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I have been a Los Angeles City firefighter for 20 years. I work in the Glassell Park section of Los Angeles. In 1985-1986 I worked for Charvel/Jackson in Glendora, California. It was a great experience, regardless of it being just a $5.00 an hour job. I worked in the wood shop and did the inlaying and fretting. I did get to see Neal Schon, from Journey, in one of his videos use a guitar I worked on and fretted. That was over 23 years ago. I was watching MTV with my cousin when I saw the guitar. I said, "Jim, look, I made that guitar." "And how much did they pay you...?" he asked. "Five dollar an hour" I told him. "Five dollars?...that's it?" Then he changed the channel. Making only $5.00 per hour puts things into perspective. But it still was fun. Now, it's just simple tools and equipment. It ain't perfect, but it is fun.

Friday, October 13, 2006

Binding fix and ready to fret.


Today I got THE neck ready to fret, but the day was getting on. Wife doesn't like me in the "shop" when she gets home. She says I have all day to mess with the guitars. She has a point. I touched-up the gap between the neck and headstock binding. I dipped scrap binding in straight acetone and scraped some plastic off with a knife blade and used the "goo" to fill the gap. I saw the idea somewhere on-line and it worked fantastic. I refretted the cheap Epiphone today with big fret wire. That's the guitar I will keep at work.

posted by Mike Perez | 9:22 PM

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