Hi everyone!

We had a nice Charvel SD-2 ST come in the other day for a little check over and set up. The guitar was in a pretty good state when it arrived but still found a few things that needed doing!

So first thing's first we starting stripping it down to start the cleaning. Trying to turn the tail piece's height adjuster ended up turning the entire stud with it!

 We also found that the bridge studs were oddly mismatched and found some odd discolouration on the bridge itself.

With the owner's blessing we decided to swap out the bridge with a new black coloured version and made sure everything was secure and in good working order!

 
After the bridge was dealt with with moved onto cleaning up the neck and frets.

This is the back of the neck as it arrived to us. It had a lot of built up grime and felt very "sticky" so we gave it a light progressive sand and then finished it with some Danish Oil.

Next up was the fretboard! The frets and fretboard were in pretty good condition but still worth giving them both a clean up and a polish to the frets.

With that done the next job was to investigate the output jack as the owner has mentioned he'd been getting some crackling and bad connections. As you can see this jack has certainly seen better days. The solder joints were weak and the overall quality of the jack itself was fairly poor. Not to mention the strange marks and tarnishing on the mounting plate. Looks almost as if the previous owner used super-glue to try and stop the nut from loosening.

We decided to swap out the jack with a higher quality replacement and fitted a new mounting plate as well.

So with all this done it was time for a big overall clean, polish and set up. Not a major job but a small service can go a long way to making a second hand instrument feel like a brand new one!

Thanks all for reading! For more news and posts check out our Facebook page!

All the best,
Mike & Martin

swguitars@hotmail.co.uk

Hey Folks!

Those of you that follow our Facebook page may remember we started work with Wieland Matzig from the band Deltheria on his signature model, named "Thunor".  Working with Wieland has been great and he has overseen & directed us over many of the finer details of this build. I think we can safely say this guitar has been completely tailored for him personally!

So here is the finished build, let us know what you think and as always, full specs at the bottom of the post!

Body

3 Piece Sapele 

Neck

Bolt on joint

3 Piece Maple

Fretboard

Ebony & Mother of Pearl Inlay

25.5" Scale Length

24 Stainless Steel Frets (Jumbo)

Hardware

 Black Nickel Axesrus® Aluminium Locking Machineheads

Black Nickel Tune-o-Matic Bridge

String Through Body

Black Nickel Knobs

Graphtech® Black TUSQ® Nut

Black Nickel Straplocks

2 way Truss Rod

Electrics

2x Axesrus® Hot Iron Humbuckers (Coil Tapped)

3 Way Toggle Switch

500k Alpha DPDT Tone Pot

500k CTS Volume Pot

Neutrik® Output Jack

Finish 

Blood Burst Stain

Satin Nitrocellulose (Body)

Satin Nitrocellulose (Headstock)

Hope you guys liked this build, we had fun building it and hope Wieland has a great time playing it! Any comments or questions please leave here or drop us an email! Remember you can also check out Stone Wolf Guitars and Deltheria on Facebook!

All the best,

Mike & Martin

swguitars@hotmail.co.uk

Hey everyone!

Not so long ago we had a poll on our Facebook page on how we should orient a beautiful piece of Ziricote in our next build. You guys all voted and here are the results! This build is shredders dream..ultra thin neck and action with a pair of 16k output Axesrus® Wraiths that make it scream like a demon!

We also went all out on the neck with a 5 piece Wenge and Maple mix and a 5 piece fretboard using Ziricote, Maple and Indian Rosewood! Really looks the part and is a great partner to the Ziricote body top. Check it out and tell us what you think! Full specs at the bottom of the post!

Body

2 Piece Mahogany & Ziricote Top

Neck

Bolt on joint

5 Piece Maple & Wenge

Fretboard

5 Piece Ziricote, Maple & Indian Rosewood

Black Mother of Pearl Inlay

25.5" Scale Length

24 Stainless Steel Frets (Jumbo)

Hardware

 Black Nickel Axesrus® Aluminium Locking Machineheads

Black Nickel Tune-o-Matic Bridge

String Through Body

Black Nickel Knobs

Graphtech® Black TUSQ® Nut

Black Nickel Straplocks

2 way Truss Rod

Electrics

2x Axesrus® Wraith Humbuckers

3 Way Lever Switch

2x 550k Bare Knuckle® CTS Pots (log)

Switchcraft® Output Jack

Finish 

Nitrocellulose (Body)

Nitrocellulose (Neck & Headstock)

Hope you enjoyed this one, we sure did and are very pleased with the end results. There should be a video clip of this guitar being played coming very soon so keep a watch out for that here and on our Facebook page!

All the best,

Mike & Martin

swguitars@hotmail.co.uk

Hi Everyone!

Well it's been a long road but the guitars for Rohnny and Pee Pee Ramona from The Ramonas are finally finished! We had a hard time getting the Ramonas logo decals to work well under the lacquer as they are a lot bigger than we've ever tried to use before but with a lot of persevering we managed it and think they look great!

If you haven't checked out the progress posts of these builds yet, go check them out to see how these axes came to be made!

Initial Announcement
Part 1 - Bodies
Part 2 - Necks
Part 3 - Fretboards
Part 4 - Finishing Touches & Special Guest
Part 5 - Painting & Lacquering

So here are the finished articles in all their glory!

First Up Is Pee Pee Ramona's Bass

 And now for Rohnny Ramona's Guitar

So there we have it! Really hope you enjoyed following the progress of these builds and a big thank you to Victoria, Zoë and The Ramonas for giving us the opportunity to do this!

Look out for the girls playing these on their upcoming tour starting November! We're really excited to see them being played live!

Thanks for reading and keeping up with these posts, if you have comments or questions feel free to leave them here or drop us an email! Remember you can also check us out on Facebook for all the latest news and other builds!

All the best,
Mike & Martin

swguitars@hotmail.co.uk