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Good repair shops in NYC (Vintage)

GeneralElectric

GeneralElectric

Dec 26, 2007
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I just got my dad's Thunderbird in the mail Friday. When I was 15 I snapped the headstock clean off. It was repaired by (I think!) Mike Dolan. Anyways this is a vintage T-Bird and when I got it back via UPS it broke again during shipment and left a gouge on one of the wings. Since the boys in the brown are so nice, I'm trying to get them to pay for the repair at the minimum.

Who would you trust in NYC to repair a broken neck in New York City?
 
#2
Dave Segal New york bass works. He's out of Massapequa. I was at a jam in L.I. NY when a vintage Gibson les paul Jr fell over and the headstock broke off, Dave was standing next to me when it happened and looked at it and said "this is a simple fix" He fixed the bass for the guy and the repair was basically undetectable! Dave is good!
 
#3
The repair shop at Matt Umanov fixed the cracked headstock on my 1977 solid koa BC Rich Eagle.

Beautiful repair work. Invisible without any refinishing done (actually the teck threatened me with bodily harm if i ever refinished the bass)...these guys are used to working with old martins--highly recommended.
 

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