Guitar repair is dangerous business. We’re working to tolerances as small as a thousandth of an inch, so we have to get our fingers and eyeballs closer to the action than our doctors would like to hear about. We’re constantly barraged by noxious fumes, corrosive chemicals, super sharp blades, crazy loud machines, super-hot chicks, sanding belts, flying debris, and sometimes – disgusting guitars. One can never be too careful, so we take all the appropriate precautions:
