Swap meets are great way to get rid of stuff you don't need and buy stuff you like at the same time. It's a giant trash and treasure for musicians right here in Adelaide.
Our next meet is on Saturday the 11th of April 2015, and we have them every 6 months so stay tuned!
Hey! Here's something cool. Local public radio broadcaster 3DRadio are having a subscription drive this August, so as an incentive to get some support behind this institutional local radio, we've put this guitar up as first prize for the prize draw! All you have to do...
Hey! Here's something you may not know! Does your guitar go out of tune? Should you get better machine heads? Probably not!! Read on......
At least once a week, someone calls me up and says:
" I need some new machine heads, what've you got?"
"Well, I've got heaps! What...
Recently I was asked to write some music for a short film "Pablos Villa", a great short documentary about an old gent from a town that was lost beneath the waves...The brief was for a 'Ry Cooder' slide sound. I happily obliged, utilising an epic Dobro style resonator m...
Well, once upon time, the bigsby was the cutting edge of tremelo technology, yes, it's true. But over the years many more methods of loosening the strings for artistic purposes have come and gone, and come again...
The venerable Grandaddy of them all is the Bigsby. It c...
Hey! Have you had, or been told you need a refret lately?
I have some news for you, and it's not that great, but I'm just gonna put it out there..OK? Here we go.
Nearly everyday, I get a phone call where someone asks me how much a refret is. Business is good right? So...
Vintage guitar repairs can be a lot of fun, and it's always rewarding to get a great result and hence, a happy customer. A friend of mine bought this 60's Levin acoustic in to the shop, because the action was crazy high. Well, as it turns out, the bridge was lifting r...
Every now and again, a repairer will have to fix something that's been "fixed" before.
This job was no exception! A beautiful vintage Maton Mastersound came into the shop with an appaling neck repair. Luckily, we've developed a great technique for removing this type of...
Ridiculous repairs need ridiculous solutions! or..How to turn a disaster around in 7 steps.
May 1, 2013
For those of you in the know, the PLEK system is a CNC ( computer numeric control) machine that will level your frets to a high tolerance and it's pre...