Category: Workshop

The guitar headstock repair jig is taking shape. Just finalising the position of the toggle clamps and then I just need to figure out once and for all how I’m going to mount the threaded bars or bolts that will push down on the top of the headstock via a peace of wood packing. The…

The “David Collins” style headstock repair jig is beginning to take shape. Hoping to have this finished today. Search online for more info on David Collins initial design, it clamps the guitar from every direction and applies pressure just where you need it when gluing a headstock, at least I hope it does! More photos/updates…

It’s been slow going with this one as I’ve had a few other jobs to take care of but we’re getting there. Here you can see the board has been levelled, the fret slots cleaned out and the frets over bent and roughly cut to size. There has been some minor chipping of the fretboard…

I’ve currently got this Ibanez on the bench for a re fret. I’m going to be using this blog to more regularly update what I’m working on and then use the Workshop section of the site to catalogue my passed guitar repair projects. I welcome any comments, hints or tips you may have on what…

This is probably the worst thing that can happen to any guitar, to be honest it’s probably harder on the guitarist but still it makes for a pretty gruesome picture. In this case the break wasn’t completely clean and a small peace of wood had broken loose, not visible on this image I’m afraid. The…

So, website updates are coming on but in the meantime I have a few projects on the bench including a custom Rickenbacker replica, a “very metal” Charvel and my own 1981 Gibson SG which I foolishly threw on the floor and broke the headstock. To help with the headstock repair I’ve decided to build a…