Problem Child Guitars

A customer brought in two guitars for service—a Fender Malibu Acoustic and a Fender Telecaster 🎸🎸

Both guitars received a full cleaning, fret polish, fresh strings, and a complete setup.

The Malibu had some fret buzz that was traced to a high fret. A little spot leveling and recrowning took care of the issue and restored clean playability.

The Telecaster had a choking issue on the 1st and 2nd strings around the 15th fret. After a closer inspection, I found several high frets and a gouge in the 21st fret. I leveled frets 12–21, addressed the high spots, and dialed in a low-action setup per the customer's request.

Both guitars are now playing smoothly and sounding their best. 🔥

A customer brought in six guitars for service and repair 🎸🔥

Featuring: Epiphone Les Paul (Alex Lifeson signature), Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty (Joe Bonamassa signature), Epiphone Fauta SG, Epiphone Les Paul (Alex Jones signature), Epiphone ES-330, and a PRS SE Acoustic.

Each guitar got the full treatment—cleaned, fretboards conditioned, frets polished, fresh D’Addario strings, and a pro setup with medium action. I also replaced a broken tuner on the Lifeson LP.

Awesome collection—and that artwork on the Alex Jones and Fauta really stands out!

Custom Stratocaster build fresh off the bench 🎸🔥

This one features a double-bound vintage sunburst body, maple neck with stainless steel frets, Gotoh locking tuners, Dunlop strap locks, and a traditional 6 hole Vintage Tremolo.

Loaded with a Lace Sensor Hot Gold / Hot Bridge pickup set (6.0K / 6.0K / 13.2K) for everything from smooth cleans to aggressive lead tones. Finished it off with D’Addario 10–46 strings and a low-action setup for effortless playability.

This build looks, feels, and sounds incredible.