Custom builds · Repairs · Mods · Setups
Hand-built guitars and honest repair work
A one-man shop in Dayton, Nevada. Tele-style and Strat-style builds, true left-handed builds, custom wiring and setups that make a guitar play the way it should.

Lefty, built lefty
Left-handed builds start left-handed. Controls, switching and tremolo laid out for the way a lefty plays.
Quote before work
No surprises. Every job gets a quote before I touch it, good for 30 days.
Built to your spec
Pickups, pots, switching and hardware picked for the tone you are chasing, not off a shelf.
Backed on new builds
New builds carry a 1-year warranty on parts.
What I do
Custom builds
Tele-style and Strat-style guitars built around your tone, right- or left-handed.
OpenSetups
Action, relief, intonation and string height dialed in for how you play.
OpenElectronics and mods
Pickup swaps, custom wiring, series and parallel switching, pots and switches.
OpenRepairs
Fret level and crown, nut and saddle work, electronics and hardware problems. Electric, acoustic and bass.
OpenSample spec sheet
A Strat-style build on paper
Every build starts as a spec sheet like this one, written around how you play. This is an example, not a customer’s guitar.
- BodyWood and finish of your choice, right- or left-handed
- BridgeVintage or modern tremolo, or a hardtail
- Neck pickupVintage-voiced single coil
- Middle pickupReverse wound, reverse polarity, so positions 2 and 4 cancel hum
- Bridge pickupHotter single coil, or a humbucker in a single-coil size
- Switching5-way, with options like a mini-toggle for series or parallel
- ControlsVolume and tone controls laid out the way you want them
Free tool
Find your tone, free
Pick a style of music and tell me about your guitar. The free Tone Configurator ranks pickups from Greenville, Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, Bare Knuckle, Lollar, Lindy Fralin, Gibson and Fender, and suggests pots, caps, treble bleed and setup starting points. Free for everyone, with no sign-up and nothing locked.
How a repair works
- 1
Tell me what is going on
Use the quote form. Describe the problem, add a photo if you can, and tell me how you like the guitar to play.
- 2
Get a quote
I look it over and send you a quote before any work starts. Quotes are good for 30 days.
- 3
Drop it off or ship it
Once you approve the quote, we set up a time for you to bring it to the shop in Dayton (by appointment only), or you ship it to me. You pay shipping and insurance both ways.
- 4
Bench work
I do the work, then play it, check it and set it up so it leaves the shop ready to go.
- 5
Pick it up or get it back
I let you know when it is done. Pick it up by appointment, or I ship it back to you. Pay by PayPal, Venmo or cash.
Got a guitar that needs some love?
Tell me about it and I will send you a quote.