A few years ago, Martin released some guitars with a new adjustable neck - the "Sure Align" neck system. This operates quite like shimming an electric guitar neck, and requires shims that Martin calls "Elevation Plates". The system is quite unlike Taylor's adjustable ("NT") neck system. Unfortunately it is very difficult to acquire the Elevation Plates in Australia: they are sold by Martin as part of a maintenance kit in the US, but Martin doesn't ship directly. The local d

A nasty crack all the way through the top on this beautiful instrument. Glued, cleated and sealed. Some cosmetic repairs and binding...

We recently had one of these quite unusual guitars on the bench for a "resurrection" - not quite a restoration, but not far off. The...

Rewire/pickup swap (Tonerider pickups - sound great!) and fret level and dress

Two beautiful Fenders in this week for setups and some other repairs - a beautiful cream MIM Jazz Bass that needs some fret work and a...