Arnquist Musical Designs

Arnquist Musical Designs Custom Building of 6&12 String Guitars .

12 strings are a specialty .

05/18/2026

If its not one log jam ...its another. Im glad I know what I know .

Run EMT and mount the 220 plug .
05/18/2026

Run EMT and mount the 220 plug .

Rip the walls apart ...run the wire for 220 breaker. Deal with breakers . Install two tandem breakers to open up space ....
05/18/2026

Rip the walls apart ...run the wire for 220 breaker. Deal with breakers . Install two tandem breakers to open up space . Put in a new breaker for the compressor .

For the new 220 line ...wall ripped apart. Compressor closet enlarged to fit the new unit .
05/18/2026

For the new 220 line ...wall ripped apart. Compressor closet enlarged to fit the new unit .

Ugh! My trusty old Compressor . Retirement time . Time for the updated and larger unit.
05/18/2026

Ugh! My trusty old Compressor . Retirement time . Time for the updated and larger unit.

Someone had epoxied the rods in place . A big mistake . I got the fretboard off . To start the rod removal I used two pi...
04/23/2026

Someone had epoxied the rods in place . A big mistake . I got the fretboard off . To start the rod removal I used two pieces of 14 gauge wire mounted in a Weller soldering gun . Each section of wire was jammed under an end of the rod . With the two ends in place ...the gun was plugged in and the trigger pulled . This heated the wires...which heated the rods . As they began to come loose I pried up the threaded end ...and heated the exposed rod with a torch . That made the process move along much faster .
It did not char the wood . It did crumble the epoxy . A win situation .

The fretboard had popped loose at the nut. Typical . Someone had removed the fretboard ...poured epoxy into the rod cavi...
04/03/2026

The fretboard had popped loose at the nut. Typical . Someone had removed the fretboard ...poured epoxy into the rod cavities...poorly reglued the fretboard . Time to deal with all of that.

Customer wanted checkered binding . The material was sourced. There were problems with body seams and screws not hitting...
04/03/2026

Customer wanted checkered binding . The material was sourced. There were problems with body seams and screws not hitting wood. The solution was easy. Remove the wings . The binding was always installed prior to glue up . So I made new wings .

A HUGE project .step one on the bass transformation . Remove these terrible tuners and replace with the Schaller made "o...
04/03/2026

A HUGE project .step one on the bass transformation . Remove these terrible tuners and replace with the Schaller made "old Kluson R tuners. Space them correctly .

1930s Bakelite Steel pickup fixed . Its on its way home . What a mess it was . The original potentiometer was dismantled...
01/17/2026

1930s Bakelite Steel pickup fixed . Its on its way home .
What a mess it was .
The original potentiometer was dismantled..cleaned ..lubed and reassembled.

Another project , a late 1960s ES335 restoration project .
12/27/2025

Another project , a late 1960s ES335 restoration project .

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