A 1970’s Guild T50 just came into the shop on consignment, the original bridge comes with it too! I just gave it a once over, and some new strings, and it’s good to go. Super tidy condition, so clean in fact that I had to check the date again…and again! #tymguitars #guild #guitar #guitartech #vintageguitar #vintage #guitars #guitarshop #repairshop #fortitudevalley #brisbane #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

1964 Fender Jaguar, all original, all amazing. This is the first real vintage Jaguar I’ve had the pleasure of working on/holding/playing and I gotta say, it’s a huge treat. The neck is unlike anything I’ve felt in a modern Fender, and it’s like the neck that all necks should be based on. I’m seriously having a hard time calling the owner to let him know it’s ready…it’s so unbelievably good. #tymguitars #fender #fenderjaguar #vintageguitar #precbs #offsetguitars #jaguar #guitartech #repairshop #fortitudevalley #winnlane #brisbane #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

Last photo for the day of the amazing wall outside @tymguitars that keeps on getting guitars put in front of it…This Greco GO II, is making its way into the shop on consignment soon, and I had the pleasure of giving it a quick once over. This neck through, hard tail model, is bananas! It plays like it left the factory only days ago (hey, some guitars play well right from the factory…). Certainly has some dings and signs of age, but I don’t see this one lasting long on the shop floor. #tymguitars #greco #madeinjapan #strat #superstrat #ash #vintageguitar #guitar #wynnlanesamazingwall #fortitudevalley #brisbane #guitartech #repairshop #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

So small it almost fits in your back pocket! I’ve just finished up repairs on this Coronet short scale bass, and with some flat wound strings, it’s so much fun to play! It needed a fair amount of attention to get the frets levelled out, the nail holes in the fretboard have been sorted out (see previous post from a couple of days back), and all the electronics cleaned up/solder reflowed. My understanding is that this is off to a young lady, about 9 years old, to learn how to play, and I think it’ll make a wonderful companion for years to come. #tymguitars #guitartech #guitarrepair #vintage #shortscale #bass #coronet #madeinjapan #guitar #vintageguitar #repairshop #fortitudevalley #brisbane #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

Univox Hi-Flyer Phase 4. A couple of weeks ago I posted a small clip of a guitar with a cracked heel joint, well, this is the very same guitar, all back together and good to go (back home to its owner @del_preston_ who plays guitar for @waax_band). This thing is super thin and super fun to play, also sorry Chris, I had to pull the stage tape off ✌️#tymguitars #guitarepair #univox #madeinjapan #guitartech #vintageguitar #repairshop #thevalley #brisbane #guitar #offsetguitars #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

I knew I could hear some squeaking coming from around the neck joint, it didn’t take long to find the culprit. There was a fairly huge plastic shim (you can make out the indentation under my thumb) used on this Univox Phase 4 at some stage. Now I’m not saying it’s the only reason this happened, but I’d wager, given the sheer size of the thing (it was very tall) and the kick back angle it created, that it’s played a good part over the years in creating this crack. Too much pressure with not enough space to move, so something’s gotta give. Let’s glue 👍#tymguitars #guitarrepair #univox #guitar #guitartech #vintageguitar #repairshop #fortitudevalley #brisbane #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

1 of 2 Univox Hi-Flyer bass guitars I’ve had in the shop this week. This one no longer has the original pickups, and with the replacements being a mini humbucker size (and the original cavity being humungo) I had to make some pickup surrounds. A unique challenge with no template and only feint outlines from the original rings to go by. These play awesomely by the way, so light but with barely any neck dive! #tymguitars #guitartech #guitarrepair #univox #bass #madeinjapan #vintageguitar #offsetguitars #repairshop #guitarshop #thevalley #brisbane #guitar #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

‘77 Greco BM-900 “Red Special”. Recently, @tymguitars posted one of these he had tracked down (that’s now in the shop for sale), and shortly afterward we were contacted by the owner of this example, to get it wired up correctly. Initially I was a bit daunted by the prospect, as in all honesty I had no idea what the Red Special switching was all about. I was never a huge QUEEN tragic, and though I think Brian May is indeed an amazing talent, I had never looked into these all that deeply. Quickly though, it became apparent that it was not a nightmare job, with simple on/offs as pickup selections, and phase switching below. I would have loved to have made use of the original toggles but with 2 of 6 completely roached and for the sake of uniformity, I just rebuilt the whole thing. The guitar had already had a few modifications made along the way, the largest being that the middle pickup had been swapped for a cheap Strat ceramic, but as luck would have it, we had a Burns middle position pickup left over from a previous job, that I quickly snagged to load into this. While the pickup surround is still missing, tonally it’s now far truer to the the way it once was, and really apart from the option anxiety this guitar gives me, it sounds and plays gloriously. #tymguitars #guitartech #guitarrepair #greco #redspecial #madeinjapan #vintageguitar #guitar #repairshop #brisbane #fortitudevalley #guitars #supportindependent #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

Less wall, more Humming Bird this time. But I mean, the wall outside the shop IS pretty great. #tymguitars #guitartech #guitarrepair #vintageguitar #mij #tokai #goldfoil #guitar #fortitudevalley #brisbane #guitars #offsetguitars #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)

Finally completed the rebuild (with a couple of minor liberties taken) of this late 60’s Tokai Hummingbird, and oh dang it sounds aaaaaamazing. This job took on saga status with more than a few hurdles along the way, I’ll spare most of the details but let’s just say - ALWAYS make sure the pickups that are provided with a guitar in many parts that hasn’t been put together in years, actually fit under the strings before getting them rewound…thankfully the owner had just snagged some Teisco gold foils, so we took advantage of that and loaded them in (on?). The walls of the route for the trem was totally caved and falling apart to, so a bit of a structural rebuild was needed there. Wait sorry I’m going into more detail then expected, I’ll save it for another post. For now, I’m pumped with how this turned out, and to the owner - thank you for being so so patient on this one! #tymguitars #guitartech #guitarrepair #vintageguitar #tokai #hummingbird #madeinjapan #offsetguitars #goldfoil #supportindependent #guitarshop #repairshop #thevalley #guitar #brisbane #beexcellenttoeachother (at Tym Guitars)