Mikey V's Instrument Repair and Custom Shop

Mikey V's Instrument Repair and Custom Shop 20+ years of instrument repairs and customizing. From building an instrument from bare wood to painting custom colors and custom wiring never seen before.

Fretjob on this gorgeous R8. Waxed the board and got the frets just as pretty as the guitar. Super fat neck, but it pla...
04/29/2026

Fretjob on this gorgeous R8. Waxed the board and got the frets just as pretty as the guitar. Super fat neck, but it plays amazing!! Enjoy !! Ryan Bueter

Removed the wooden plug for the truss rod of this early 90’s Fender with a Wilkinson nut. Removed the stripped stock tru...
04/08/2026

Removed the wooden plug for the truss rod of this early 90’s Fender with a Wilkinson nut. Removed the stripped stock truss rod nut and installed the new one. Put the original plug back in and sealed it up… it’s good to go!

This badly broken 1 of 1956 John Lennon Casino came in. It’s good as new now. Smooth as glass and playing perfect again ...
03/14/2026

This badly broken 1 of 1956 John Lennon Casino came in. It’s good as new now. Smooth as glass and playing perfect again and holding its value

Not bad for 99 years!! Restored and upgraded this German made Jacobus Hornsteiner model 120 violin from 1927. Very very ...
03/09/2026

Not bad for 99 years!! Restored and upgraded this German made Jacobus Hornsteiner model 120 violin from 1927. Very very nice Stradivarius copy. It’s all original except the added fine tuners. Lots of pumice work on this one. But it sounds amazing!

On today’s episode of , this JP6 Majestic came in. We did a complete upgrade.We did a complete new fretjob with 6100’s,...
01/20/2026

On today’s episode of , this JP6 Majestic came in. We did a complete upgrade.

We did a complete new fretjob with 6100’s, new Seymour Duncan Nazgûl/sentient pickups, we added a brand new beyond amazing Gotoh G1996 Floyd rose and locking nut, new tremolo cavity was added in and had to create a proper nut shelf for the locking nut, and some new Gotoh 4 over 2 tuning machinesit came out perfect. I can’t get this thing to come out of tune. It plays like butter and has killer tone

Added a pickup to this cool resonator, now it’s electric … taadaa
01/15/2026

Added a pickup to this cool resonator, now it’s electric … taadaa

Ebony is a very brittle wood, especially when not conditioned and oiled properly. 100% of the time there’s going to be c...
12/18/2025

Ebony is a very brittle wood, especially when not conditioned and oiled properly. 100% of the time there’s going to be chipping while removing the old frets. You have to dam the fret slots, fill the wood with Ebony dust and super glue, resurface it, radius it again, then it’s ready to accept the new frets

These totes are great quality and great size toohttps://a.co/d/h7MNuaQClick the link… free Amazon shipping !
12/09/2025

These totes are great quality and great size too

https://a.co/d/h7MNuaQ

Click the link… free Amazon shipping !

Hand carved a new water buffalo horn bone nut.. had to have a sweet custom upgrade to an already killer custom bass guit...
12/08/2025

Hand carved a new water buffalo horn bone nut.. had to have a sweet custom upgrade to an already killer custom bass guitar

Little process of the carving of a custom ebony bridge for an acoustic guitar. Customer wanted to replace the Richlite b...
10/10/2025

Little process of the carving of a custom ebony bridge for an acoustic guitar. Customer wanted to replace the Richlite bridge for real deal ebony. It came out great. Ebony is a bit more dense and resonate than Richlite composite material.

I carved the bridge, made a saddle slot jig, dyed the ebony so it’s uniform with Higgin’s India Ink and sealed grains. It came out great !

Address

Tulare, CA
93274

Telephone

(559) 864-7090

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Mikey V's Instrument Repair and Custom Shop posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Mikey V's Instrument Repair and Custom Shop:

Shortcuts

Share