From the Home of Tone bench
Glen's Gibson scale Tele
I had the pleasure of carrying out the final assembly of a really cool project, a 24.75" scale Tele partscaster for Glen. He had sourced a body from Guitar Build (in the UK) and the 24.75" scale 'conversion' neck from Warmoth in the USA, some of the hardware such as a control plate with the angled switch slot, a nice modern 6 saddle Gotoh bridge, the Fender/Gotoh vintage tuners and a lovely matte black pickguard from friends at Armstrong Music. I was asked to carry out the final assembly, and whilst we had a bit of time on our hands whilst the neck was on order from the US, and Glen carrying out the painting work himself on the body, we chatted about some of the final details like pickups and wiring decisions. Which I'll of course share in this article.
90's Clapton Strat
This was a workshop job I couldn't resist sharing here on the workshop blog too. A customer booked in their 90s Clapton signature Strat for a few jobs, so I wanted to document the guitar as I'm sure it'll interest others like it did me.
Although my music tastes/guitar tastes have changed a lot over the years, I really have to credit the 80s/90s Clapton music and his guitars as the key ingredient that sparked my love for guitar. In particular, things like his Knebworth '90 performances, or the 24 Nights album/video sporting his pewter grey signature Strat, were personal favourites at the time. So opening the old tweed case and revealing this example instantly hit me in the feels! The right colour, amazing condition, very much looking forward to getting stuck into the job.