THE WORKSHED BLOG

The big one! This 1978 Fender Stratocaster had a full strip-back to the natural Alder body after over 40 years of poor refinishing, even...

Some great guitars have been gracing my bench since I opened back up the Workshed for 2025 🎸 Fender Jazz Bass had been in storage for 7...

Just a quick shout out to express my immense gratitude to everyone who has brought a guitar to the Fretbuzz Workshed this year! As...

That's me pretty much done for Christmas! Huge thanks for all of your custom this year, some fantastic projects are already starting to...

#TeleTuesday 🔥 This amazing Fender USA Telecaster had handcrafted bone nut, fret dress, Jack output and full service + setup ⚡ Gallery📸...

Mandolin Refret today! Now taking bookings for January 6th onwards, if you would like to book in give me a shout 🤙 Gallery📸 #mandolin...

This Jay Turser LP had a Stainless Steel Refret and a handcrafted bone nut + setup. Unfortunately I've been on a backup phone whilst mine...

This fantastic Jackson loaded with Bareknuckle pickups had a fret level due to wear and a couple of high spots. I've also added a 3-way...

Cause I'm an axe victim, Hung up on these silver strings! 🎸🔊 Check out this awesome hand painted 1970's MIJ LP featuring the Be Bop...

The bridge of doom! This Tanglewood was unfortunately left for over a year with bridge-lift which also started pulling the entire top of...

Back in the 1970's, pre-lawsuit guitar factory 'Fujigen' in Japan was still legally churning out tons of guitars, some badged as Arbiter,...

Really enjoyed working on this fantastic @schecterguitarsofficial Model-T Bass🔥🔥🔥 This wasn't a million miles off from straight out of...

Tokai Japan makes the best LP style right? New set of @seymourduncanpickups PAF's, some attention to the fretwork with unseated frets...

Don't see too many of these! Ibanez 'Allan Holdsworth' AH-10 with HSH configuration. After years of abuse this Ibanez had a fret level,...

Stainless Steel Refret + Handcrafted Bone Nut on this 1970's Japanese Tokai 'Cats Eyes' acoustic 💥 The previous fretwork had worn...

Back in the early 80's Dan Smith at Fender had some crazy ideas. The "revised" edition USA Strat with 'Free-flyte' Tremelo system, master...

Back in the Workshed after an awesome week in Germany with Hiwatt! This is one for the serious Fender heads! A very rare Fender 'Espirit'...

Another fantastic year at Europe's biggest guitar show! This year we were part of our new European distributor's stand along with some...

This well played Eric Johnson Signature Strat had pitted and flat frets that required a full Fret level, crown and dress, before the...

#Teletuesday⚡ This Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster had a new handcrafted bone nut and full service + setup! The stock nut had been cut...