Manchester Guitar Tech
Ozzy Lister – guitar and bass repair
La Cabronita style guitar
I’ve recently finished this La Cabronita style build, using yet another body from GuitarBuild.co.uk.
It’s pretty much Fender specification, down to the USA Standard Stratocaster hardtail bridge, pearl button tuners and of course, TV Jones Powertron pickups.
Rather than the S1 switch, I have used a normal push-push pot to bring in a tone circuit which just tames the high frequencies a bit.
I’ll need to dismantle this guitar at some point and refinish it. When I applied the clearcoat I accidentally used a spraygun which had some metal flake residue in it which gave the guitar body a bit of sparkle. I was impatient to assemble the guitar and try it out so it is currently a bit glittery.
Update 27 August
Black La Cabronita
I have now repainted my guitar and am really enjoying playing it. It’s my favourite guitar at the moment and the TV Jones pickups sound wonderful.
P-90 Telecaster complete
This guitar was built on commission from a customer.
It features a two-piece ash body from Guitarbuild, an AllParts V-profile neck and P-90 pickups from Wizard Pickups.
The body is finished in my dark “53” Butterscotch lacquer, and body and neck have clear satin lacquer top coats for a silky smooth feel.
I was asked to fit a Floyd Rose locking nut to this Warmoth neck.
I was slightly dubious that it would work, especially as Warmoth will not cut the shelf for a locking nut on their Vintage Modern necks.
Thankfully, the truss rod nut is sited well back from the nut so fitting the nut was not a problem.
The only issue was that the nut has to be slackened to adjust the truss rod, something that shouldn’t need doing too often. One of the Floyd Rose nuts designed for a bullet truss rod would have provided access but unfortunately they are only available in narrow widths.