07/04/2024
Happy 4th of July folks! I am excited to announce that I am moving myself and my business to Austin, TX in the coming weeks. I’ve got some cool stuff in the works that I will announce as I get settled in. My experiences in New Orleans have made an imprint on me as a guitar tech and musician which I am indebted to beyond words. I will certainly be back to visit and play music as often as I can. Thank you to all who have brought me interesting and challenging projects over the last seven years! I look forward to crossing paths again with all the friends I have made here!
I am also open to having guitars or amps shipped to me in Austin if you are interested. Please DM with any ideas or questions you may have.
Here are some pics from the last couple jobs I did before packing up: 1957 Gibson LG-1 which has been left in an attic for decades. All the back braces had come loose and one needed to be replaced. There was a large crack under the fingerboard which resulted from a shrinking pickguard that needed to be fixed, so the neck had to come off. This was the most stubborn fingerboard extension I ever encountered… I attribute to crystallized hide glue that would NOT respond to heat. Eventually it did submit, but I had to get creative! I then made a new pickguard from a tortoise blank.
Also pictured is a 1968 Fender Super Reverb with the drip-edge silver face. This amp looked brand new, however the filter capacitors were original, leaking and badly in need of being changed. Also re-glued some of the tolex. This amp sounds amazing!
