Banjo Repair: A Five-String With A Past
This one is from the 1920s. The frets were a bit of a mess, and there was a great big hole in the skin. It was brought in by a customer whose father played it professionally in a banjo group from 1926 until the outbreak of the Second World War ...
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July 12, 2009
Guitar Repair: refurbishing a 1969 Gibson SG
Sometimes it's hard to believe what is on my desk. Gibson only made SGs with front accessible controls in 1969. It should have a bigsby trem, and a scratchplate. It should also have a fingerboard. What a mess. This customer bought the guitar as is, as he knew that this could ...
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January 29, 2009
Repairing a Zither
Just a quick one about a very unusual instrument that came by the Jim Fleeting Guitars workshop, for repair. This is a zither. It is a folk instrument, played with hammers, and is a precursor to the piano. Other zithers include, amongst others, the hammer dulcimer. My job was to clean it, ...
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January 5, 2009
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