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GVCG Esquire Relic

Posted on May 20, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Here is a super cool GVCG Esquire relic guitar that came into my shop for some fret work. This guitar was nice and light and the pickup just screamed. The aging/relicing was tastefully done and looked realistic. Love the copper finish!! […]

Greco Firebird!

Posted on May 16, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

What a great 1980’s Greco Firebird guitar in the shop. The owner’s main complaint about this guitar was tuning issues. The remedy was a good fret level & dress and replacing the original plastic nut with one made of bone. Of course a good set up ties it all together. In the end the guitar […]

New Eminence Speakers

Posted on May 14, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Three new Eminence guitar amp speaker models. Click here to visit Eminence for more info and details. […]

1957 Gibson ES-175

Posted on May 12, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Here we have a beautiful 1957 Gibson ES-175. This guitar is in excellent condition with it’s original case. The reason it was in my shop was the frets were very worn. So I gave it the treatment…..refret and bone nut. After the “treatment” it played and sounded amazing. What a great guitar!!! […]

1961 Fender Bassman Amp

Posted on May 7, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

A very, very cool 1961 Fender Bassman (6G6 model) that came into my shop for some TLC. A typical 6G6 circuit has a tube rectifier but this one had a diode rectifier like a 6G6-A. Probably a transition circuit. This amp basically just needed a service and a cap job. After the service work and […]

Counterfeit D’Addario Strings

Posted on May 6, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Beware of the counterfeit D’Addario strings. Click here for more info. […]

Crafter SAT Guitar Upgrade

Posted on April 29, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

This is a unique Crafter guitar I just worked on. It has a piezo pickup for the acoustic guitar sound as well as an electric guitar pickup for the electric sound. I replaced the stock P-90 type pickup with a TV Jones Magnatron. The TV Jones pickup sounded really great. I also did some fret […]

Phil Caivano’s Gibson Les Paul

Posted on April 25, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Phil Caivano from the band Monster Magnet brought me his really cool Gibson Les Paul for some love. Just a basic set up and bone nut replacement. Replacing the plastic type nuts on modern production guitars with a bone nut really wakes the guitar up. The strings sound clearer, there is more sustain and more […]

New Modkits Contortionist

Posted on April 24, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

The new Contortionist kit is a limited edition, all analog high octane fuzz box. It produces fuzz with layered octave overtones similar to those produced by an electronic-bow. The frequency multiplier circuitry creates harmonics that swell and recede depending on gain setting, pick attack, neck position and pickup. This is a high gain circuit that […]

Ovation Factory Closing!

Posted on April 23, 2014 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Well it looks like Fender has decided to close the Ovation factory in New Hartford, Connecticut. Ovation guitars have been in production since 1967. It is the end of an era…. Click here to read more about it. […]