Restringing 12 string acoustic guitar

We had the pleasure of replacing the worn, corroded strings on a Vintage V400 twelve stringer on Monday. The instrument was a few years old and in good condition. We cleaned the fret board, nut and bridge thoroughly and replaced the strings. After a good stretch and tune up, the guitar was jangling away like a good un! Awesome sound - the wood had aged well to produce a lovely tone.

JHS Vintage V400 12 string guitar from Absolute Sound and Lighting Solutions Colwyn Bay

Our guitar tech commented that this lovely instrument is in perfect condition after several years of regular use and would benefit from some new machine heads - they are stressed from too many string winds around the posts (people often make the mistake of wrapping the strings around too many times). It is so difficult to tune and hold in tune a guitar with ruined machine heads (people often blame the machine heads too, when they are the ones who've knackered them through misuse). He also thinks a new bridge would help the dynamics - a nice bone one would do the trick. He thinks he knows it all, this guy! Anyway we trust his judgement on most things plank like.