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Photo Gallery Here's a collection of photos of instruments Bill has worked on and descriptions of repair jobs.
 | Before: A beautiful Les Paul Standard, very badly broken. |
 | After: One week later, ready to rock! |
 | This nice 1930s Gibson L5 came in for loose frets and a much needed set up. The truss rod was eating into the maple neck and needed some loving care. Now it swings with the best of them! |
 | Bill in his shop with a sparklin' '52 Tele. |
 | This clean 1968 Epiphone Embasy bass came in for a electronic short. The customer was sure it needed a replacement pickup but all it really needed was a new input jack and the securing of a few loose frets. After that, it sounded great! It was made in Kalamazoo, MI at the Gibson factory and is the sister to the Gibson EB-2. |
 | A nice example of a 00-18 (sometimes known as the "Chocolate Martin") in for all new tuner buttons, a bridge reglue and worn fret replacement. It has always been a joy to bring a Martin back to life. |
 | I couldn't afford a real Zemaitis guitar so I made a clone for myself last year. The top is hammered silver and the body is Honduran mahogany. Silver inlays and the "Buzz Feiten" tuning system finish it out. |
 | The first bass I ever made from scratch in the early '70s for my childhood friend Jeff Stocki. Still kickin' after 30 years on the road and in the studio. |
 | Ahh...Humpty Dumpty. This nice 1963 ES 335 took a bad fall at a gig. I was able to reglue the headstock and do a bit of touch up to get it back on the road. I'm always glad to work on these type of breaks. The look on the customer's face as they bring it in is usually worse than the break itself. |
 | A very rare Bozo 12 string came in for very loose frets and a fretboard loose from dryness. After securing a dozen loose frets and three inches of loose fretboard this guitar sounded much more solid and chords were more even sounding overall. This is a heavily built guitar that is usually set up with 13 to 56 guage strings and tuned to C#... as Leo Kottke does to great success. Twang! |
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