Recently a customer asked me to build him a 1-off Johnston acoustic guitar. And so the Johnston acoustic guitar build began. Although I have a guitar repair workshop well stocked with tools for such jobs, I don’t have specific jigs nor go-bar decks etc that might be used by someone who regularly makes acoustics. I…
This 5 string banjo restoration job started off with the customer bringing the banjo to me to have the G string tuner and the broken G string guide replaced. The banjo was, shall we say, in a well used condition. However, when I got it onto the bench, it quickly became clear that this…
So, you may have seen my recent post on preparing the road worn Epiphone Les Paul. This is the update now just to complete that project. The customer wanted a set of Johnston hand-wound pickups fitted to the guitar. He asked for a bespoke specification which was a neck pickup wound to 8k ohms with…
This job came in from a regular customer who got this Epiphone Les Paul as a Christmas present. Although he loves the guitar, he decided he wanted it to have a road worn look and also have a new set of pickups made for it. It always makes me a bit nervous when I’m…