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Ken Nash, 22 Meridian St., New London, CT 06320, 860-447-1851
Monday - Friday 10-6

Stringed Instrument Repair, Restoration.
Set-ups, Refrets, Necksets, Custom Electronics and Installs.
Full Service Shop • 17 Years of Repair Experience • All Work Guaranteed!
Martin, Taylor, Fender, Ovation, and Takamine Warranty Center

Contact Ken at:
73strat@comcast.net Lindy Fralin pickups in stock
Real 54's set: $200
Stock Tele set: $149
8K & 9K Humbuckers; $100 ea.
with or without covers.

Rio Grande Dual Calibrated Set: $170
Hipshot Tremolos & Tuners
Am. Std. Replacement Trem.
Hardened Steel, Roller bearings, (No knife edge!), Better tone: $109
6in line open gear tuners, Hardened steel w/brass gears. Modern design/Vintage look. Perfect. $60

Tone Pros Tunematics
BadAss Bridges
Wilkenson Vintage Strat Bridge: $109 • Tele Swivel bridge, Fully Adjustable Brass Saddles
Gotoh Steel Block Vintage Trem: $40

Full Inventory of CTS & Fender pots, Switchcraft switches, ton's of knobs, Q parts too. Pickguards, both Fender and aftermarket. All std. & metric screws.
D'Addario & Martin strings.
Parts ordered everyweek if you need something special. Always %25 or more off of list.

L.R Baggs M1 Active: $169, Para DI: $169

K&K Pure Western: $99, K&K Preamps in stock.

Fishman Matrix wide $ narrow: $109, Ellipse Matrix Blend always in stock.

B•Band Ribbon Transducers and Preamps. Schertler Bluestick in stock.


Lastest Restoration: 1963 Martin D-28, Beautiful Brazilian Rosewood
Neck reset, Rebridge, (Original bridge was shaved too thin),
Refret, new fossilized walrus tusk nut and saddle.
this guitar was unplayable for years and now plays like butter and has such a beautiful tone.

The Latest Project, Daphne Blue Hollow Strat

Warmoth chambered body, compound radius neck with Gotoh truss rod adjuster.
Hipshot US Flat Tremolo with hardened steel bearings,
(no knife edge), so smooth! Graphtech trees and nut, Schaller locking tuners.
Rio Grande single coils, Duncan Pearly Gates.
Vintage nitro lacquer with slight tint in clearcoats, thin, hard, and beautiful.

Fiesta Red Strat
Eric Ducoff picked out the parts and I did the finish and assembly.

USA Custom body and neck, Stephens Design pickups,
Callaham Guitars saddles, R.S. guitarworks electronics.
Nitrocellulose lacquer, tinted, Fiesta Red. Sweet!
Call or email for price quotes on custom guitars.
Custom Guitar Form


Try our shop guitar, a Gibson WM45, with a bluestick installed.
Awesome natural tone at your fingertips!

Pickups and hardware in stock. Authorized dealer for:


Electric test rig


Acoustic test rig


My rig


Custom Paint


Custom pickguard assemblies in stock.

Check out my DVD on guitar set-up and repair.
Thanks to everyone at "Rockhouse".

You're listening to 3am from KNV's Complicated or Simple CD
Guild F212 straight to tape via a Rode NT-1 mic.
Copies are available at the shop.