Testimonials
"I am one of those people who is extremely picky about
who I allow to work on my equipment. Having a bass that
needed refinishing and had to be set up badly, I spent
a lot of time looking for a suitable shop to work on my
bass. Jim completely refinished my bass, and also made
many repairs for a fraction of what it would have cost
me to replace the instrument altogether. Without a doubt,
Jim is MY choice of luthier when I need work done. Jim,
thanks a MILLION!"
Doug W-Creeper
I have known Jim for several years now and love his
professional work as a luthier. I tested him with
what I thought to be an expensive wall hanger, a
1953 Gibson ES125. It was mine that I gave to my son
on his 21st birthday in 1998. That night my son left
it out of its case and it got destroyed by the
rowdy party goers. The neck was fallen on and
snapped and the headstock was in three pieces. My
son's stepfather, who knows absolutely nothing about
guitars and even less about guitar repairs,
attempted to put it back together with JB Weld(a two
step glue that you can repair cracks in an
automobile engine!). The kind thought I felt was the
end of the guitar as a playable instrument. I let
the guitar stay at his mom's house for ten years. On
the upcoming 10th anniversary of the mishap, I asked
Jim what he thought about the prospect of bringing
the old Gibson back to life. I retrieved it from his
mom and left it with Jim to work his magic. After a
month Jim called me to come look at it. I could not
believe my eyes or ears when I saw it and played it.
Unreal, it looked and played better than I could
ever remember and I had owned since 1988. I again
surprised my son with this guitar for his 31st
birthday. He cried tears of joy.
I highly recommend Jim to service your kid's
starter or your most prized possession in your
guitar collection. I am not a novice in the
business. I played professionally for years. I am a
BMI published writer with works that have aired
around the world. I was involved with Frets &
Strings and owned Sound Investments in Dallas. We
carried all the major brands, had large teaching
departments and luthiers at both locations.
Ronald S. Knight
I have been playing music for over 30 years and am
very discriminating and picky when it comes to my
instruments. I was in a rush to get some work done
on a particular guitar and could not wait the normal
3 weeks or more at my "other" shop. For those of us
who make our living with our instruments, 3 weeks is
totally unacceptable. I decided to give Jim a chance
and I am so glad I did. Jim took the time and really
went the extra mile to not only fix the jack problem
I was having but also re-set up the instrument to my
very exacting personal specs in ONE DAY turnaround.
Here is the deal folks, Jim listens to you and your
needs. It is called "customer service", something
that seems to be increasingly absent with other
shops tech's/luthiers. I have since taken several
other of my "babies" to Jim and have found him to be
honest, straight-up, and very reasonable on his
pricing and turnaround time. But the most important
factor for me will always be quality work, done
right! Bottom line is, I have found "MY" tech/luthier!
Give him a try, you will be glad you did!
Chris Fyke
Royal Decree
Aliveinthelight Music (ASCAP)
I have been playing guitar solid for a while and
decided after getting a little experience under my
belt that i wanted to change out the pickups on my
Fender Strat ( I wanted to Put on two Seymour Duncan
Cool Rails & Hotrails . When i came to Jim , i had
already been to several other local shops and had
been disappointed as they tried to "Guide" me on my
selection of pickups other than what i had already
chosen. Not only did Jim acknowledge my desire for
tone from my humbucker selection, He installed all
three and set up my pots to be adjustable so i could
go from single coil to humbucker on. He also re rigged
my wiring so i had more tonal control than before!
His price was honest and cheap. No switch - a roo-
or up selling . I was really satisfied with the end
results , and I'll definitely be going to Jim for
any further guitar mods i have. Also check out his
line of custom guitars, I don't know much about
guitars but after getting the chance to hold and
play one of his creations and you know your playing
a finely crafted instrument. This man truly
understands the dying art of Guitar craftsmanship!
Perry Saints
Guitars/Vocals
Helloch!c
