Having chosen the piece of wood I’ve cut out a slot on the guitar and a matching slice of veneer. Glue the piece of veneer in place… Once the glue has dried, its sanded in to get a smooth surface and some lacquer it should look OK. To see the final results click here.
Spanish Acoustic – 1st Update
Things didn’t work out quite as I would have liked. The colour match wasn’t quite right and the damage to cover is a little too large. Since it’s in such a prominent position, right on top, it will need some closer attention. I’ve found some small pieces of wood veneer on e-bay, I just need to work out which […]
Custom Built Spanish – 1st update
Had a little spare time this week so I’ve done a little more on the Spanish. I’ve got the fret-board levelled and fret slots cut.
Spanish Acoustic
This one looks a little un-loved, in need of a good clean and a new set of strings. It does have one more complicated problem, its got a bit of a hole where something was dropped on it, ouch! Since the hole goes all the way through its going to be difficult to fill. I’ve […]
Fiesta Red Strat
This is a nice guitar as it is, it just needs a little “TLC” While it’s on the bench the owner wants some nice new 54 spec pickups. He also has some other ideas as to the final layout and wiring of tone controls so I’m not quite sure where were going with it yet. […]
1960’s Watkins Rapier 33 – 2nd update
Had a look at the neck on the Rapier. A bit of a problem, there is quite a set in the neck already (about 10 thou’ at the 7th fret) but that’s with no strings! I would like a little less than that with the strings fitted and under tension but the trouble is it doesn’t have a […]
Schecter Bass pickup switch
A simple job. A good friend of mine, Simon from “A Thousand Sins” www.athousandsins.co.uk wanted the traditional pickup fade selector replaced with a simple 3 way switch. The standard guitar… Pickup Switch.
1960’s Watkins Rapier 33 – 1st update
It might be nice to put this guitar back to original but finding the parts is proving rather difficult, particularly with a limited budget. James has some ideas though and wants something rather different. First stage give the body a good clean out…. To follow the progress click here.
Custom build Spanish
Since its been a little quiet I’ve been able to turn my attention to and on-going long-term project, a custom build Spanish Acoustic. So far I’m probably about half way to getting the neck finished…Keep watching and I’ll let you know how it goes. Next I levelled the fretboard and cut the fret slots. The neck and fingerboard […]
1960’s Watkins Rapier 33
In need of more than a little TLC this one is going to take a while. The cost of putting it back to original is out of the question so between us we have a couple of ideas to make something a little different.. Most of its there but missing the bridge and neck plate. […]