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Full repair services
for all fretted instruments
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Full Repairs & Maintenances
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I hope that what you see here will convey my passion for this work. – Eiichi Ishikawa
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Make a fretboard
Acoustic guitar
Restore a fretboard
Acoustic guitar
Featured Projects
Before repair / after repair This is a 1930s full acoustic archtop guitar. Though it is not a high-end guitar, decent materials were used and the top was hand-carved. When it was brought in to me, however, the neck was very loose, the frets were badly worn, the binding on the back was missing, there...
It was supposed to be a nice vacation, but it was ruined by a careless cargo worker at the airport. Luckily, the guitar was insured, but the owner's precious guitar will never be the same. He asked the manufacturer, Gibson, to make a new neck, but they estimated an unbelievable price and a long wait...
Using brass parts was a 1970s fashion. Usually, a neck break occurs where the neck meets the head. This type of neck break, pictured here, is very rare. The mahogany of the neck was fractured, the ebony fretboard was broken, and the truss rod was bent---a first-class neck break. When you repair a damaged guitar,...
Eiichi-san has been taking care of my guitars and basses since 1992, and he is one the very few people that I trust my instruments with. Domo arigato, Eiichi-san.
Bryan Adams - guitarist, singer
Eiichi Ishikawa is one of the finest instrument repairmen and guitar makers I have ever known. I trust him highly with my fragile and vintage acoustic guitars and have been consistently grateful for his approach and ultimate results. Over the years I have also seen some of the work he’s done on other instruments both acoustic and electric and this has confirmed my estimation of his intention and capability to address any sort of issue. It is a great, great comfort to know a person of his dimension when your prized wooden instrument needs attention!
Rowland Salley - musician, writer
To me my guitars are like family. To send one to someone to do repair work, you have to have complete faith + trust in the craftsman. I have faithfully been sending my guitars to him for 15yrs and I am in constant awe of his work. Eiichi is a master of guitar restoration.
Bob Rock - producer, musician