Congratulations to the band FLETCHER for delivering a solid performance on the Jimmy Fallon show!! Being in the music business since I was a child and witnessing last minute repairs or preventing something bad from happening is always a challenge with my normal work load/studio projects. A big congratulations to Chris McKeon seen at the […]
This was one of the most fun projects I did with my friend singer/songwriter Matt Cook on his Fender Stratocaster! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is still one of my favorite cartoons! Growing up, my brother Timmy and I played with the TMNT toys and even the Nintendo video game. The pickguard is made of […]
Check out this finish restoration on Michael Post’s gold top Les Paul. The finish had pick scratches in it and they were deep to the touch. I hand buffed the lacquer to remove the marks. Nitrocellulose lacquer is very delicate and the majority of it has been the dominant finish used by U.S. musical instrument […]
The last bunch of pics from the Nils Lofgren tribute guitar I did for Kyle and Carol! Nils signed the pickguard I made for Kyle and Carol when they met him at a concert. I handmade all the pieces on this beauty from the Spalted maple pickguard and tremolo cavity covers, the back battery cover […]
Check out my friend Will’s Fender five hole anodized black Telecaster pickguard with the Christopher Nolan style “Tumbler” Batmobile! The outline from the Tumbler was traced with dremel tools and the engraving goes past the black anodizing to reveil the grey aluminum underneath! Take a look at all the pics!
Check out this knob I made with the glass eye of a scorpion on top for this Fender Tele! I took a glass ball and cut it in half. The cut was rough but wet sanded the flat part of the glass and got it glossed with all imperfections removed. The next step is to […]
I had to get this black Gibson Chet Atkins guitar done for the Billy Joel show last Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York. This guitar is used on Billy’s song The Entertainer. I did two weeks work in two days. I was at the mercy of the glue drying on the bridge and […]
I worked all night till 3am getting this guitar ready for the 2012 Grammy Awards. Rick “Chainsaw” Lapointe brought it in the night before leaving for the west coast. Rick is a sweetheart and a veteran in the music business. I was so happy Patti enjoyed the guitar after my restoration for the Grammys. I’m […]
