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Early 70's Guyatone EB-25

I've owned lots of Guyatones from this period which technically was after Tokyo Sound went into bankruptcy in mid '69 but carried on as a "brand" being made in several...

1965/66 Pleasant SEL-220 hotrod

I call these projects "hotrods" and it's a way for me to use up perfectly good vintage bodies and necks I have used for parts over the years to restore...

Mid 60's Teisco MJ2L

I know, you're saying how much can you write about Teisco? Well, a lot more it seems. I know I've covered A LOT of Teisco models in this blog but...

Aria Diamond 1803T pickup rewind

I've written HEAPS about Arai/Aria guitars and Matsumoku made guitars on this blog so I won't bore you too much with all the details again. I will however bore you...

Custom BB Big Mud for a friend

I got into the workshop yesterday a little deflated and procrastinatory (is that a word?) so I decided to make this custom Black Bubble Font Big Mud for Imogen who...

TMI Custom Coronet

If you follow my stuff you'll know last year I built ten TMI guitars just to see if I could. As I've explained in previous blogs the TMI guitars are...