Guitar Repair | Scavenger Music

LP style guitar. Walnut neck with oak fretboard and ebony dots. Poplar body with mahogany veneer. All of the wood except for the binding is reclaimed from 100 year old pianos.

Custom ace of spades dot markers.

Heavy relic precision bass.
Part piano , part garden bench , part orange box!

Thinline telecaster . Walnut neck, oak fretboard, Jescar gold frets. Semi hollow poplar body with walnut front faced with rosewood veneer. Maple binding

T style guitar , beechwood neck and fretboard with ebony dots. Oak and poplar body complete with 100 year old worm holes! Wilkinson hardware and pickups.

Tartan Terror V

A silly idea that got out of hand. Flying V made from 100 year old piano wood. Polar body , oak neck with hardened ans stained poplar fretboard. The finish is tartan cloth set in resin. It's bit of a departure from my usual style I may make another less flamboyant version soon.

Telecaster , stripped poplar body , beech neck with oak fretboard.

Tele style guitar made from piano wood. Wilkinson hardware and pickups

Precision style bass made from old pianos. This is a long scale (34" / 860mm) bass.

Remade in England

I make unique musical instruments from recycled materials. Most of my output so far has been made from old pianos. As many of these date to before 1920 the likelihood is that the wood is at least 100 years old. Most instruments retain the finish that was applied to the original piano.

The timber types, finishes, thicknesses etc vary a great deal between donor pianos making it unlikely that I'll ever make two identical instruments. I use Wilkinson and Warman pickups and hardware as standard but upgrades are available on request. Prices shown are a guide to give you some idea if you are considering a commission. Prices start from £600 on standard models ie Tele, Super Strat or precision bass, get in touch for a quote if you are interested in anything not shown here.

Set up and playability is very important to me. My aim is to make solid ,reliable instruments using as much recycled materials as possible and to minimise the use of plastics.