Swank's can restore worn or damaged musical instruments and repair damage caused by weather, time, or improper storage. We make every attempt to match the wood stock and grain of original woodwork, and we use exact matching stocks for inlay work.
Swank's can reproduce inlays, pick guards, peghead veneers, bindings, and even most woods for your vintage Gibson, Vega, Martin, Fairbanks, Fender or other fine guitar, banjo or mandolin. If you prefer to do the repair yourself Swank's offers pre-cut shell parts to replace missing or damaged inlay. You can also purchase patterns to repair original designs or add inlay to your instrument. Call for details.
Completed inlaid fingerboards, ready-to-install are available from Swank's.
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Here is inlay work in a Martin-style guitar fingerboard.
Here's another custom fingerboard inlay.
Here are some shots of inlay on a custom banjo. First the entire neck, peghead and fingerboard.
Next a close-up of the engraved peg head inlay.
Here's the heelcap, on the other side of the neck.
Here's an engraved egret on the base of the fingerboard.