Happy Holidays! With Christmas and New Years falling on the weekend this year, we will be closed Saturday/Sunday/Monday both this weekend and next. Please call ahead during the week if you need to pickup/drop off with someone specific, as we are on somewhat fluid schedules with family and so forth. Thanks and Merry Christmas!
All posts tagged guitar repair
Holiday Hours 2011
Posted by sickstring on December 24, 2011
http://www.portlandcustomshop.com/content/shop/holiday-hours-2011/
Ibanez Musician Overhaul
This is a job I’m glad to have finished– my customer dropped the guitar off six months ago! It’s a cool old Ibanez Musician, but had a number of issues. Lots of uneven frets, a collapsing bridge, and a set of pickups that just wasn’t doing it for the owner. The owner wanted to try [...]
Posted by sickstring on December 16, 2010
http://www.portlandcustomshop.com/content/shop/ibanez-musician-overhaul/
Repairing a crushed input jack cavity quickly
This gretsch was in the shop for a setup and small finish chip repair, but no mention was made of the damaged jack area! With a show the same day, an extensive woodworking repair wasn’t an option. The thin hollowbody side was crushed, with chips of wood missing, and the old jack holding on by [...]
Posted by sickstring on December 11, 2010
http://www.portlandcustomshop.com/content/shop/repairing-a-crushed-input-jack-cavity-quickly/
Q&A: Will Taking All The Strings Off At Once Hurt My Guitar’s Neck?
I got an email from a friend recently asking this common question, and when I’d replied he suggested I re-post the info here, so here you go! Q: My friend found this quote online and asked about it: “I have been using Dean Markley strings for over 20 years now. I’ve gone through all the popular [...]
Posted by sickstring on March 4, 2010
http://www.portlandcustomshop.com/content/shop/qa-will-taking-all-the-strings-off-at-once-hurt-my-guitars-neck/
Welcome to Portland Custom Shop
We’re primarily a music repair shop in Portland at 1115 SE Morrison St. housing an alliance of 4 businesses — Soursound custom amps and repair for amps, effects, and audio Sumo custom cabs, cab repair, and pedal boards Synapse Audio Systems recording gear, vintage and modern synths, hifi, solid state, effects Sick String guitar repair [...]
Posted by admin on December 23, 2008
http://www.portlandcustomshop.com/content/shop/welcome-to-portland-custom-shop/