Thursday, 13 February 2014

Broken headstock Garrison guitar

I used a coffee can to scribe the circle and inlaid a piece of walnut. The walnut is book matched, it allowed me to fit the outside of headstock and trim the inside to make it fit. Normally you could trim to the outside of the head stock but I was fitting this inside the head stock binding.

Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Fractured Framus Texan

I thought I'd have to replace the whole side but as I started repairing the structure, I thought "I can fix this". The cracks were doable, the missing pieces were the real challenge.

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Gluing back braces

There are a few ways of clamping lose back braces. You can use a small turnbuckle as a spreader clamp or wedge a small dowel between the brace and the top.I posted some pictures of my brace jack a while ago.

I prefer this jig when the lose brace is close enough to the sound hole, it allows greater control and pressure.

Friday, 13 September 2013

New thinline

As promised pics of the thinline lapsteel.




Kysoti

John Sharples

Monday, 9 September 2013

New business cards

I like the idea of an inspection stamp bus card, I've combined it with off cuts and a plug cutter. 

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

New CBG called Redbone

I've reworked the amp circuit on this one. There is a buffer in the front end and a speaker out option (which would also be a serious Fuzz plugged into the input of a guitar amp) I put a treble boost and a gain control on this one as well. If you're using the internal amp and speakers you can plug another instrument in to the out put jack and then that instrument will go through the built in system too.

I haven't worked out pricing yet but he'll be looking for a home soon.