Custom Shop Telecaster w/ Tiger Maple Finish
Custom Body Finish – Top:
Tiger Eye Maple
TransTint Dye (Black > Orange > Orange)
20 coats Hand-rubbed Tru-Oil
Custom Body Finish – Back/Sides:
Mahogany (no pore filler)
Vintage Maple Dye (Brown)
20 coats Hand-rubbed Tru-Oil
Hardware:
Phat Cat Neck/Bridge Pickups
Fender Neck
Fender Locking Tuners
Through Body Bridge
Fender 3-way Switch
Electrosocket jack
Orange Drop Tone Caps
Vintage cloth wiring
Wiring mods:
Treble Bleed Mod
Fretless 5 String Jazz Bass from a kit on Etsy.
Custom Finish:
Neck – Danish Oil
Body – Stain > Danish Oil > Odie’s Oil
Custom Shop Stratocaster w/ Roadworn Nitro Body
Hardware:
Fender 57/62 Pickups
Fender Neck
Fender Locking Tuners
Fender Bridge
Fender Switch
Upgraded jack
White Super Strat with high-output HSS humbuckers.
Pickups:
Neck – Seymour Duncan Cool Rails
Middle – DiMarzio DP218 Super Distortion S
Bridge – Seymour Duncan Hades Gates Bridge
Hardware Mods:
Fender Neck
Fender Locking Tuners
Fender Bridge
Fender Switch
Electrosocket jack
Wiring mods:
Master volume/tone
Neck-on switch
Inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughn #1
Custom Shop Stratocaster w/ Relic Body
Hardware mods:
Custom Road Worn body
Fender 57/62 Pickups
Fender Neck
Fender Locking Tuners
Fender Lefty Tremolo Bridge
Fender Switch
Electrosocket jack
Road worn pickup covers
Wiring mods:
Neck-on switch (push/pull)
Custom Shop Stratocaster with onboard Tube Amp. This one gave me the most trouble of any mod I’ve done. Hence the name.
Hardware mods:
Tex Mex Pickups
Fishman 9v battery pack
Custom sunburst body
Fender neck
Fender locking tuners
Electrosocket jack
Road worn pickup covers
Wiring mods:
Master Tone/Volume CC Knob
Tube Amp MOD – Gain Knob
Tube Amp MOD – Level Knob
Tube Amp MOD – On/Off Switch
Leo Jaymz SG
I bought a cheap LJ model Gibson SG clone to test out the GFS Tube Amp MOD.
Hardware Mods:
Neck replacement
Grover Tuners
Tube Amp Knob (Gain/Level)
Tube Amp Knob (On/Off)
Electrosocket jack
Wiring Mods:
GFS Tube Amp MOD
Custom Shop Telecaster
Finished body by: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FromTheSourceLuthier
Hardware Mods:
Custom Gloss Body
Fender Neck
Fender Locking Tuners
Tex Mex Pickups
Hipshot Drop D Tuner
Wiring Mods:
Treble bleed MOD
Custom Shop Telecaster
Body purchased on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/usr/mhcustomstx
Hardware mods:
Tex Mex Pickups
Custom maple burl & resin body
Fender neck
Fender locking tuners
Electrosocket jack
Wiring mods:
Treble Bleed MOD
Custom Shop Stratocaster w/ EMG Pickups & Afterburner Boost
Inspired by first botched mod attempt, built a new strat with active pickups and an onboard boost switch to get that classic Jerry Tone.
Hardware Mods:
EMG Active Pickups
Battery compartment
Wiring Mods:
EMG Afterburner Boost Knob
Custom Shop Telecaster
Custom body
Custom maple neck with rosewood fretboard
Hardware mods:
Locking tuners
Electrosocket jack
Custom Shop Telecaster
Genuine Squier body w/ humbucker
Genuine Fender neck w/ abalone inlays
Hardware mods:
Locking tuners
Electrosocket jack
Custom Shop Telecaster
Took a smashed guitar body, glued it back together, and gave it a liquid art treatment. Hardware was put together from discarded parts. Half art. Half garbage. Plays beautifully.
Hardware mods:
Custom body
Roasted pine neck (natural tung oil finish)
Hand-wired tone volume/pots (orange drop)
Locking tuners
Electrosocket jack
Wiring mods:
3-way switch mod (neck, bridge, off)
Custom Shop Telecaster M
This was a kit with mahogany neck and body.
Finish:
Neck – Tung Oil
Body – 50/50 Wipe-On Poly
Hardware mods:
Pearly Gates Pickups (gold)
Gold neckplate
Gold strap buttons
Gold electrosocket jack
Gold bridge
Wiring mods:
Push/pull coil splitting
Custom Shop Telecaster
Custom pine body w/ natural hand rubbed finish
Pearl white pickguard
Squier neck
Hardware mods:
Hades Gate Humbucker (neck)
Hot Rails pickup (bridge)
Rust hardware
Locking tuners
Electrosocket jack
Wiring mods:
No Tone Knob
Kill Switch Button
Treble Bleed Mod
Custom Shop Telecaster
Relic body
Canadian maple neck
Hardware Mods:
’64 Vintage pickups
Rust hardware
Locking tuners
Electrosocket output jack
Through-body bridge
Wiring Mods:
2 Volume Knobs (no tone)
