Restoration Guitar brings over 30 years of luthier expertise to Cincinnati’s Camp Washington neighborhood. The shop specializes in vintage guitar restoration, taking fine instruments that have reached the end of their useful lives and returning them to full functionality with like-new appearance‚work they’ve completed hundreds of times.

Their guitar repair services span the full spectrum, from basic setups and fretwork to complex structural repairs on instruments that have been damaged multiple times. The shop has developed specialized techniques and tooling for common issues like broken necks as well as uncommon restoration challenges. They’re particularly known for authentic vintage lacquer finishes and complete vintage restorations that maintain historical accuracy.

Beyond repair work, Restoration Guitar offers custom boutique guitar builds, fabricating complete instruments from scratch and creating missing parts for vintage pieces. Their guitar tech services include electronics repair and customization for both electric and acoustic instruments. The luthier approaches every job‚from simple adjustments to intricate structural work‚with the same level of craftsmanship, backed by decades of hands-on experience that began in his teenage years building guitars.