something isn't right or your expectations haven't been met for any reason, please let us know. Adverse reactions due to environmental issues and negligent care are not covered under this warranty. We keep our shop within proper humidity & temperature ranges. It is best to keep string instruments between 40%-45% humidity and around 60-80(f) degrees. We have no control over the the environmental conditions your instrument will experience once it leaves our shop. The stability of the environment, along with the sensitivity of the instrument and that of the player will determine how often adjustments need to be made. If you need additional tweaking please contact us.
