Holiday time! After a difficult and busy year I’m going to have a week off to recharge the batteries, so the shop will be closed from Saturday the 3rd July and will reopen on Saturday the 10th July.  I want to thank everyone for their continued support especially through these challenging times, and look forward … More Holiday time!

Had an unusual Fender Strat come in for some work. It’s a Wayne Kramer model, with striking finish and unusual placing of the hum bucker pickup. The guitar came in for a full setup, and also the customer felt the neck pickup wasn’t sounding quite right. I gave the guitar a clean and fitted some … More Wayne Kramer Strat

I am pleased to announce that after a lockdown break, we are opening our doors again on Monday the 12th April. We can’t wait to see everyone again, so if you have any instruments that need repairing or need any guitar accessories, come in and see us and we can help sort you out. Stay … More Re-opening!

Christmas, lockdown and thoughts for 2021…. What a year 2020 has been! Who would have thought when we closed for our Christmas break in 2019 how much the world was going to change!  Due to the government’s new tier rules, Banbury will enter tier 4 on Boxing Day. Unfortunately this means once again we will … More Christmas, lockdown and thoughts for 2021….

Epiphone Joe Pass We had a gorgeous Epiphone Joe Pass jazz guitar come in that the customer wanted some heavier strings fitting and then a setup doing. We removed the old strings and then lemon oiled the fret board to clean and rehydrate it and cleaned the body. We checked the tightness of all the … More Epiphone Joe Pass Jazz guitar

Strat Pickup swap We had a Strat come in that after years of serious gigging needed some work to freshen it up. The customer being a huge Hank Marvin fan who owned a few red Strats decided he wanted it resprayed in a sunburst finish to give some variety to his collection. Once the guitar … More Strat pickup swap

Burns Sonic bass Just before the government put the country on lockdown, the last instrument  we had in to do some work on was a very early 1960’s Burns Sonic Bass guitar. It came in needing a clean and setup. We removed the old strings and gave the guitar a good clean and polish. We … More Burns Sonic Bass

Les Paul style electric guitar  We had a Les Paul style electric guitar come in that had been left in a cupboard, and left unloved, and in need of a restring and setup. First thing we did was remove what strings were still left on it, and gave the fretboard a clean and rehydrate with … More Les Paul Style Electric Guitar

Seymore Duncan Hot-rail pickups! We had a Squire Telecaster come in that although the customer loved the overall feel of the guitar, felt that the pickups were a bit thin and weak sounding. He decided on a set of Seymore Duncan Hot-rail pickups as a replacement for the stock pickups. After removing the stock pickups, … More Seymore Duncan Hot-rail pickups