Nick Montoya’s Custom Moog E1
the thread on OSG here.
A New Tailpiece For My Old Supro
For a few years now, I’ve been the very proud owner of a 1964 Supro White Holiday. This one guitar has been my biggest inspiration to my design aesthetic. It’s a beautiful and unique piece of guitar history. Made during the Golden Era of electric guitars right here in the USA by the Valco company, [...]
Chase’s Custom Solid-Body
Can you guess what it is?
Res-O-Glas is Back in Full Effect!
Ask anybody that knows me: I love Valco guitars! I think the first time I saw a Valco and really took note of it was a red fibre-glas-bodied Airline I saw on Ebay. Something about the body profile along with the whole rest of the package sparked something inside of me. Some lost fascination and [...]
Custom Control Plate Fever!
I’m currently taking orders for the next round of my custom control plates. These are precision laser cut 2mm thick stainless steel plates. I countersink the screw holes and buff polish them right in my shop. The price is generally $40 shipped in the US ($45 int’l) for each plate. Total order turnaround time can [...]
Starblaster Meets Rickenbacker
Here’s a new commission that I’ll be starting soon. The customer wanted a semi-hollow body guitar with a Fender floating trem and Rickenbacker pickups. Sort of a cross between a Fender and a Rick. He liked my Starblaster design, so we’re going with it!
Oh Simplicity!
When you get right down to it, what is an electric guitar really? In the early years of the electric guitar, the question was simply “how can we make the guitar louder?” Guitar players were trying to be heard on stages supporting big swing bands with brass instruments and their guitars were too hard to [...]