K&K mandolin pickup install :: 2015 June A5 [2.0 lbs]

May 28, 2015

A K&K Mandolin Twin Internal was installed along with some fret work. The pickup installation involved enlarging the tailpiece bracket hole (Irwin's Unibit / step drill is a life safer for this) along with drilling out the tailblock for the endpin jack. The two pickup elements are adhered with double stick tape just inside each f-hole near the bridge foot. The trickiest part of this installation is working through the small f-holes. Even the internal nuts on the jack had to be installed inside the mandolin ... just giving me a taste of what it's like to build a ship in a bottle.

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New nut, high fret & top crack :: Giannini GWNC1/7 7-string classical [4.3 lbs]

May 28, 2015

New nut, high fret & top crack :: Giannini GWNC1/7 7-string classical [4.3 lbs]

A seven string classical with the low string tuned to A came in for some buzzes and a small top crack repair. There was a high fret that needed to be ground down and blended in with the others along with a fresh bone nut to address some open string buzzes. While replacing the nut I had to do quite a bit of work to true up the nut slot as the original nut was poorly seated and gaps filled with glue. This guy sounds like a monster in the right hands!

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Assembly & Setup :: Warmoth Chambered Telecaster [6.66 lbs]

May 28, 2015

Assembly & Setup :: Warmoth Chambered Telecaster [6.66 lbs]

Here's a maple cap / ash body (chambered) Warmoth Tele in for assembly and setup. The player-spec'd components include a Callaham vintage T bridge and Don Mare "Joel Foy" pickups. The birdseye maple neck looks really sharp too. Gravity pulls this guy down at the Mark of the Beast.