instrument building

I bought an old 20" Slingerland kick off Craigslist and over the course of several months stripped and restored it, detailing the restoration in a series of blog posts.

I did a complete overhaul on a Yamaha EG-112 strat, stripping and removing all the paint back to bare wood, replacing the plastic pickguard with a custom made birch pickguard stained with concentrated earl grey tea. I simplified the electronics by removing the middle pickup, replacing the pickup switch, removing the tone knob, upgrading the jack, adding a killswitch, and shielding the pickups.