Hey everyone! I've had some cool stuff in the shop lately. Like this 1930s Gibson L-00. This guitar came in for a complete restoration, and it needed it. I started off this restoration by taking the neck off as it needed to be reset. As for the body of the guitar I went through the sound hole and reglued the braces that were decoupled and fixed the cracks.

Once the body was solid I put the neck back on, refretted the fingerboard, and made a new bridge. Of course, the guitar was cleaned and hand polished. It also received new tuners and Stringjoy strings.

I've also started on another Brooks Acoustic Custom, inspired by a Martin  D-18. This guitar will have a slightly thinner body, my scalloped X-bracing, and a V-shaped neck.

I asked people to vote on the paint over on Facebook, so put your vote in: Natural or Burst top. What would you like to see?

If you need a set up on you guitar or need one restored, or maybe you just want to play a Sleeper Conversion or a Custom Brooks Acoustic, come on by and I'll get you sorted. 

I've recently reached out to Dave at The Healing Box Project to sponsor the great work they are doing with injured veterans. If you haven't heard about them, you should definitely check them out. Dave and CJ are always looking for support to help them get guitars into the hands of veterans. They provide guitars and guitar lessons to veterans as a sort of rehabilitation.

I came across this broken Keith Urban guitar that had the headstock completely broken off and a couple of holes in it where it had controls for a pickup. Unlike with Dillon's guitar, I didn't have the headstock for this one so you'll see that I had to create one to glue on. 

It really is a very beautiful guitar. I considered taking the back off of it and doing a conversion but I think I'm going to keep it as it is (at least for now. Who knows if I'll change my mind later?). 

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! Maybe you BBQ'd with the family. Or went fishing with friends. Or enjoyed the day on the river. How did you spend Labor Day of 2018? I got to spend a portion of the day with this guy. 

Yes, that's right. That is Dillon Wilfong, from the awesome band The Matching Shoe, playing Humpty Dumpty! He absolutely shredded that guitar. It's no wonder that he and his band have generated such a high-energy following of "Shoe-Heads"! 

I had the pleasure of repairing a broken headstock on one of his favored guitars. Snapped right off! 

He was extremely happy to get his guitar back in playing condition. As you can see, I repair headstocks uniquely. My background in carpentry caused me to think a little differently about how to make these types of repairs, and I immediately brought my knowledge into the field of guitar repair when I started school. This is a repair that is made to last.