CUSTOM JOB NEWS AND OTHER WORKS
The Many Spaces of Custom Job (1999 – 2026)
As much as my obsession with the perfect work space collided with my own self sabotage in actually doing work in them, the shorter recordings, the smaller projects, maybe the ones I didn’t spend so much time on because I intended to re do them one day when the space and equipment was more appropriate…
Custom Job Musical Instruments Opens it’s Electronic Doors..
Custom Job Musical Instruments is officially selling stuff. Presently, only two guitars are up but there’s two more on the way of the EarthII model, after which, I’m going to focus on repairs and restoration while working on a few acoustic projects I want to take on. But I’ll be adding smaller things along the…
Custom Job is Officially (if not temporarily) Located in Sterling, MA.
At long, long last, I wired in my heavier equipment and dialed everything in. This took a rather healthy chunk of time, BUT I can now basically turn a tree into whatever I want. This will be home to material dimensioning, body and neck carving, rough fret work, decorative work and finishing. Fine fret work,…
Custom Job (somewhat) narrows it’s focus! (ADHD be damned)
Custom Job left it’s last shop in Tolland, CT in September and, with limited local shop space, has since been focusing on Lutherie, A direction that I’ve decided to make permanent so, “Hello” from Custom Job Musical Instruments! After years of fixing my own and other peoples stuff and thinking about it, I’ve pushed into…
Rest Easy, Brother.
I had to let go of my eldest dog Artemus this morning. He’d not been doing well the day before and suffered a number of seizures that took his sight and ability to walk over the night last night. He passed away in my embrace, with as much love as I could channel into him.…
1961 Caper Cycle Falcon Restoration
The restoration of my first minibike. A 1961 Caper Cycle Falcon.
1959 Economy Country Squire Tractor Restoration
This was what was still bolted together of my paternal Grandfather’s Tractor after a tenant of his blew the piston, took the whole thing apart, “LOST” the hydraulic pump and left it sit outside for a number of years. It’s a long story. Bought new by him in (around) 1959. He used it for everything…
Awesome New Additions to the Ever Growing Metal Shop.
Custom Job has been working on stepping up its metal working capabilities and picked up a few gems, rough as they may be, to that end.
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