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A lovely 90s Takamine with a great colour, an ange

A lovely 90s Takamine with a great colour, an angelic sound and a fretboard made of rosewood cheese straight from the hells of mass production dedicated to summon all evils of trade to drive an innocent luthier mad and make him almost crazy.

This was a tricky refret. Client says it's never neen refretted and I do believe him. Somethings that left production area in the past have not always been manufactured the best way.

#refret #takamine #theywilleatyoualive

Upcoming project, a new Barbaros Bass. 32" Birdse

Upcoming project, a new Barbaros Bass.

32"
Birdseye Mulberry body
One piece african walnut top
Walnut 3-piece neck with carbon support
Reclaimed iron wood fretboard
Thunderbird style pickups, HB & SC
All Schaller nickel hardware.

#custombassbuild
#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg
#guitarworkshop
#luthier #bassesofinstagram #guitarporn #woodporn #thunderbird #pickup

Only 7 coats left. @jandredupreez #customguita

Only 7 coats left.

@jandredupreez

#customguitarbuild #maple #limba #truoil

Finishing another Novastar '67 "Fred Zahl Signatur

Finishing another Novastar '67 "Fred Zahl Signature" guitar.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #fredzahlsignature #customguitarbuild

WSD - wood selection day - for Andreas. Original

WSD - wood selection day - for Andreas.

Originally going for a stripped version of the Barbaros Bass, he decided in the last minute to go for a full custom build!

Birds eye mulberry body, one piece ghanaian walnut top, walnut neck with reclaimed iron wood fretboard with medium frets. Schaller hardware only. Simple electronics with a humbucker at bridge and a single at neck, both in thunderbird form.

32"

Looking forward to this!

#custombassguitar #customguitarbuild #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #woodporn #midscalebass #mulberry #walnut #ironwood

Zebrano. Around 20 years old. Lemme know if you

Zebrano. Around 20 years old.

Lemme know if you want a guitar with it.

#zebrano

Something different. A 27" baritone headless trave

Something different. A 27" baritone headless travel guitar.

Remember the scaffold board? This is the last piece of that board for the body. Maple neck, odum fretboard, an old Gibson mini humbucker and an ebay headless bridge. Fun thing to build.

#headless #baritone #seafoamblue

Today's menu. #thedukesofstratosphear

Today's menu.

#thedukesofstratosphear

Another beast ready for setup. This Novastar'67

Another beast ready for setup.

This Novastar'67 "Fred Zahl Signature" is going to Jürgen of @breforthband and @madmaxofficial82

Fretted. For @neucon10

Fretted.

For @neucon10

Radiused this rosewood fretboard for @erhan.sulude

Radiused this rosewood fretboard for @erhan.suludere

Because filters make it look like under stage ligh

Because filters make it look like under stage lights.

Visiting Superbooth/Soopergrail on Friday. Please

Visiting Superbooth/Soopergrail on Friday.
Please say hi if you bump into me 😉

Günün menüsü de bu. Kafalar karışık.

Günün menüsü de bu. Kafalar karışık.

Where I lunch during spring and summer. #terrace #

Where I lunch during spring and summer. #terrace #terasse

Putting this Novastar '67 Fred Zahl Signature toge

Putting this Novastar '67 Fred Zahl Signature together for @breforthband

He asked for the second prototype body so there is quite a bit of retrofitting to be done.

It takes time but it's worth it. #truoil

It takes time but it's worth it.

#truoil

Alex from @tlcguitargoods showing how to do it rig

Alex from @tlcguitargoods showing how to do it right.

Last drop fills. I'll be sanding this tomorrow. A

Last drop fills. I'll be sanding this tomorrow. A lot of sanding tomorrow.

#ihatesanding

for @erhan.suludere

Old threads were far too gone. Soldering nuts solv

Old threads were far too gone. Soldering nuts solves the problem.

And yes, going metric. If you have a problem with that, go talk to your mom.

#soldering #pragmaticsolutions

Facelift for Markus. #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenbu

Facelift for Markus.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #veneering #telecaster.

This moment when you install all tuners and there

This moment when you install all tuners and there is one extra screw left. First you think you forgot to put one in and then the relief: it's an extra.

Never ceases to please me.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #tuner #screws #extra #happycustomer

#copicmarkers are the shit if you have to make det

#copicmarkers are the shit if you have to make detail retouching.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #retouch #guitarrepair

This #musima is ready for take off! #refret #gita

This #musima is ready for take off!

#refret #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Cutest cap I have ever seen.

Cutest cap I have ever seen.

This #musima neck is full of holes. I really don't

This #musima neck is full of holes. I really don't understand how they went about machining these necks.

Short scale bass neck roughly carved.

Short scale bass neck roughly carved.

@schorrguitars has a twin of this knife. Does that

@schorrguitars has a twin of this knife. Does that make us brothers in arms?
#kiridashi #customguitarbuild #neckcarving #volute

#nofilter #maple #top Second coat of oil on @j

#nofilter

#maple #top

Second coat of oil on @jandredupreez Nathan.

The last guitar I built in Ghana. It was a gift fo

The last guitar I built in Ghana. It was a gift for our dear friend Poem.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #telestyle #customguitarbuild #albizia #ebony #walnut #limba

Oiling a neck for @breforthband. Inked. #gitar

Oiling a neck for @breforthband.

Inked.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #guitarneck #truoil #inked

Almost there with the neck for @breforthband

Almost there with the neck for @breforthband

First coat of oil on this Nathan for @jandredupree

First coat of oil on this Nathan for @jandredupreez

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #nathan #customguitarbuild #flamemaple #blacklimba #walnut #guitarworkshop

Classic before/after. #bundieren #bunddraht #git

Classic before/after.

#bundieren #bunddraht #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #musima

Refretting this Musima Leadstar. Really nice guita

Refretting this Musima Leadstar. Really nice guitar but I ask myself why would anyone put a 2 inch hole with 1-4" diameter into the heel of the neck.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #refretting #musima #leadstar #gitarrenreparatur #zehdenick #neuruppin #guitarworkshop

Patting yourself on the shoulder thinking how smoo

Patting yourself on the shoulder thinking how smooth it went packing up the e-drum you just sold, you turn around to see this.

Musima Leadstar almost in original condition in th

Musima Leadstar almost in original condition in the house for a refret and a check up.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #musima #leadstar #refret

A Barbaros Bass I built many moons ago. #gitarre

A Barbaros Bass I built many moons ago.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #customguitarbuild #bassbuild #limba #gold #walnut

Don't ever miss the neck day. #gitarrenbau #guit

Don't ever miss the neck day.

#gitarrenbau #guitarbuilding #luthiery #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #maple #ahorn #neuruppin #rheinsberg

This #yamahapacifica is ready, one again. I real

This #yamahapacifica is ready, one again.

I really like raising these things back from dead.

#gitarrenreparatur #reparatur #brandenburg #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #habserledigt

Another gloves-on project. Complete clean up, rewi

Another gloves-on project. Complete clean up, rewire, fret level, intonate and setup.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #gitarrenreparatur #brandenburg

Yeah, my week is going great.

Yeah, my week is going great.

This was a gloves on job. It turned out to be a re

This was a gloves on job. It turned out to be a really nice fretboard.

#customguitarbuild #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #gitarrenreparatur #rosewood

My favourite kind of project. Complete overhaul of

My favourite kind of project. Complete overhaul of a guitar, free of every prejudice!

This is a 25 years old Tele style guitar which has been with a friend of mine for the last 22 years. He decided to put some new life into it and I am very happy he chose me to do it.

Coming up is a P90 at neck and a really nice Tele bridge pickup handmade by @ersguitarpickups , a T-Tune bridge by @jasvonttune and some engraving on the top. We're gonna change the headstock a bit as well.

#guitaroverhaul #remodeling #telecaster #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #customguitarbuild

Drag chain cable. Thrice the price, hopefully doub

Drag chain cable. Thrice the price, hopefully double the life.

Last night at @jfzaltebrauerei in Neuruppin. Fun

Last night at @jfzaltebrauerei in Neuruppin.

Fun times with wifey, friends and clients. It was an interesting experience to see three guitars on stage all of them which I either built or completely overhauled.

With Man of Desert, @karldiegrosse, @theexception_band and others.

#jfzaltebrauerei #creativerokkers

First time experiencing severe cable fatigue. Both

First time experiencing severe cable fatigue. Both limit switch and the stepper motor broke a cable, the latter at two points. Never thought it'd figure.

#troubleshooting #laserengraver #co2laser #ruida

Could not resist applying a filter this time. #m

Could not resist applying a filter this time.

#maple #rosewood #mandala #customguitarbuild #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Filling completed. This one took longer than I exp

Filling completed. This one took longer than I expected. It's usually what you don't see that takes a lot of time.

This will get a light burst after sanding.

#mandala #laserengraving #customguitarbuild #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

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