Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair

I haven’t been posting as much lately . It’s a VERY busy time with guitars & trying to complete orders & repairs.

There are several people who are waiting on their custom Alsip guitars. I want to thank each customer for their patience & support. This is a custom order I recently finished & it should be arriving to its new home on Saturday.

I continue to finish up some other builds & will share photos as they leave the shop. I want to thank God for all my blessings & the glory is all His!

More to come soon….
Patrick Kreisl
Lee Glenna
Frank Stokes
Ernest Kaiser
Andy Pearce
Randy Floyd

I always think it is VERY important to share the jobs I do, especially the jobs brought to me that other local repairmen do in the metro Atlanta area.

I caution anyone to make sure the person you hire to do your repair is qualified. Just because they work at a music store or own a music store doesn’t mean they are qualified or able to repair your instrument. This work was attempted at a known music store in metro Atlanta. The gentleman needed his nut replaced & when he picked his guitar up he was surprised to find that his fingerboard was ruined & a $50 job all of a sudden was a major repair.

I can tell you I have received numerous jobs from customers in the last 4-5 years from several different very known music stores & have fixed shotty work. I am not one to blast names nor do I judge people. But it is important to know who you are hiring & what they are capable of.

I hope my post helps save others from running into to issues such as this in my photos. More pix to come as I fix this guitar to its former glory. 😊

C.R. Alsip Guitars
Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair
Jake Willoughby

Recently this late 1920’s or early 1930’s S.S. Stewart acoustic guitar made its way to the shop. It was bought in Rome, GA brand new & this particular one was actually made by C.F. Martin.

The outer bridge plate was destroyed & the guitar had some loose braces inside, once I got a camera inside I could see the inner bridge plate was loose & needed TLC. I cleaned the guitar up & started removing the outer bridge plate, then found a rectangular patch underneath the outer bridge plate, I removed it & then removed the inner bridge plate. The guitar had the famous belly bulge, after hand making a new maple inner bridge plate, gluing it in& making sure the top was level I fixed the damaged top & handmade a new rosewood outer bridge plate that was slightly oversized. I also bolted the plate with stainless steel machine bolts & nuts. After fret work & setup & new strings this guitar is back better than ever. It plays & sounds AMAZING! The best part about my job is saving music history or making a new instrument.

Awesome stuff! I thank God for the talent He has blessed me with & ALL the glory is God’s. 😊

I do fret end dresses all the time. This makes the guitar so much more comfortable to play. It gives a smooth silky feel to the neck & is relatively inexpensive to have done. 😊

Working on a old Martin Ukulele in the shop. 😊
It was fixed in the past by drop filling with super glue. I am going to put cleats on the cracks so it has more reinforcement. 😊

Got the first (2) installed. More to come…..

C.R. Alsip Guitars
Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair
Jake Willoughby

A Gretsch guitar came through the shop. My job is to take a guitar & make it play the best it can possibly play so the person playing it can play the instrument effortlessly.

This guitar plays & sounds incredible after working it over.

Hit us up if you need repair services. 😊

C.R. Alsip Guitars
Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair
Jake Willoughby

This Fender MIM Jazz Bass came in for fret work & a setup. If you have stringed instruments that need TLC hit us up!
C.R. Alsip Guitars
Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair
Jake Willoughby

Shiny frets after a level, crown & polish. 😉✨

Thanks for job security China! 😉 Need you guitar fixed? Hit us up! .r.alsipguitars

A vintage Conrad Beatle bass getting a overhaul. The owner got this bass when he was 15 years old & wants it in tip-top playing condition so he can pass it on to his son. Putting in a new dual action truss rod. 😊 more photos coming soon….

This is a old Classical guitar a customer has had for years & wanted to get it in great playing condition for his grandson. 😊

This was a interesting repair. A local guy found this old Stella guitar at a yard sale. It had seen better days for certain. The bridge was pulled loose, the action was CRAZY high, applied some heat to straighten out the bow in the neck, the nut needed re-worked & the frets were super tarnished & filthy. Most people don’t realize how amazing these old guitars sound plus how well they can play if setup properly.

After a little work & a couple hundred dollars this guitar was resurrected. It played & sounded beautiful.

The customer said “I am hearing something weird when I play certain strings. It sounds like something is rattling or loose inside”

Do you see what’s wrong with this guitar?

C.R. Alsip Guitars
Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair
Heather Willoughby
Jake Willoughby
Pickett's Guitar Shop
Village Music
Pete's Music City
Paulding Music Center

This Jackson bass got new Gotoh tuners, a setup & some new strings.

If it has strings we can repair it! 😊

Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair
C.R. Alsip Guitars
Jake Willoughby
Heather Willoughby
Pickett's Guitar Shop
Paulding Music Center
Village MusicPete's Music City

Working on a headstock break. It was repaired by the customer by gluing it back together. The joint was uneven & you could see the break as plain as day.

It is in the shop getting worked over so the break is repaired correctly & you will never know it was ever broke. 😊

These are “before” pics & “fixed without finish” pix. I will be putting finish on the neck tomorrow & post the final product when it is completed. 😊

C.R. Alsip Guitars
Alsip Stringed Instrument Repair
Jake Willoughby
Heather Willoughby
Paulding Music Center
Pete's Music City
Village Music
Pickett's Guitar Shop

Heather & Simon hard at work in the shop.

Crowning frets 😊