Electric Trees

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Flame maple pickguard for a yamaha HSS strat. These can be made for any unusual shape if I have the original to work with. This is going to really dress up a simple black strat and make it unique. The figure in the wood moves in response to light and motion, looks great u…

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#uke, #guitar, #bass. From a few years ago at the old workshop in Saugus.
#electrictrees #guitarbuilding #luthier #bostonmusic #boston #handmade #build

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A new pickguard does a lot for a cheap guitar. (Black limba with green dye and oil) And maybe a stacked humbucker at the bridge, a Gilmore switch, new nut, tuners and a fretjob... #electrictrees #mod #guitar #blacklimba #strat #stratocaster #pickguard #bostonmusic

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Sometimes the clamp you need is the one you have to make. Tacoma makes amazing acoustics but their soundhole limits your options for getting inside for repairs.
#electrictrees #acoustic #mini #travelerguitar #repair #onlynicethingsareworthfixing

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Always staring at a pile of unfinished guitars. This has been a really rough year for me and my family but my focus is starting to return and you will see some of these actually singing soon, I promise. Thanks for following this page!

#electrictrees #cocobolo #birdseyemap…

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Current state of shop and mind.

#electrictrees #bostonma #melrosema #guitar #electricguitar #inprogress #fromscratch #eventhewindow #andthewall
#workshop #woodshop #mess #build

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#quartersawn #cocobolo and #indianrosewood #strat neck #inprogress
#electrictrees #antiquewood. Really cool oxidization on the cocobolo from four decades of sitting around waiting for me to find it

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This one's headed north...bye bye birdseye.
#birdseyemaple #handmade #tele #electrictrees #guitarporn #inprogress #woodworkingporn #bostonmusic #guitar #woodworking #usa #curves #beauty #figure

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#nofilter fresh cut spalted beech rescued from a log in my firewood pile, just planed it and filled some voids with marine epoxy. It's big enough for a ukulele top or several guitar headstocks, after it gets bookmatched. Now to sit and dry for a year or so... This kind of …

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Files, card scrapers, and a digital caliper get it this far. Now to sand it til it's smooth and pretty... #lutherie #luthier #woodworking #woodworkingporn #guitar #guitarporn #birdseyemaple #telecaster #guitarsofinstagram #woodwork_feature #handmade #electrictrees #bostonmu…

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Mockup of a 27" scale neck-thru baritone. Neck is a 7 piece lam of wenge, quilted rock maple, and Jatoba. Figured mahogany and walnut 3 p…

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There are a lot of fancy machines that do this job very well. While it makes sense for a large production factory, we produce less than 30…

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My kind of road.
#purpleheart #quiltedmaple #padauk #laminate #neckthru #lutherie #luthier #guitarporn #woodworkingporn #electrictrees #in…

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https://t.co/OCDOeSLt3b This baritone electric uke was made from scratch here and has a stacked humbucker as well as a ghost piezo pickup …

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There's a lot of debate over tone wood. What is a tone wood? do you have to build out of exotic woods to build a … https://t.co/Hs5hmyoJUs

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Based in Boston. Custom built, one-of-a-kind instruments.

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Pile of fender-scale necks & fretboards ready for their truss rods. #birdseyemaple, #cocobolorosewood, and #brazilianrosewood. (Antique st…