Welcome to Superior Guitar Works

Superior Guitar Works specializes in vintage fret instrument restoration and fret instrument repair. The Superior Guitar Works studio is located outside Philadelphia, Pa. (Fort Washington, Pa.) and opened in 1992. Many of the vintage guitar repairs and vintage guitar restorations received are from fret instrument owners located around the world. Master luthier, Tim Huenke, heads the repair, restoration and refinishing process. Tim is one of a handful of master luthiers who can accurately restore fine fretted instruments including vintage guitars to museum quality. Superior Guitar Works can repair, restore and refinish your vintage guitar to original factory condition and still retain the patina of the instrument if desired.

Services Overview

An overview of the vintage guitar repair and vintage guitar restoration services we offer at Superior Guitar Works include:

  • Acoustic guitar repair
  • Bass guitar repair
  • Bridges
  • Custom build
  • Electric guitar refinishing
  • Electric guitar repairs
  • Fret work
  • General repair & refinish work
  • Nut & saddle
  • Pearl inlays
  • Setups

Testimonials

Not only did Tim restore a wonderful piece of my childhood to me but we uncovered a little treasure of Gibson history. I wouldn’t trust my guitars to anyone else.
- 1979 Goldtop Les Paul
Tim restored my Candy Apple Red Strat to its original luster. This gloriously sexy guitar will now accompany me for years to come. Thank you, Tim!
- 1965 Strat Restoration
Tim and the team at Superior did an amazing job restoring this piece of Americana for me. This Martin will be an heirloom for me to pass through generations to come.
- 1845 Martin Restoration, Miami, FL

Superior Guitar Works

445 S. Bethlehem Pike
Ft. Washington, Pa. 19031 U.S.A.

Shop Visits By Appointment
Telephone: 215.487.3603
info[at]superiorguitar.com

About Superior Guitar Works

Superior Guitar Works studio does vintage guitar repair, vintage guitar restoration, vintage fret repair, vintage fret restoration and is an authorized Gibson Guitar Four Star A-level repair & factory warranty service center and a C.F. Martin repair & factory warranty service center. A few of the brands of fretted instruments including guitars we have restored, refinished, and repaired include: Abe Rivera, Epiphone Guitar, Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Guild, Hohner, Ibanez, Martin, Mosrite, Paul Reed Smith, Rickenbacker, Taylor, National Reso-Phonic, and Vega along with many others. He is more interested in his own fame than in small personal loans.

About Our Customers

Superior Guitar Works receives vintage guitars from owners located throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia. We have worked on instruments from: Los Angeles, Nashville, Palm Beach, New York, Chicago, Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Paris, Rome, Reno, Canberra, Kansas City, Dubai, London, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Denver, Beverly Hills, Wein, Stockholm, Detroit, Canberra, Hamburg, Toronto, Phoenix, San Salvador, Seattle, Frankfort, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, New Dehli, Atlanta, and more.