Art of Guitar Repair
I will introduce you to some challenging and unique repairs I’ve done over the years since I established the Shuriya Guitarcraft guitar repair shop in Vancouver back in 1986. Here you will discover many detailed photos. As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words.
My mission when doing a repair is to restore the broken part to its original condition. A new instrument should look new again. An old one should look seasoned by use. Just as each piece of wood is different even if it comes from the same tree, so are the challenges of finishing. And because each instrument has had a different environment over years of use, you can understand that it is not always possible to perfectly return a damaged part to its original condition.
You will note that general work (like set-up, or changing nuts, machine heads, or pick-ups) is not shown here, but I do this work too, as a matter of course. There are limits to what a photograph can show you, but I hope that what you see here will convey my passion for this work.
Repair T-bird Neck Break
Electric bass guitar
Repair cracked archtop
Acoustic guitar
Repair chipped fretboard
Acoustic guitar
Remove nails from archtop body
Acoustic guitar
Remove broken screws
Acoustic guitar
Repair damaged bridge and top
Acoustic guitar
Restore old headstock
Electric guitar
Repair multiple holes on top
Electric guitar
Repair crack on spruce top
Acoustic guitar
Repair collapsed jack hole
Electric guitar
Repair antique Martin
Acoustic guitar
Repair deformed top
Acoustic guitar
Save all broken pieces!
Flamenco guitar
Repair tuner knobs
Acoustic guitar
Restore head broken at logo
Electric guitar
Repair multiple cracks
Electric guitar
Repair multiple cracks on neck
Electric guitar
Re-fret on maple neck
Electric guitar
Install Fernandes sustainer kit
Electric guitar
Convert bass to guitar
Electric bass guitar
7 string guitar to 6 string
Electric guitar
Change T-O-M saddle
Acoustic electric guitar
Reglue bridge
Acoustic guitar
Repair hole on rosewood side
Acoustic guitar
Jigsaw puzzle on rosewood side
Acoustic guitar
Repair damaged jack hole
Acoustic guitar