NOT REPAIRED.REFINED.

01 — What this is

02 — The obsession

Some guitars got overlooked the moment they were born. In the 1970s and 80s, Japanese factories were building exceptional instruments. American originals of the same era were going through their worst stretch. The best players knew it. The market never caught on. The name on the headstock won.

Those guitars are still out there. Still worth the attention.

03 — Ok, but what do you do?

We fulfill potential. Every guitar that comes through here is greater than what it has ever been allowed to become. Time, care, and attention to detail are how we get there.

These instruments deserve to be played, not preserved behind glass. We treat them as living things with history worth protecting and music worth hearing. Owners of these instruments already know this. They look inside. They ask questions. We take that curiosity as far as it will go.

No price lists. No services. Outcomes.

04 — Made in Japan. Refined in Melbourne.

The lawsuit era built some of the finest guitars on the planet. Most people walked straight past them. A lot still do.

We don't.

We work on people's treasured instruments. We also seek out the Japanese guitars we can't stop thinking about. Either way, there's plenty of music left in them. It just takes someone willing to do the work.

That's us.