Originally Posted by
AlsoRan
I had not decided on a luthier yet. I was going to ask around at the guitar show at the end of April.
Right now, I take my guitars over to Murphy's Music Center in Irving Texas. They installed the wiring harness and Gibson '57 pickups upgrade on my Sheraton II. They also cleaned the contacts on my Gibson Explorer when the neck pickup ceased having an output.
The guitar repair technician ( I don't know if he rises to the level of the title "Luthier") is experienced and seemed to know his stuff.
I would probably take the guitar over to Fort Worth to Lamb's Music. They have done a lot of great guitar repair work and I KNOW their guitar repair guy knows his stuff. He fixed a couple of cosmetic issues and cracks and I could not tell they were ever there. He should be able to darken the fretboard but I don't know if anyone would take the care and attention to detail that I would have since I would be paranoid about discoloring an inlay or the binding - that is my biggest fear along with maybe doing long-term damage to the wood.
Hope this helps!
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