Throughout the years, Kneeland Guitar Works has enjoyed having and working on some fantastic and unique pieces. Therefore, in this dedicated space, we want to proudly showcase some of the guitars we have for sale and the ones we’ve had in store since we opened until today.
On The Bench
- Neck Reset on 1954 Gibson Southerner Jumbo
Sometimes, despite over 23 years working on instruments, I see something weird. And this one is bizarre. Notice anything weird? The clues were there, had I thought about them. The guitar was brought in by the son of its original owner. The action wasn’t terribly high, but we agreed a neck reset would improve the… Read more: Neck Reset on 1954 Gibson Southerner Jumbo - Yamaha SA700 Refret with Jumbo Dunlop 6100 Fretwire
This customer has two early 80s Yamaha SA700s. His other already had jumbo frets, which her preferred over the original medium frets. When he bought this one, we decided to put some Dunlop 6100 wire in. Fingerboards with binding require an extra step. Each piece of fretwire needs its tang cut to fit the slot.… Read more: Yamaha SA700 Refret with Jumbo Dunlop 6100 Fretwire - Restoration of P-13 Pickup in 1949 Harmony Lapsteel
Fixing up this old Harmony-made lap steel for a friend. Never seen one quite like this: Poplar body with oak veneer. The fingerboard is just dyed darker! I dig the random brown sunburst on edge of headstock and on body curves. When we got it, there was a weak signal, barely any sound coming through.… Read more: Restoration of P-13 Pickup in 1949 Harmony Lapsteel - Replacing Tuner Buttons to Bring New Life to Vintage Kluson Tuners
I often get asked to replace old sets of tuners that have crumbling or missing buttons. And I guess over the years lots of folks did just throw these old sets away, as evidenced by the large number of vintage guitars I’ve seen that had brand new sets of Kluson, Grover, or Gotoh tuners on… Read more: Replacing Tuner Buttons to Bring New Life to Vintage Kluson Tuners - Making New Bridge to Replace Plastic Bridge on 1960s Gibson B-25
On the bench today is yet another Gibson with one of those clumsy molded plastic bridges. Some executive…who clearly was not a guitar player and VERY CLEARLY did not understand the legacy of this great brand…thought this would speed up production and cut costs. At least that’s the theory. I don’t know… Some people really… Read more: Making New Bridge to Replace Plastic Bridge on 1960s Gibson B-25
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