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Custom Instruments & Repair in Media, PA

From handbuilt custom guitars and basses to repairs and restoration, every instrument that comes through the shop gets the same level of care. Have an instrument that needs work to play its best or a custom-built instrument in mind? Contact Zwitch Guitars today!

Miami Funk Machine by Zwitch Guitars, a "P-style" electric bass in teal and pink
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Custom designed guitars built in Media, PA United States. Increasingly, a lot of general woodworking and CNC as well.
šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø I said I was going to learn upright bass, wh šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø I said I was going to learn upright bass, which I was until I got derailed with a hurt wrist. But the boy and his friends say they ā€œhave a bandā€ā€¦and whatā€™s a band without drums? So now they can practice at our house also, and I can half-learn another instrument. Eh, weā€™re all only young once šŸ˜…
Success? Failure? Going to steal these generic ā€œF Success? Failure? Going to steal these generic ā€œFiltertronā€ pickups from one of my first guitar builds. It already had its neck stolen and was just sitting around looking sad, so itā€™s guts will make the ES-355 into a noisemaker instead
And thatā€™s a wrap! Lacquer buffed out, hardware as And thatā€™s a wrap! Lacquer buffed out, hardware assembled, and now my once-decapitated @epiphone ES-355 Futura has new life! I have another broken ES-355 with the pickup assembly in it, but Iā€™m still considering whether I should take it out or not. Itā€™s a matter of do I want to fish the electronics once (I.e put new ones in here, leave pickups installed there) or twice (re-use the electronics, but then install them again in both guitars) But for now, Iā€™m enjoying the sparkles and color-shifting šŸ„³šŸ˜šŸ˜ŽšŸ¤˜
Turned out just as I hoped! There was no chance t Turned out just as I hoped! There was no chance that the paint was going to feather in, so choosing a similar but contrasting paint seemed like the right choice. The ā€œstingerā€ makes it all look intentional, and only thing left is the clear šŸ˜Ž
Itā€™s pretty hard to show what this color-shift pai Itā€™s pretty hard to show what this color-shift paint looks likeā€¦tried to keep my feet and guitar in the same place and just move the camera. It doesnā€™t match the other paint, but itā€™s cool enough looking to not have to! šŸ˜ŽšŸ¤˜šŸ 
When many people think of 3D printing, they think When many people think of 3D printing, they think itā€™s just for wasteful kids trinkets that they play with for 10 minutes and throw away. But I love 3D printing for the problems it solves. In this case, leaving a 9V battery in a guitar when you donā€™t need the pickup will eventually lead to a leaking, crusty battery terminal. So I printed a fake 9V battery, which keeps the terminals from getting all gross AND keeps the wires from flapping around when playing unamplified šŸ„³
With color-shifting paint, didnā€™t think Iā€™d be abl With color-shifting paint, didnā€™t think Iā€™d be able to just blend the paint on both sides, so making a gigantic ā€œstingerā€ (triangle) instead. Bought some color shift paint that wonā€™t match, but is still fun, but it needs black underneath for maximum effect. Good thing is, black really highlights that I need some more fill before moving on
Folks, let me apologize. I shouldnā€™t have taken a Folks, let me apologize. I shouldnā€™t have taken a $300 plywood bass that arrived in pieces and made it into a playable instrument. I shouldā€™ve taken it to a professional, who wouldā€™ve laughed at repairing a $300 bass that was already in pieces šŸ™„ Just kidding, I make no apologies for having fun and resurrecting an instrument that now makes a wonderful ā€œthump-thumpā€ sound every time I play it.
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