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Merry Christmas!

24/12/2020

A massive thank you to all our customers during this eventful and testing year.
We’ve still been amazingly lucky with customers new and familiar, we’ve loved repairing/working on all the instruments.
Roll on 2021, we’ve a huge year planned next year as it’s the 10th anniversary of Torbay Guitar Repairs, so expect some cool things throughout the year!
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

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Vintage Gremlin Broken Neck Repair

3/12/2020

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This vintage Gremlin guitar was in the workshop during lockdown for some major repair work while we were shut.
It’s neck had been broken away from the body!
Once it was repaired, it’s was setup and the top of the guitar was hand polished to complete the restoration!

As the neck was basically completely detached from the body! It had a nasty crack running down either side of the body. The neck was carefully reglued back into position, with attention to ensure the neck angle was correct!

Some cosmetic work was done to the top of the guitar either side of the damage to hide the repair. The damage to the back of the neck/body joint was also tidied too!

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62' Jazz Bass Project Build

3/12/2020

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This cool 62’ style project Jazz bass we assembled and setup while we were closed for lockdown!

One of our regular customers had purchased the parts for a 62' Fender Jazz Style bass project.
The only reused part was the neck that had been taken off a previous build.
The first job was to fit the neck to the body.
The old holes on the neck had to be drilled and plugged before the new holes could be drilled as the new body holes were slightly different from the previous body.
The neck had to be carefully bolted onto the body to ensure the string angle and string positioning was correct.
Once the neck fitted and aligned, the next job was adding the hardware!

As the customer wanted a ‘62 style bass, the decision was made to have an old style copper strip earth wire. These are almost impossible to buy new so we made our own!

The bridge fitted with the copper earthing wire plus we made an earthing plate for the pickups as found in vintage Fender basses.

The rest of the parts were assembled on the body and the scratchplate was fitted after the holes were drilled!
We stained the edges of the scratchplate and gave it a very light scuffing to match it in with the aged body.
It was then time for stringing and setup!

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Workshop back Open!

2/12/2020

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Great news! The workshop is back open and up and running!
We’ve already started contacting customers on our waiting list and will be contacting the remaining people shortly.
Due to Tier 2 Covid restrictions, all visits to the workshop will be a short as possible with drop off/ collections thanks. We’re still happy to give advice but this will be over the phone/email/messenger/WhatsApp.
We kindly ask that customers wear a face mask and maintain social distancing. Anyone with symptoms/suspected symptom, please let us know and we can reschedule your appointment.
Looking forward to seeing you and your instrument soon!

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Merry Christmas!

Vintage Gremlin Broken Neck Repair

62' Jazz Bass Project Build

Workshop back Open!

Lewis Durtnall

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