Shaping and measuring. All part of the tedious work when shaping a neck.

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Finally! A guitar I can truly call my own...... 😎

Probably need to refine the compensation on this as one of the very last steps after final assembly, but the jazzmaster has had a test stringing so is good to move onto paint once I have everything sorted for that. Bass has made leaps and bounds but is looking ugly now while things dry so I'll post pics once it's nicer. Still need to make cavity covers for that... The paint effect I'm planning needs them in place so I have to make em at some point.

🔥 @aldioustoki 早くも2月🔥 今月はALDIOUSのライブは無いけど、 色々頑張るぞ🤘 みんなも寒い日がつづくけどがんばろうな！！ Photo by @sai_cho_823 📸📸📸 #Aldious #アルディアス #aldioustoki #ESP #hughesandkettner #guitar #guitarist #ギター #ギタリスト #espguitars #customguitar https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpbf3APILsg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Added some new things and cleaned up the studio. #DJChemo #CSawRecords #csawrecordsstudios #moboutentertainment #therollercoasterride #therollercoaster #blues #theblues #reggae #jam #mashup #crossover #guitar #izotope #newguitar #feelgood #youfeelme #hordion #harleybentonbass #customguitar #studioone #waldenguitars #morley #waves #nativeinstruments #izotope

In the making. #handcrafted #luthier #swampash #pavillonnoir #guitarmaker #handmade #craft #woodworking #customguitar (à Roadrunner Guitars) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp40588Mp8K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In for some TLC! #callowayguitars #guitarrepair #guitartech #customguitars #seaforddelaware #tele (at Seaford, Delaware) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cop5I-quW-j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another one headed out. 🔥📦✈️ This one to California. 🌄 Model R16 with Mrytlewood top and Mastery bridge

Drilling wire routes. Follow the line.

Studi R corner..Left Guerilla guitar canadian customshop...Right Kiesel UltraV customshop.

People claim lutherie is a word about making instruments but imo the actual definition is the act of turning expensive wood into sawdust.

So... Much... Sawdust. It was like a cm deep in parts.

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Model: Lizzie Rose

Oh baby...this is an excitingly rare one for #TeleTuesday! 1969 #Fender #Telecaster #Thinline in custom colour #CanaryYellow. Now I love a 'burst as much as the next guy, but I'm betting this is a far rarer guitar. Not to mention that my favourite incarnation of the Telecaster is the original 1968 "mark I" thinline model #Tele . The standard finish for this model was "Natural" but Fender made a range of custom colours available for special order in 1969 (ask @terry_foster - he has Freddie Tavares' hand-written meetings notes on which colours would be offered!). What was interesting, and what makes it more exciting for me, was that these custom colours were different from the "normal" custom colours offered on other models. Instead of boring old "Olympic White" or staid and stale "Lake Placid Blue"*, this whimsical list included such fun and frivolity as "Lavender Lilac", "Salmon", "Hot Pink", "Kerry Green", "Jet Black", and of course this one..."Canary Yellow"! Nope...these were not your granddad's run-of-the-mill custom colours! From a playability perspective I found it fascinating that it had a very full round neck carve...not something I expected from a late 60s Fender! I'd have been excited if this was just a regular natural finish model, but the vibrant (and totally different!) custom colour was just the icing on the cake for me! Also it was incredibly easy to photograph...which makes me love it even more! 🤣 #fendertelecaster #telecasterthinline #telethinline #rareguitars #customguitars #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography *obvs I'm kidding. Oly White and LPB are killer custom colours! (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CegSWWjrHdz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=