Some repairs are about saving a guitar—top and side cracks, loose braces, lifting bridges and seam separations. Others are about making a guitar you already love feel better in your hands through fretwork, nut and saddle work, and careful attention to action, relief, and neck geometry.

A Taylor owner who brought me a cracked top said the repair was “barely noticeable” and that it was clear the work was done by a real luthier. Another client with a badly cracked side told me his guitar came back “masterfully repaired,” with the action restored to where it belonged—so it played like the day it first drew him in.

Small details can also transform an instrument. One Gretsch 5422TG owner came in frustrated by tuning issues and odd harmonics. After installing a roller bridge, upgrading the Bigsby, fitting Waverly tuners, and dialing in the geometry, he told me it felt more like a White Falcon than the mid-level guitar he’d started with.

Whether it’s structural work or fine-tuning playability, the aim is the same: a guitar that feels solid, inspires confidence, and lets you play without fighting the instrument.

When you bring a guitar in, we start with a simple conversation and a hands-on evaluation. You tell me what you’re hearing and feeling; I tell you what I see—structurally and in terms of playability—in plain language.

From there, I’ll outline practical options and realistic costs. Some repairs are “must-do,” others are optional refinements. You decide how far to go. There’s no pressure and no surprise work done without your approval.

Once the work is completed, I test-play the guitar myself and make any final tweaks. When you pick it up, we’ll go over what I did and how the guitar responds differently from when it came in.

If something doesn’t feel quite right once you’ve lived with it for a bit, I want to hear from you. My goal is that you leave with more confidence in your instrument—and in the person working on it.