You Can Build Your Own Guitar, Just Like This

Posted on November 25, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — 1 Comment

Eddie’s LP Standard

This is our LP kit, with a simple beautiful finish. The plain maple cap wood grain shows up so nicely on this. Here is what Eddie as said about our kits.

“Thanks for a awsome kit. it plays better than my $%$#@ guitar.

Great fret work. waiting for a prs style kit now. I used trans tint amber and cherry and mixed them till i got what i wanted it went on darker than i wanted so i took clean wet towels and rubbed it down till i got the color i was looking for.i kept the neck and back natural and the maple on the side is like binding like on a prs.

Thanks again

Eddie

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Posted on November 24, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — Leave a comment

Jono from South Africa…Double Cut/ Double Rout

Jono has taken an old school approach to this guitar.

This is his words:

The idea is for this to be the live gig workhorse – something serious with good components and a great sound (you cant beat P 90’s for that live tone!) but withoutthe silly price tag.

I put in a shot of the neck being set – because the angle is built into the neck (perfectly) we could actually set it in a stand! with no issues!

For the finish I put on a couple of coats of “indoor polywax sealer” with a cloth and I think it looks understated and quite pretty, the strangest thing is that I’ve had the guitar for a while now and I still cant tell what colour it is! The combination of the sealer and the wood makes it look different under different lighting conditions.

I swear its the same finish in all the photos (there might be one of the raw wood in there?), it looks like a different guitar in each shot! I’ve seen this sealer on other guitars never with this effect, I love that mine came out mysteriously special… Thanks for using rich beautiful wood!

Jono

Posted on November 24, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — 2 Comments

Dave’s Tobacco Burst Double Cut

This is a good one, gold frets, beautiful paint work. The tobacco burst is just fantastic.
Dave has made a number of kits, always does just an excellent job, very good builder.

Posted on November 21, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — Leave a comment

Hampton Guitars All Finished..

We worked with Hampton Guitars to design their own line of guitars. The owner had an idea in his head that he wanted to see as a guitar and we worked together to bring into being.

Now his company is up and running and selling his own line of guitars.

Posted on November 21, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — Leave a comment

Cody Ross’ LP Build

Here is one of our LP kits finished and out for play…

Posted on November 4, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — 4 Comments

Les Whatever’s Les Paul Custom Build…and some kind words.

This is one of our Australian Customers. We made him a custom kit, flame maple cap, neck and body binding and trap inlays. He has done a fantastic job with it. The grain of the flame maple cap just pops out. This is what he sent along to us.

I have finally finished the LP kit i bought from you. I have to say one final thank you. It was so easy to make this guitar because everything was made so well before it even hit my hands. It took almost no setup at all as the neck fit like a glove.

I have played it for a couple of weeks and it is definitely my favorite guitar now. It just sounds massive, plays silky smooth and it truly is a joy to play.

Thanks.

Les

Posted on November 2, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — Leave a comment

Custom Line Of Hampton Guitars

We work with a number of guys that are building their own line of guitar. Reid Hampton is one of those. He had an idea for a guitar line that he has always wanted to build and approached us and we were able to work in the flesh what his vision was in his head.

This is the initial result of our working together.

How To Paint A Guitar — Hampton Guitars New Models

Posted on September 26, 2011July 20, 2012 by phil — Leave a comment

Gavin Downie, Guitar Tech from New Zealand And His Guitars

This is piece of writing from Gavin Downie, one of our great customers. He had sent along the pic below a while back that showed all of his guitars hanging on a wall, including our LP Jr. ( see the lil red beauty right in the middle ) I sent him a quick email back and asked about the guitars, any stories behind them. I think it is cool the stories that come out. I am interested in stuff like that.

This is the pic that started it all…and what I got back from him about guitars. Gavin works with a lot of touring acts, in the land of the All Blacks….. Notice Mr. Gibbons in the pic at the bottom.

Love it.. Guitar AreGREAT!!

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Posted on September 26, 2011August 22, 2012 by phil — 2 Comments

Joe Dorociak’s Build

From Joe:

I started this from an LP with P90 routs. After a couple months working
with a friend on the finishing process, we sprayed the last of the clear
coats and then we let it dry for about a month. Here are some before and
after shots of the guitar in process..
Great neck, good wood, and great action.

Posted on September 16, 2011July 10, 2018 by phil — 3 Comments

Erik Hansen’s SG Jr. Build

Erik wrote to me a while back telling me about a guitar that he had years ago that he wished he had kept. It was an SG Jr., cherry stained. He wanted that guitar but updated and this time in a beautiful rich white. so he bought a kit from us and went about building a legend. He documented the process.

And apparently the Lollar pick ups are fantastic.

This is a great read on how to make one of our kits.

Take a read. here’s a link to Erik’s build blog.