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The First to the Biddeford Bench: Rickenbacker 370 12 RME Part 2. Bridge, Electronics, Set Up.

Part two of the rejuvenation of a Rickenbacker 370 12RME.

One Foot on the Platform. The Other Foot on the Train.

My 1958 Gibson ES225 TDN. Over the years I’ve had a number of guitars that were important to me. My 62 Les Paul, the first ‘real’ guitar I bought with my own (get this) $600.00 was definitely one of them. My 94 SG was pretty important as well … in fact, expand that out toContinueContinue reading “One Foot on the Platform. The Other Foot on the Train.”

The 2012 Cabin Renovation.

My family owned some land in Stafford, CT since 1961. Roughly 4 acres right near Soapstone MT. It was a pretty piece of land that had never been built on but for a scrappy barn, cobbled together from found wood and a trailer home that was condemned. I liked the area but had no money to build on that land. Nextdoor, however, sat this little 650 sq. ft. cabin. It looked rough but straight and as many times as I’d seen it, I saw no one leave or arrive. On a whim, I dropped a note in the mailbox to see what the scoop was.

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 to the task turned out to be that ‘actual’ work. Not a draft as was intended but a finished, imperfect piece with qualities I never intended.

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 theContinueContinue reading “Custom Job Musical Instruments Opens it’s Electronic Doors..”

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,ContinueContinue reading “Custom Job is Officially (if not temporarily) Located in Sterling, MA.”

CONN. GENERAL 2557A HOME OFFICE.

An old filing cabinet module that belonged to my Grandfather. I was obsessed with my grandfather’s workspace when I was a kid. He did a lot of electronic work … televisions, radios, amplifiers…. Of the many many fixtures in his shop (one of which was a collection of vacuum tubes I’ll never see the likes of again), this was central to my understand of creative spaces and remains a central fixture in my shop to this day.