50% Deposit for Historic Makeovers Deluxe Package Our most complete Makeover for Gibson Historics. On guitars made before 2013, we steam out the neck and reset with hot hide glue. On all guitars, we re-carve the top to vintage spec, reshape the neck to vintage “C” shape, and use hot hide glue to install a Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard with correct binding ledge and inlay routs. We inlay the fingerboard with our exclusive 1950’s style cellulose nitrate inlays, and install frets. The fingerboard and guitar body are bound with our Royalite binding and the fingerboard binding edges are rolled. The guitar is completely refinished with aniline dyes and unplasticized nitro-cellulose lacquer in one of our vintage correct finishes. The package includes a Vintage Patina (weather-checking and aging optional). We also re-stamp the serial number in a correct 50’s typeface. Deposits & Scheduling To reserve a spot in our production schedule, we require a deposit. Because we can only take on a limited number of projects each year, deposits secure your position in our queue and allow us to allocate time and resources for your project. For this reason, all deposits are non-refundable. If circumstances change and you are unable to proceed with the work, your deposit may be applied as credit toward future work within 12 months. All deposits are applied toward the final balance of the project.