2nd Chance Guitars
Monday, October 3, 2016

Garrison Repair

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 This baby came into the shop with some major damage. At first we assumed the action was so high because the belly was bowing but in fact ...
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Snack Box Holder

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This was a Mouse (work) request. They wanted the box's of snacks stacked so they didn't take up so much counter space. This was my...

Jazzmaster Finsh

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This is a Warmouth Mahogany Jazzmaster body that a client brought to me to get finished. I applied sanding sealer to fill as much of the g...
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Aristocrat Finished

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Finally finished and delivered, the Aristocrat was a serous challenge. Every bit of binding has been replaced. All the neck inlays have be...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Quickie Podium Repair

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My First Sergeant asked me to repair some legs to an old podium that we use during presentations. The legs were Poplar covered with Melami...

Aristocrat Part 2 Blending the finish

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You may have noticed in my last post the Bind All glue ate away at the original finish leaving bare wood around the sides of the body wher...
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Monday, February 22, 2016

Re-Binding an Old Neck

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We are looking at a Guild Aristocrat that the binding has completely shrunk and fallen apart on the entire instrument.  After re-bi...
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Monday, February 15, 2016

Pickguards In Progress and Replicated

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 Oops My Bad. Maybe I didn't mentions that Cellulose Nitrate is incredibly Flammable... had I not turned at just the right time I woul...
Monday, February 1, 2016

What's up in the shop

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I know, I know, I haven't posted in awhile. I've been very busy at work and with the Military, But that's not an excuse as I ha...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

LPJ Double Cut in progress

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I've started a new guitar for my friend JD. He wanted a Les Paul Junior Double Cut Away with two pickups. I started by gluing up so...

Bridge Fabrication

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 Well the Old Kay came back with a broken Bridge. If you look you can see where the wood came apart in front of the saddle slot. Somet...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Freestyle Bass

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The Finished Freestlye Bass prototype, This bass has a Mahogany body with an aged nitro finish to give it that played look and feel...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Dragon (Maleficent) Guitar Finished

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This Guitar took a looooooong time to finish. Not because it was difficult but because I had to squeeze it into my schedule. An...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Amazing Grain

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I applied Black grain filler to the bass body, and began rubbing it off. Here you can see the the body compared to the raw wood. Amazes ...
Sunday, August 3, 2014

Custom Cavity Template

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I needed an electronics cavity for the Freestyle bass that I was working on, but all the existing cavity templates were too big or too ...
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