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Honduran Beauty, Mena…

Well, this is a guitar kit that we sold to DR. Sergio in Honduras.. Take a look at what he did with our Bound & Flamed kit

Here’s what he did and used:

Hi Phil!just wanted to thank you guys, I’d just finished my guitar, named MENA after my daughter, and I think it came out pretty good, it’s a beautiful sounding instrument.

It took me a little over a month to finish this project, and I’m very happy with the results.

for those who may be interested, here are the specifications:

1. 59 carved top bound and flamed (precision guitar kit).

2. Amber and lemon yellow dye for the top (Stew Mac).

3. Deep mahogany stain and finish for the back (ace).

4. Black and clear gloss polyurethane (ace).

5. Grover deluxe tuners.

6. Bone nut (Stew Mac).

7. Gotoh bridge an tail piece.

8, Gibson 57’s Classic and Classic plus neck and bridge.

9. Cts pots 500k, switchcraft switches, mojotone vitamin t caps 0.22 mf.

10. Chrome jackplate.

11. Gibson nickel strap buttons.

11. Amber switch tip and knobs.

Again thank you very much!, you will be hearing from me soon!

Oh!, and sorry for the pictures, they are from my Iphone.

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and this is the kit he used:

Bound & Flamed…

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Bruce’s Ocean Blue Beauty..

I love this job… check out what Bruce did with our “bones”

 

Phil,

I started with the non chambered ’59 carved top, customized with a flame maple top, ’60s slim tapper neck, ebony fretboard, and trapazoid inlays. I added Grover Rotomatic tuners, and a black TUSQ XL nut by Graph Tech.

The body only required a little finish sanding and it was ready to receive the dye.

I started by taping off the back and sides, including the natural masked binding area, and applying an initial coat of blue mixed with water to raise the wood grain. After sanding that off leaving the blue in that great flame pattern, I repeated the process 2 more times, the last application was mixed in alcohol to keep from raisng the grain again.

I set the neck and then taped off the top and the masked binding area as well as the fingerboard and stained the back, sides, and neck with a mix of “medium brown” and “mahogany red” dye in alcohol.

Next step was to start adding the layers of nitrocellulose lacquer, sanding between each coat. I finished by rubbing out the lacquer by hand.

It’s wired up with the Paul Iverson Drop in Pro wiring kit, and a set of Seymour Duncan SH-1 ’59 neck and bridge humbuckers with nickel covers.

The bridge is the Tone Pros Artisan Series T-O-M style bridge and tail piece. Love the locking feature on this set.

The precision of the neck and body made this build a real pleasure.

Thanks for your continued dedication to producing quality neck and body sets.
Bruce

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Chris’ Insanely Cool and Beautiful Double Cut

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Here’s the start, when he received the kit:

“All I can say is ‘FN A’!!! It’s awesome—I picked it up today, and just put the neck up to the body… Wow! Well done, and thanks!

The body is even tuned—it rings like a damn xylophone, tuned to C! No shit – I can get C, G, E and C octaves out of it, just by doing the tap test! Unbelievable! Are the Tele kits tuned to G, for Keef Richards fans? Hahaha!

This is gonna be a seriously good guitar when I’ve finished it—it already is good, and that’s before I’ve even started. I’m not gonna stop singing its praises, and that retail thing I was telling you about—he’s eager to see how it turns out…

Believe me when I say that it’s not gonna be long before I order the Tele and 59 Customised kits from you as well!”

Then when he finished it:

“WHAT A SOUND! Cranking it through the ‘clean’ channel of a Fender Supersonic 60w on it’s 59 Bassman setting is absolutely unbelievable. Tonally, it’s probably about the sweetest-sounding guitar I have, which is quite possibly down to the woods that you use as well as the size of the neck. It might be big, but it’s not in the least bit uncomfortable!

I’m looking forward to getting many years of service out of this one, believe me!
(Feel free to print whatever you want from the above on the website, if you want to—and include the photos as well, if you want too. In fact, I’d feel privileged to have them up there for all to see!)

In the meantime, the guys in the shop absolutely loved it, and I’ve been busy singing Precision’s praises to all that I can, with every opportunity I get, so fingers crossed it produces a few results for you!

Many thanks, and I’m looking forward to ordering more from you shortly!

All the very best!  Chris”

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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