Don’t cross the streams…
Today, we did something that might even make the Ghostbusters a bit squeamish. Is it ectoplasm? Not quite... This stuff is called Friendly Plastic - we sometimes use it to…
Oh my god! They killed Kenny!
Fretwork is hard on the body and hard on tools. The hardest part is crowning the frets - there can be as many as 26 frets on an instrument, and…
Geoff tours the Martin factory.
What do guitar techs do when they're on vacation? Make a pilgrimage to the C.F. Martin factory, that's what. A picture is worth a thousand words, so we'll dispense with…
A Kodak moment…
Every job we do is different, and there's always something new to learn. Between the four of us (Geoff, Spencer, Aaron, and Benjamin) we've amassed a plethora of techniques, tricks,…
Catastrophe and catharsis.
Few things are as catastrophic to a guitarist as breaking their headstock (besides being asked to read music, that is). Yet, as awful as a headstock break can be, we…