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Chilling in the name of...

Chilling in the name of...

Just received this cool picture of some of the arc

Just received this cool picture of some of the archtops I worked on this year.

#german #archtop #schlaggitarre #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Starting another adventure. #cloudray

Starting another adventure.

#cloudray

Glued the stickers of this year's liquor using fis

Glued the stickers of this year's liquor using fish glue because, you know, tone.

#liquor #fishglue #tone #pears #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Blast from the past. I built this one in Ghana a

Blast from the past.

I built this one in Ghana about 9 years ago. My client gave it as a present to his 13-14 year old nephew.

Fast forward to today, he contacted me via another guitar builder/repair shop and told me that all of a sudden he wants to play the guitar so wants maintenance done. The other shop broke the truss rod nut (it can happen, they are lovely guys, no fault on their side).

During the conversation, it came out the guitar was even kinda lost all them years, probably also some time in a cellar.

Long Story short, we're gonna make a new neck for it!

Take care of your instruments, it can get messy if you don't pay attention.

#maintenance #guitar #guitarneck #trussrod #ghana #ebony #limba #ofram #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #thinline #telecaster

This lute is ready for pickup. #lute #repair #gi

This lute is ready for pickup.

#lute #repair #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Feather Boa because style is life, bitches! #feder

Feather Boa because style is life, bitches!
#federboa #featherboa #stringstyle

4 seam separations and two cracks later, I finally

4 seam separations and two cracks later, I finally put a light coat of finish applied with a rag to finish this job. Also cleaned up the whole instrument, lubricated the tuners, did some small color touch-ups as well.

I might be stringing her up tomorrow.

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #laute #lute #reparatur #repair

Can only do light work with a kaputt hand. #lute #

Can only do light work with a kaputt hand. #lute #laute

How I injured myself. Instagram-Beitrag 1811175617

How I injured myself. Instagram-Beitrag 18111756178265303

10 gün mecburi istirahat. Bir iki dikiş yedik, e

10 gün mecburi istirahat. Bir iki dikiş yedik, endişe edecek bir şey yok.

This 20,7" scale "Nur" found a new home in Thürin

This 20,7" scale "Nur" found a new home in Thüringen. Setup with 13-52 strings, sporting a all mahogany set neck and body with a thuya burl top and a rosewood fretboard. A single coil tapped pickup with a switch and a volume knob.

The top wood was the main reason for designing this instrument. We were wood shopping and saw this piece under a chair behind a door, tucked away because it was too small for anything really. The seller didn't even try to display it. We had to have it! Look how far she came now!

#shortscaleguitars #shortscale #baritoneukulele #weirdguitars #thuyaburl #mahogany #rosewood #coiltap

One of the few orange stuff I'd tolerate. This'l

One of the few orange stuff I'd tolerate.

This'll be a fun guitar!

#signalorange #guitarpainting #fun #watchyoureyes

In the middle of a fret job. #guitarmaintenance #g

In the middle of a fret job. #guitarmaintenance #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Hey guys, Go visit our Reverb Shop for some barga

Hey guys,

Go visit our Reverb Shop for some bargains before Christmas!

reverb.com/shop/novacordaguitars

#reverb #christmaspresentideas

This maple neck with #richlitefretboard is ready f

This maple neck with #richlitefretboard is ready for lacquer.

#richlitefretboard #maple #guitarneck

This is the #prototype of Novacorda Halet which I

This is the #prototype of Novacorda Halet which I first made in 2017.

Oh and to the guy who ripped our design off, karma will fuck you. One way or the other.

#goodmemories
#karmasutra
#dontstealdesigns

A ten bucks investment that makes life easier when

A ten bucks investment that makes life easier when gluing difficult cracks.

#needle #syringe #glue

Client soldered his electronics himself. It didn't

Client soldered his electronics himself. It didn't work so he came to me.

Last picture is after.

Please note this was a budget repair so I didn't change the parts.

#guitarwiring #soldering

Last fretwork of today.

Last fretwork of today.

Tackling the issues of a #corona #lute.

Tackling the issues of a #corona #lute.

Ready to go for a birthday girl.

Ready to go for a birthday girl.

This one got back together well. Stable and rockin

This one got back together well. Stable and rocking.

Multiple splines were necessary as it was a 90° break right at the nut (darn cats!)

I don't do finish work and the customer is cool with the looks.

#headstockrepair #neckbreak #guitarbreak #brokenguitar #brokenheadstock #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Bir arkadaş bizimle taşak geçtiği için mecbur

Bir arkadaş bizimle taşak geçtiği için mecburen bunu almak zorunda kaldık.

Novacorda Pasha at her new home. #customguitar #

Novacorda Pasha at her new home.

#customguitar #customguitarbuild #walnut #mahagony #pommelle #limba #handwoundpickups #stars

Neck day. #neckcarving #guitarneck #carving #map

Neck day.

#neckcarving #guitarneck #carving #maple #ahorn #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

This client has some special needs and some unorth

This client has some special needs and some unorthodox solutions.

He found his guitar too loud so he dampened it using rubber hose parts.

Also he insists on flatwounds because string noise makes him crazy.

When a client calls mid refret job to tell you she

When a client calls mid refret job to tell you she changed her mind.

Guten Tag, Im Auftrag eines Kunden verkaufen wir

Guten Tag,

Im Auftrag eines Kunden verkaufen wir einen Kontrabass vom Alfred Meyer. Unten finden Sie die Eckdaten. 

 

- Baujahr ca.1943

- Kontrabass in Gambenform

- Es-Mensur, 104cm

- Korpuslänge 109,5cm

- Geflammter, gewölbter Ahornboden

- Geflammte Ahornzargen

- Geflammter Ahornhals

- Fichtendecke

- Ebenholzgriffbrett

- Decke und Boden sind einfach eingelegt

- Gelbbraun hell, Schellack-Lackierung

- Französische Mechanik und schwarz lackierter Ahornsaitenhalter

- Brandstempel des Instrumentenbauers (Alfred Meyer) im Boden

- Typischer zusätzliche Randschutz an der unteren Zarge

 

Das Instrument befindet sich in einem guten Zustand und es gibt einen Wertgutachten vom Hersteller.

 

Standort ist Rheinsberg 16831.

 

Preis : 10.000,00 Euro VB

 

 

Angaben ohne Gewähr, Verkauf vom Privat. Keine Garantie, keine Rücknahme. Abholung vor Ort erwünscht.

Planned reclaiming. That's what it is with these b

Planned reclaiming. That's what it is with these boards.

I met Kingsley in 2010 in Ghana and we became instant friends. And he was a master carpenter as well as wood seller.

2011 , he made us a table and two sitting banks, of Ofram. The west world knows it as limba or korina.

When planning the table, he and my wife were surprised I was giving somehow unusual dimensions. I said to them, when the day comes where my wife no longer wants to have these banks, they will become guitars.

Today's the day. They were replaced with normal chairs.

Kingsley already had the wood in stock for 10 years back then. And hundreds of arses sat on them during the last 10 years. 21 years of goodness.

That's planned reclaiming.

#reclaimedkorina #korina #limba #ofram #reclaimedwood

Last sketchy route for this Tom Delonge Epiphone.

Last sketchy route for this Tom Delonge Epiphone.

#neckbreak

Short scale bass on slow cooking. #shortscalebas

Short scale bass on slow cooking.

#shortscalebass #burl #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

The other side of this break. Routing did reveal t

The other side of this break. Routing did reveal the truss rod channel but didn't hit the rod.

For the sensitive among us, yes I waxed the rod and placed a sliver of veneer before gluing in the plug.

#headstockbreak #neckbreak #guitarrepair #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #tomdelonge #tomdelongeguitar #epiphone

Very nasty neck break being repaired. Sketchy and

Very nasty neck break being repaired. Sketchy and unpleasant routing. All went well. Gonna do the other side tomorrow.

#neckbreak #epiphone #tomdelongesignature #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Delivery day for @_baer_tiger_ . #gitarrenwerksta

Delivery day for @_baer_tiger_ .

#gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #customguitars

Today's patients!

Today's patients!

It's always nerve wracking when you're routing big

It's always nerve wracking when you're routing big holes in bodies you haven't made. You simply don't know what's underneath. OK, you do but still.

Anyway, this Höfner body is coming to life with some #duesenbergguitars pickups and hardware.

#hofnerguitars #nos #customguitars #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Finishing up this one-off guitar for @_baer_tiger_

Finishing up this one-off guitar for @_baer_tiger_

#gitarrenbau #egitarre #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg #customguitar #workshop #blackbeauty

Collecting walnut. Lovely afternoon with number

Collecting walnut.

Lovely afternoon with number two.

#walnut #harvest #loveyourdaughters

Getting there. #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Getting there. #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Them difficult times. #guitarpickups

Them difficult times. #guitarpickups

One of the reasons why I don't have a cat. This

One of the reasons why I don't have a cat.

This one is a nasty break.

#headstockbreak #headstockrepair #epiphone #tomdelonge

Oiling this body for a nice open pore finish. #c

Oiling this body for a nice open pore finish.

#customguitars #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

Heating lines are in. I am about to get warm in th

Heating lines are in. I am about to get warm in the workshop this year!

How my day was. #heatinglines

How my day was.

#heatinglines

Beginnings of a #shortscalebass 30" #limba #pop

Beginnings of a #shortscalebass

30"
#limba
#poplarburl
#walnutneck
#richlitefretboard (probably)

It's important to label accordingly so no mistakes

It's important to label accordingly so no mistakes happen.

#tidyworkshop

Making necks black today and putting some oil on t

Making necks black today and putting some oil on them.

#neckfinish #truoil #indianink

New old Mars 70s korean acoustic guitar ready for

New old Mars 70s korean acoustic guitar ready for pickup

#korean #guitar #vintageguitar

Top for the coming 30" scale Barbaros Bass. #cus

Top for the coming 30" scale Barbaros Bass.

#custombassguitar #barbaros #bass #notreble #shortscalebass #gitarrenwerkstattbrandenburg

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