Hello Again! In our second part in the HOW TO BUILD A CUSTOM STRAT OR TELE series we are going to focus on NECK SELECTION. If you read our previous guide about starting your project you will remember we said...
FINALLY. Here we are. If you have read all of our other guides leading up to this one, then you have selected the proper neck, body, pickups and hardware to make your custom made DREAM GUITAR a reality. Now we...
Now that we have built our custom made guitar, we should dial it in and set it up to play the way we want it to. We need a starting point regardless of how we want it to play. The bridge saddles should all be...
Are you looking to build your own Fender Strat or Tele? Then BEWARE! It becomes an addiction! The simplicity and cost effective aspects of it will have you building in no time and OFTEN! You may be worried...
Here we are again, this time to help you select the perfect guitar body. Much like the other steps in selecting the components of your DREAM GUITAR, we suggest playing many existing guitars to figure out what...
We get this question a lot here at Metal Shop Music. The answer is complicated and simple. The simple answer first. It is the most versatile guitar neck any serious working musician can find without having an...
Here we are again with another guide to help you in building your custom guitar. I hope you have found all of the previous guides to be fun and helpful. Today we are going to talk about pickup selection. ...
Soap Bar Modern technology, vintage sound. The 900 series duplicates the tonal qualities of the P-90's found on classics like the original ཷ ES-330 and the ཱུ Junior without abandoning the technology that...
If you have hung with us so far in our custom guitar building guides, you have already selected your neck, body and pickups and are ready to select the hardware and finishing parts to complete the project. ...
Here are some standard wiring diagrams for Fender Strat, Fender Tele, Gibson Les Paul, Fender P bass and Jazz Bass. They are in the PDF format. Click theWIRING DIAGRAMSLink and download the desired files. Let...