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This was a kit build for a customer featuring some tight single coil pickups and a finish that developed over time. Initially it was built as a ‘stickerbomb’ instrument, which you can see here: After some time, the instrument was reinvented as a 60’s style bass with flatwounds and a rich mahogany finish with linseed…

This was a solid kit-built strat with excellent tones coming from the Fender 57/62 pickup set that was installed. Hipshot tuners always help, and these open-gear ones made the whole user experience an A+ one. As always full copper-tape shielding and a full fret level & crown was done, and the customer was happy! View…

This was another fun ‘replicate that tone’ build, aiming at building a Fender Starcaster from a Squire CV re-release. To make it feel like the real thing, a 50’s style (1meg) wiring harness was installed alongside Fender Wide-Range pickups. The fretwork and nut also deserved attention, so I made a new nut from a blank,…

This was a fun build where I built a telecaster Plus (v1) with a thinline kit. It required some routing and a finicking with a bridge, but I was able to get there and the tone was exactly what the customer wanted! Most significantly, this uses a Treble Bass Expander (TBX) circuit and lace sensor…