Luttrell Guitarworks

03/01/2018

Tutorial time! Enjoy!

02/24/2018

 For Episode 15, we sit down with Geoff Luttrell, owner of SF Guitarworks and Sonoma County Guitarworks. Geoff started out as a welder in oil refineries and went through several other careers before owning and operating one of the top guitar repair shops in the United States. Geoff takes us throu...

01/31/2018

Hi! There are two spaces available in our custom bone nut making class this weekend at Sonoma County Guitarworks - if you're interested in taking this course, give us a call at 415 865 5424!

01/26/2018

Greetings! Our client Shawn found a pretty sweet 1969 Telecaster in a dumpster, needless to say it needs quite a bit of work! So, of course, he brought it to us for a refret. Shawn also asked us to replace the rusty old stock saddles with some brand new Gotoh In-Tune Compensated Saddles. As the saddles were being installed, we noticed that all of the screws holding the bridge to the body were stripped. Here's a tutorial on how to properly extract a stripped, broken screw and how to dowel and redrill the new hole! Thanks for watching! And, as always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment or give us a call!

12/14/2017

Strings going sharp on a guitar is quite common and a very real problem! Many people automatically assume it's something wrong with their tuning machines; however, this is rarely the case. Most tuning anomalies actually occur at the nut - here are a few tips on how to correct this problem yourself!

12/09/2017

Today's hot topic: Restringing! There are many ways to restring a guitar; however, we find the method presented in this video to be the best and most stable - enjoy! 🎸🎸🎸

12/06/2017

The guitars for our build class this weekend look amazing! Gonna be a fun time putting these together with our esteemed students - can't wait! January 13th is the signup deadline for our April build class, call us up! 🎸🎸🎸

12/02/2017

11/30/2017

Greetings! We still have some room in our nut making class this Sunday in Petaluma at Sonoma County Guitarworks - we'll start at 9am and finish by 4pm - you'll leave with a brand new bone nut that YOU craft using our proven methods! If you're interested, call us up at the shop to register: 415 865 5424 🎸🎸🎸

http://sfguitarworks.com/guitar-repair-building-classes/bone-nut-making/

11/29/2017

Do you enjoy excitement? Got a guitar with some funky frets? Why not combine the two? Join us at our next refret workshop! During this 3 day course, you will pull your old frets, level and radius your fingerboard, cut and press your new frets, perform a hand fret level using a neck jig and execute the final setup and adjustment of your guitar. You'll leaving having accomplished a top notch refret on your own instrument, using industry best practices and the most triumphant tooling available! Class will be held this January 13th, 14th and 15th at Sonoma County Guitarworks in Petaluma! Give us a call to register or for more info: 415 865 5424 🎸🎸🎸

http://sfguitarworks.com/guitar-repair-building-classes/re-fretting-class/

11/18/2017

A long journey has come to an end! Spent quite a bit of time on this very unique project - we converted an Ibanez JEM into a totally sweet slide guitar! Installed a titanium Floyd Rose w/ hollowpoint intonation screws (rare gear alert!!), Lollar string-thru steel bridge pup w/ phase switching, Lollar Goldfoil in the neck, custom routing and pickguard, custom nut and shelf as a replacement for a typical Floyd locking nut - looks stellar!

11/16/2017

Greetings! We still have a few spaces in our setup workshop on Saturday, Dec. 3rd in San Francisco - this is a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of what makes your guitar play in tune and with ease! If you're interested or would like more info, give us a call: 415 865 5424 🎸

http://sfguitarworks.com/guitar-repair-building-classes/guitar-set-up-class/