Custom Stratocaster – Build

I usually enjoy a complete guitar build, something to get my teeth into and turn out something nice.  It helps to work with the customer first mind you, to make sure I get bits that work together.  The trouble with cheaper parts, from various places it can be a bit of a challenge! At first […]

Fender Stratocaster – Build

Putting a guitar together may seem easy but the devil is in the detail! Despite what it says I suspect this neck isn’t genuine Fender, if it is, it’s a Friday afternoon special, the frets are all over the place.  If It’s to play nicely they’ll need levelling first. The masking tape is to protect […]

Stratocaster – New neck

Here’s a bit of an oddball.  This guy’s just got hold of a great guitar, the only trouble is it’s got no neck!  Yeh, it’s a complicated story, but I’ve sorted out a new one which should do nicely… The profile is really nice and it’s got a great finish too.  The only trouble is it’s got […]

Telecaster rebuild

Wow, an interesting mix of old and new.  The neck is genuine Fender, but I don’t know about the rest.  The body’s probably the heaviest Telecaster I’ve ever come across. I’m going to fit the neck to a new body with a mix of old and new hardware. The first stage is to sort out the […]

Custom Build – Finished at last.

At long last.  I got the neck back for that snake-skin guitar.  My wood carver has had problems and hasn’t been able to do the snake head yet; I’m still hopeful but thought I’d get the guitar finished while I wait. The rest is mostly done, although I didn’t clean and oil all the screws […]

Custom Build

An interesting little one, finishing of a project.  Most of the hard work has been done, and they’ve made a good job of it, but I’ve been asked for a little help with the last little bit to get it playing properly… The first thing, the wiring.  A couple of dry joints just needed sorting out…..With the […]

Custom built Telecaster

The owner wanted to build the electrics himself so I’ve just got it back to complete the setup…. Looks good so far…First thing first, the neck set…It’s just a little high so I’ll need to tweek the truss-rod.  Unfortunately the screw is on the bottom of the neck so I’ll have to take off the scratchplate. […]

Custom Built Spanish – 8th update

Its finally getting close! almost done… Today I put the frets in and levelled the edges.Although I’ve got the length right and a 45° angle on the edge they still need a little bit of work to remove the sharp edges.Might even be finished soon… Keep watching, to see it from the beginning click here. […]

Custom Built Spanish 6th update

As it was a little quiet last week I did a little more on the Spanish. I’ve put some fret markers on the side of the fretboard.  Using the pillar drill to drill the holes. The markers come as a long thin plastic rod.  Glue the end into the holes… and cut it just slightly […]