Lee Norris Master CraftsmanGuitar Repairs Dorset

Gibson Repair 1

Old Gibson acoustic with badly damaged soundboard


repairs Gibson 2

Underside of soundboard once removed

 

repairs Gibson 3

New soundboard constructed

 

repairs Gibson final

Job completed using the original bridge

 


 

oud 1

Turkish ‘oud’ bought in a charity shop
for £4.00 with broken pegbox

 

oud 2

New pegbox made and fitted

 


 

fretDress1

Fingerboard with badly worn frets

 

fretDress2

After ’flatting’ frets re-crowned

 

fretDress3

Fingerboard masked off before re-polish

 

fretDress4

Job complete, ready for stringing

 


 

highBridge1

Planing down over high bridge on an acoustic guitar

 

highBridge2

Bridge re-polished and a lot easier to play

 


 

ovation1

Soundboard parting company
with the sides on an Ovation copy

 

ovation2

Clamped up, glued up, ready for clean up

 


 

fenderMalibu

Re- glueing top block on an old Fender Malibu

 


 

ekoDilruba

‘Eko’ 12 string undergoing a conversion ‘Dilruba’ style

 


 

crafter1

Crafter acoustic converted to mandola, with eight strings

 

crafter2

Crafter conversion, bridge

 

crafter3

Crafter conversion, headstock

 


 

yamaha

‘Scalloped’ bone nut made and fitted to a Yamaha APX

 


 

epiphone1

Epiphone ‘Les Paul’ with head separated from neck

 

epiphone2

All back together again

 


 

scratchplate

Re-designing and making a new scratchplate
for damaged 70’s copy

 


 

headstock1

Crafter acoustic with broken slotted head

 

headstock2

Fully repaired and re-strung

 


 

rickenbacker

Original Rickenbacker headstock on the right
(neck non-existent)
new head and neck made and grafted onto body

 

 

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