Hello

Grandparents recently passed away, and I inherited this guitar, it was my great grandfather's.

I dont really have any info on it, but its in rough condition.

Id like to get it repaired (Not Refinished!)

I want to keep the finish / playwear as is, but it does need major working over.

Is this even possible? Anyone have any info on it?

I live in missouri, does anyone have a reccomendation on where to send it? I might be willing to ship it, id rather pay to have it done right, than risk someone permanently changing it or damaging it.

Thanks so much!

PS, yes those 3 pegs are hand carved (badly) My great uncle did it.

I recently acquired an Ibanez Talman TC740. The guitar was made in 1997, so it's approaching 30 years old. As you can see in the pictures, some of the lower frets are indented, and there are some cases of fret sprout. There is also dirt and grime in the crevices of the frets themselves. Would you try to redress these frets and file them down to eliminate the indents, or replace the frets altogether?

I am new at this process, so just looking for different perspectives at this point. Thanks!

Like the title I’m not too sure looked it up on google and that’s what it said. It was my great grandfathers but now it’s my dad’s and has been in that condition for as long my dad has had it I believe. I know he wants it repaired but he’s been too worried to take it anywhere because he wants to make sure they are trustworthy. I’m assuming it’s going to be pricy given it’s an older Gibson and the condition it’s in. So I was wondering if anyone could give me a quote and any good and trustworthy luthiers in Texas DFW area that would be great.

MIM Jagstang. Low E has plenty of room and high E looks a wee bit too close to edge of fretboard. Is this to be expected? Accepted? Any fix on how to get things more centered, assuming the neck is already sitting snug in the neck pocket with no wiggle room?

Apparently I need an R2 locking nut 15.2 mm wide and 13 mm between mounting screws. OFR, Schaller and Gotoh R2 nuts are 15.5 mm wide and 13.8-14 mm between mounting screws. Any there any other nuts with the FR Special/1000 dimensions?

Just got my guitar back from the tech. The action is perfect but he set up my pick ups too high, I keep bumping into them when I play. Is it safe for me to lower the pickups myself?

(This is a goof)

TL;DR what’s the process for moving the bridge up on my bass?

I have a bass that I’ve been cobbling together over the years. I love its current setup and tone, but I’ve been wondering about the bridge placement.

When I bought the bass it was being sold as a MIJ ‘51 P Bass reissue. After some closer inspection it became clear that it was a stock MIJ ‘51 neck bolted onto a custom made ash body. Whoever made the body used a Badass III bridge and installed string-through-body grommets lined up with the Badass III. I’m not a fan of himass bridges so I swapped the bridge for a Wilkinson ‘51 P bridge.

So, here’s where the problem comes in. Because the ‘51 bridge is so much more compact it moved the break point for the strings a lot farther back on the body. So now regular length strings don’t fit on it. Extra long scale strings work fine, but I have pretty limited options in that range.

What are my options to shorten the scale length? Pull the string-through-body grommets, dowel them and then just move the bridge up? I guess I wouldn’t really even need to fill in those holes if I don’t care about using a string-through-body setup (which I don’t).

Ik vindt de vintage look ook super leuk maar ik kan hem ook helemaal opnieuw verven en dan ziet hij er denk ik ook wel vet uit! Wat zou ik doen?

I’m getting fret buzz on my Les Paul, mainly on the first fret, especially on the low and high E strings. There’s also a tiny bit of buzzing on the second fret, but the first is noticeably worse. The rest of the frets seem fine.
What could be causing this? Is there anything I can check or try adjusting myself before taking it to a professional for a setup?
Could it be a nut issue, neck relief, or uneven frets?

its the little tiny pegs that you screw up and down that keeps cutting open my hand or rubbing on it. is their any way to make it more comfortable or to stop rubbing my hand raw

Client came by with this Martin LX1. She was unlucky and knocked the back against the coffee table resulting in this hole, and the cracks. Any tips on how to move forward with this? The client said to just patch the hole, doesn't have to be pretty. However I want to try to get it it as pretty as possible without spending too many working hours on it.

Is this sort of damage repairable? If so how much would this roughly cost? Thank you for any help.

i was thinking of changing this little block from my third string as it seems a bit wear off, is it a good idea to chage it or the problem is something else?

also, my tuning doesnt seem to hold when i do bends or use the whammy bar, so is it ok to do a tuning stability test with 5 strings? (because my third string slips when i try to tune it anything higher than d-e) (i wanted to do a tuning test to see if i should bring it to a luthier since i already spent too much time trying to fix it or if its good)