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Stringed instrument repairs and custom guitars in Toronto.

20/10/2025

Another restoration from back in the summer— this time on a 1964 Harmony Sovereign H1203 of mine. I made a new pau ferro pin bridge for the guitar and gave it the neck reset.

15/10/2025

Some restoration work on a 78 Gibson Dove Custom for friends . This one had a pretty bad twist in the neck, which luckily I was able to press out with heat. The guitar also got a neck reset, fret dress, new nut + saddle, cracks cleated, pickguard glued, and its bridge plate repaired. Big difference in how this guitar plays and sounds now. It’s bright, smooth, and much louder with the correct geometry and working parts.

16/08/2025

Another ox horn nut for this Taylor T5z. Seemed appropriate with all the black hardware and whatnot. Setup with 12-54 gauge strings 👌

15/08/2025

80’s Rickenbacker 360 refret I did about a month ago for my good bud . Sanded off all the fingerboard lacquer and had many chips to fill. I guess rosewood that’s never been oiled and sitting under lacquer for 40 years is very dry and chippy! Finished off with a black ox horn nut

29/06/2025

A partial re-fret, new nut and saddle on a newer Martin👌

06/05/2025

Just completed restoration on this 1912 Gibson A-4 Mandolin 🎩 Walnut back and sides— a great sounding instrument. The work included a headstock repair of course, neck refinishing, a new nut and some binding and finish touch up throughout.

The client purchased it at The Twelfth Fret here in Toronto long ago, where the expired listing on their website marks it as 1912 with a headstock repair and neck refinish. It took a second to find it, but yes at some point someone skillfully grafted a whole new headstock onto the neck, keeping only the original head plate. The finish they used was really thick, plastic-like and didn’t match the instrument, so I tried to keep the new lacquer I sprayed looking modestly worn and not too shiny. It’s nitro and will only get better with age! These tuners were also installed upside down by the previous person but the client and I decided to keep them how they were. I love how this mandolin looks, I took a million photos 😂

09/03/2025

This 90’s Guild dreadnaught got a refret, bridge reglue, new nut and saddle. Saddle slot was in slightly the wrong location so I plugged it with rosewood and recut the slot in the proper location 👌😎

07/03/2025

A customer brought in this acoustic with a puncture in its side. She attempted to fix it and did a pretty good job painting in grain and colour with make up/ nail polish, but wanted a better looking solution.

I routed out an ellipse shaped hole and fit in a corresponding plug of ash with matching grain, and then lacquered over the patch. I also glued in a supporting cleat of Spanish cedar on the inside. Not totally invisible, but you’d have to look for it to know it’s there now!

06/03/2025

Headstock repair, refret, and new nickel hardware on a 70’s Les Paul Custom. Headstock was previously broken and repaired some time ago. I glued in a mahogany backstrap and re-lacquered the break area to hide the repair 👌

03/03/2025

Lotsa pics for this one, gotta scroll all the way through to see end result. ➡️

I’ve been super busy for the last few months with all sorts of projects. Got a nice pile going and I’m working hard to get through it so I can open up intake again in April. Thanks to all who are waiting! 🙏

This repair was one of my most involved yet. Not a fancy guitar and the kind of job a lot of people turn down and say “it’s not worth it”. But this guitar has sentimental value and the client wanted to fix it to commemorate their late friend who originally owned it. They had the budget, and it was a perfect chance for me to try out this technique.

The headstock was previously broken and augmented with screws and a metal strap. Rather than trying to work with all the broken wood, it made more sense to just cut it all off and graft on a new headstock. I cut a 25 degree scarf joint in the neck around the 4th fret using a Japanese saw and a little angle jig and chiseled away the broken wood. I then made the headstock from new mahogany and rosewood, fashioning it to look like the original. After making and fitting it, I glued it on with epoxy, carved and scraped it all clean, and then refinished the neck. Pretty slick results I think! 😎👌

20/11/2024

Some final pics of the acoustic guitar I recently finished building for a customer. I’m informally naming this one the Wood Instruments “Beacon” — in reference to the vibrant sunburst paint job. This was my first acoustic build and I owe a big thanks to my bud and former shopmate Behrad .lutherie for all his guidance and the lending of his jigs, molds, design etc. The guitar sounds beautiful and I could not be happier with how it all turned out.

13/11/2024

Some old friends, some new, some setups, clamps, holes, a nut, and a mask. (Or a nut in a mask)

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https://www.woodinstruments.ca/

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