Check out Earl Hooker’s vintage UNIVOX guitar fret micropolishing restoration for my friend Oliver Kostrinsky! Earl Hooker was an awe-inspiring slide guitarist and one of the architects of Chicago Blues. He is considered one of the most important Blues guitarist in history.The process of micropolishing involes leveling off a business card worth of thickness off […]
Check out this broken Warmoth roasted neck restoration for singer songwriter Rob Forst. When drilling a hole in a dried out roasted neck you have to be careful or it can result in a crack which Rob experienced when he installed the tuners. I used my family recipe glue that my Dad (Dr. Phil Petillo) […]
Gerald Edward, a singer/songwriter who studied music at Berklee and a good friend asked me to restore this antique Gibson A4. I was so excited to bring something back from death’s door in a way. All mandolins have a very high amount of string pressure, which called for a high strength military grade waterproof epoxy […]
This was a long repair job for Guitar Maker and fellow Marquetry artist Jim Macdonald. Jim created two marquetry guitar designs for the Gibson Custom Shop in the early 2000’s as part of their “Visual Artist Program.” Both guitars were priced at $14,000. In 2013, Jim began making his own guitars featuring beautiful marquetry work. […]
Kevin Guerin’s vintage Gibson B.B. King Lucille broken neck restoration. I posted pics of the patch work back in September and finally finished the restoration. Kevin was playing a fundraiser and when he put his guitar on the stand a gust of wind knocked it down and it resulted in a bad crack in the […]
