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Sweet @fender Telecaster on the bench today for a the full Turner spa treatment. Refinish and full deluxe fret dress on the neck and then a complete gut-shield-rewire with all new guts from @emersoncustom and this girl is gonna sing!!! Someone left the original 250k pots when they added the dual rail pickups and that wasn’t helping things. Be right as rain in no time gear geeks! #telemonday #guitarmods #fendertelecaster #tone #studiograde #silentcircuit #commonground #ogdenut #guitarrepairshop #frets #teletuesday #telecaster #ilovemyjob #tonewizard #solderfumes #801 #whatsonyourbench #myogden #knowyourtone #ownyourtone #topshelf (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9iIkaph7-s/?igshid=1g6fhr5yxx5fr

Oof 😍 These @anomalyguitarhardware classic humbucker surrounds are looking sooo good on the mock up! Still have to run the pickup wires and complete the shielding. But I can see exactly how this is gonna come out and I am pretty damn stoked about it! This custom HH Tele is for @theivieleaguemusic and I think I can go ahead and assumed that we nailed it!!! 🤣🛠 #telecaster #turnermodelhumbuckers #sparklemotion #teletuesday #becausetone #rubyslippers #theresnoplacelikehome #ivie #guitarporn #telecaster #anomalyguitarhardware #picoftheday #ogdenutah (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9gAFYSh9Pc/?igshid=47wp2s3rm8be

Sessy Tele control plate all ready to rock and or roll! @emersoncustom 250KA pots & 0.022uf PIO Cap as well as their vintage push back wire. CRL 3 way switch, carefully manipulated copper, Kester leaded solder and you are well on your way to the top of tone mountain brother!!!! #1like1tone #telecaster #guitarguts #solderfumes #801 #gearybusey #gearporn #gutshot #turnermodelpickups #becausetone #whatsonyourbench #myogden #singlecoilsquad #teletuesday #faraday #lenzslaw #instagood #doyouevensciencebro #tonewizard #emersoncustom #benchporn (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9f5pydB9YP/?igshid=1ru95hkffgmdv

This beauty is available now! Sliiiiiiiiiide into my DMs with those serious inquires gear geeks. 😍🔥🛠🎶 #boutiqueguitars #lapsteelguitar #customguitars #guitarbuilders #lapsteel #bluesmusic #countrytone #openE #emersoncustom #801 #graphtechguitarlabs #myogden #skateeverything #sparklemotion #skateordie #utahmusicians #utahmusicscene #becausetone #letsworktogether #ogdenutah #withalittlehelpfrommyfriends (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fNxE4hkZv/?igshid=pjrk0jx2drzz

Finally ALL finished up with this rebuild! 1968 @fender Series 1 Thinline Telecaster. Removed all of the fouled hardware and electronics, upgraded everything and fully shielded the circuit. Original pickups are the only part of the original guitar left besides the body which still has the original walnut finish. Sexy tort guard handmade for me by Bill Asher at @asherguitars and topped off with those creamy brown cupcake knobs from @zammguitars 🧁🔥🧁 Also realized that the shielding under the cavities showed through the guard and looked awesome! So I covered the rest of the back and it turned out better than I expected!!! That’ll do pig. That’ll do. 😍 #fenderthinline #teletuesday #telecaster #1968 #telegram #keeper #emersoncustom #asherguitars #zammguitars #jescarfrets #utahmusicians #graphtechguitarlabs #801 #twangel #countryaf #cleantone #guitarporn #telecasterplayers #guitarbuilder #becausetone #guitarrepairshop #mmmm (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9dEIIyhUcN/?igshid=5kou6ijxr6gl

Is that what you appreciate about me? #repost @pettyjohnelec with @get_repost ・・・ I got a very special guitar back today from my friend Jon at @turnerguitarco, affectionally known as the PettyStrat. I’m honestly struggling with how to make this post so it’s gunna be a long one. To start this is a special guitar for me personally because it’s the same color as a MIJ strat my dad gave me in college, which I had to let go several years ago. I’ve never owned a strat I loved... but when I found this beauty in relatively good shape for $350 I snagged it knowing it would need some work to be 100%. So I sent it to Jon Turner and asked him to make it the best it could be. What came back today is honestly well beyond anything I could have hoped for. Simply put, jon took this $350 craigslist special and turned it into what is easily the best playing guitar I’ve ever owned and possibly ever played!🤯 In another post I’ll talk more about the tremendous craftsmanship and attention to detail that he put into this but for now, simply, it’s been born again as the only things stock are the neck wood and body. Highlights for me are: 1) the absolutely best fret work (roled edges) and best playing/intonating neck I’ve ever spent more then an hour with. Absolutely flawless intonation and action from nut to 22nd fret with incredible tuning stability and evenness of tone. 2) fully(I mean FULLY) internal shielding, including pickup covers, for the lowest noise floor I’ve heard in a strat. 3) Jons new custom spec pickup set, they are simple stellar. 4) top shelf hardware including wudtone bridge, Emerson pots and tone cap, locking tuners and tri-layer Pearloid pick guard. Bottom line, if you have made it this far, is I’m beyond in love with this guitar. If you need work done on your Strat or Tele (or anything else) hit Jon up!! He’s a wizard among men and a solid fella too boot! Thanks again Jon!!! 😎🙏🏼#analog #studiograde #highvoltage #toolsfortone #strat #mij #gear #geartalk #geartalkpnw #knowyourtone #Tone #gottone #becausetone #guitartone #guitar #guitars #electricguitar #electricguitars #pedalboard ##pedalboards #pedals #guitarpedals #guitarpedal #fender #gearybusey #cleantone (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YXsBqhhLS/?igshid=2bupnbk1izv3

Here’s to following your intuition and making impulse decisions!!! Never thought to marry that neck and body but when the original rosewood body I had intended for this rosewood neck was wanted by a customer I had this neck left over! 😍🔥😍🔥😍 Shielding everything out proper now and am gonna try to have her together before the late shift! Send thots n pears gear geeks!!! 😈 #boutiqueguitars #handmade #arizonasunset #teletuesday #customshopguitars #801 #guitarstagram #instagood #picoftheday📷 #glass #painthuffermetalflake #guitarphotos #customguitars #beutahful #ogdenrocks #rootbeercandy #rosewood #turnermodelpickups #nextlevelshit #tone #buildthingsbetter #handmadeguitars #gear #sparklemotion #telecaster #customtele #masterbuilt (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VIQtKhkkI/?igshid=1pc6ohkwx4s97

Putting my personal poor man’s 335 up for sale. Just went through everything and gave her a fresh setup with @daddarioandco 11ga flatwounds. 😍 Totally stripped and rebuild @epiphone Dot Deluxe. Upgraded @graphtechguitarlabs ratio locking tuned tuning machines, black tusq xl nut and resomax tune o matic bridge with string saver saddles and a tone pros locking tail piece. All @emersoncustom internals wired up right to two @gibsonguitar Classic ‘57 P.A.F. pickups with push/pull coil tapping on the time knobs, @zammguitars black cupcake knobs and Schaller S Locks. Fresh fret dressing and she is playing/sounding phenomenal. DM with serious inquiries. #yourdrooling #guitarmods #becausetone #customshopguitars #guitarbuilder #tonemachine #flatwoundstrings #toan #ogdenutah #guitarforsale #gearybusey #guitarporn #guitarstagram #semihollow #silentcircuit (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Ut_saBQwZ/?igshid=r55r35nes4cn

We often get attached to the logos on our gear. Often times a certain name will stand for a certain level of quality, but this is not always the case. I have learned over the years that out of a run of 1,000 assembly line guitars you can expect an average of 100 total duds, 100 really good ones and the rest will be right in the middle. Then occasionally you find a special one. Where everything worked out perfectly and every piece of the puzzle lines up magically resulting in an instrument that is more than the sum of it’s parts. As a builder I have gleaned multiple different “it” factors that I believe make an instrument special. It is difficult to repeatedly recreate that sort of magic, but folks are doing it in shops all around the world every day! So grateful to be a part of such an amazing community of builders, artists, engineers, wizards, shamans and crazies. Speaking of crazy... This is the nicest fake Gibbo I have ever played! Sorted out the shoddy nut, repaired loose stud wells, resurfaced and reconditioned fingerboard then polished the board and frets, fully rewired with all new @emersoncustom electronics in old school fashion with nice PIO caps. Fresh set of @drstrings pure blues 11s and she is singing like a song. Nice find @mjsasich 🤘Well played China, well played. #whatsonyourbench #fake #makechibsongreatagain #nologos #guitarrepair #801 #manvsmusicstudio #toan #utahmusicians #ogdenrocks #guitarrepairshop #1like1tone #tonemonster #guitarmods #tonewizard (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UcYKABz1C/?igshid=1cyaf182do0mt

Neck all back in one piece and the frets dressed to impress gear geeks! The late shift marches on. #newneckwhodis #801 #guitarrepairshop #frets #whatsonyourbench #tone #intonation #fretdressing #luxurylifestyle #guitarporn #jaguar (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Q1oOGBidv/?igshid=r5wicd3b0k7e

The neck on that Jag was mangled way worse than I first thought. All cleaned up and repaired now. Fret sprout sorted and frets leveled with fallaway. There was a giant jazz pic wedged beneath the neck as a shin that I assume was at least a co-conspirator along with a possible impact at some point that blew her out. If you must shun the neck, taper the shim to fill the whole pocket. Or else... better yet correct the angle of the neck heel or pocket with some sanding or a hand plane. Slowly and carefully until you get it just right. Thank me later. #whatsonyourbench #becausetone #ressurection #doitrightdoitonce #guitar #frets #ogdenutah #801 #fretleveling #intonation #squierjaguar #loothing (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9PdCZJB_1v/?igshid=p5xeweg4ck3l

Jagtastic! Fretting fail here on this @squierguitar Jaguar. Reseating and CA glue treatment on every fret followed by a level/crown/polish as well as sorting some ground redundancy issues in the circuit. Happy Friday Gear Geeks! #whatsonyourbench #offsetguitars #fretfail #reseat #guitarrepair #801 #fretdressing #frets #jaguar #squierjaguar #myogden #makingsquiersplayagain #agooddealalwayscostsyou #loothing #goodtimes #party (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9IJfFmB-Rt/?igshid=6pgbe6logngs

Sweet @fender Professional Telecaster on the bench for @longway_79 after a full work over. Fret ends, removed finish from neck and burnished to 3,000 grit with a light tung oil to seal, full shielding and all new @emersoncustom internals. Replaced all of the cheap pvc jacket wire with nice cloth push back wire and we are calling it a day on this girl. Next round we will replace this horrible bridge and get some proper pickups put in. 🛠🔥🎶🖤 #whatsonyourbench #801 #guitarmods #tonetown #customshopguitars #toan #myogden #telecaster #butterscotch #faradaycage #frets #babyproof #guitar #bulletendsandbutterbends #guitarstagram #instagood #ogdenutah #teletuesday #guitarrepairshop #ogden #tonewizard (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9F1WTjB6pe/?igshid=rxycq82ibfsb

Clear coat is glassed and ready for shielding! @painthuffermetalflake 😎🛠🔥🎶💦 #customshopguitars #buffing #flake #painthuffermetalflake #silverbullet #mooninite #glassy #drophorn #sparklemotion #oohshiny #instagood #guitarporn #myogden (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9C-foDhM4J/?igshid=40bk1nzk3nav

One last look at the PettyStrat for @pettyjohnelec before shipping her back home. #withalittlehelpfrommyfriends #gearheads #myogden #vintagetonewithoutthevintagenoise #stratocaster #toolsfortone #demoguitar #turnermodelpickups #refret #whatsonyourbench (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Bh2Gbh_Lp/?igshid=1goidj52tibuf

Feeling buff this Tele Tuesday. Might delete later idk? 😘 #handmadeguitars #ogdenutah #boutiqueguitars #paintcorrection #meguiars #elbowgrease #flake #kandypaint #glassforsale #801 #paintfumes #painthuffermetalflake #painthuffer #rootbeersparkleburst #teletuesday #telecaster #utah #customshopguitars #handmade #guitarbuilders #instagood #picoftheday #guitarporn #iseeyou (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Aa1LQByWa/?igshid=1fx54y4vruh93

New Pedal Day!!!!!!! Big shout out to Stephen and the fine folks at @pettyjohnelec for building some of the finest damned dirt boxes and audiophile, studio grade tone sculpting tools!! Demo vids to follow as soon as I can get caught up at the bench! 🤣🛠🎶🔥 #toolsfortone #npd #gearaddict #becausetone #ownyourtone #newpedalday #pedalporn #801 #tonechaser #overdrive #yes #distortion #preamp #ironmkii #shiftmkii #liftmkii #pedalboard #effectspedals #geardemos #pettyjohnelectronics #toan #knowyourtone #myogden #vintagetonewithoutthevintagenoise #1like1tone #pettystrat (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B892cE8BUst/?igshid=1t75v0tb6b6ra