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A floating pickup for an old Maton Alver

This was a fun little project. Repairing, building and setting up guitars is A LOT of fun and after doing it for over a quarter of a century I still...

Fender Tele bass humbucker repair

This came in for a rewind a couple of weeks ago and while I keep saying I don't really wanna rewind a lot of pickups, I also say if it's...

1978 Maxon Excel pickup rewind

I don't usually rewind "common" pickups like Strats and Teles as there's an absolute endless choice of great original and reproductions out there but when it comes to vintage Japanese...

1973/74 Yamaha SA-75

My love of Yamaha is well known around these parts. Along with a lot of other vintage Japanese guitars, Yamahas made some amazing guitars and basses, in many levels of...

Late 60's Firstman Barons

I've written plenty about several brands that came from the Teisco-Gen-Gakki factory in the late 60's including Firstman, Idol, Excetro and Honey, but this factory in fact made MANY more...

TMI Custom JRS V-2

Well, 2020 really messed up some plans including me starting to make some guitars for humans again after many years of not doing it. I had worked on a bunch...