I have a hobby which is a fusion of several aspects of other hobbies that I am also actively following, namely building and restoring guitars.

Below you will find links to pages which describe some of the guitars that I have had over time and how they have been updated and refurbished so that they are usable and playable again.

Click on the small images to visit the page specific to that guitar.
There is a mix of:

  • Acoustic
  • Acoustic/Electric
  • Electric

Some of the guitars arrived with no identifying marks and others are now so different in configuration to their original form that I have rebranded them with a Weston Technologies Fusion logo.
WTF and why not?

 Features 
A Cruiser by Crafter acoustic/electric guitar, bought from a charity shop It's now been cleaned up and setup to playable standards.
A Stratocaster copy that arrived looking very tatty with broken wiring and just a smudge for a logo. It's now been cleaned up, wiring fixed, and setup to playable standards.
A Squier acoustic that's a bit tatty around its pickguard but it now plays quite well after I discovered that the slightly high action was due to a strip of plastic sitting beneath the saddle. After removing this plastic the action was much better and the sound inproved greatly due to the saddle now making better contact with the bridge. It's now been cleaned up and setup to playable standards.
This was probably the worst that I've seen as this left-handed guitar from Westfield had been hacked to try to make it right-handed by badly filing the nut and restringing upside down. The tuners were also badly worn and so I replaced them too. It's now been cleaned up, new saddle and nut fitted, and setup to playable standards.
A left-handed acoustic from Jay Turser that was ready to be thrown out. It had a loose internal brace and a split down the back of its neck, and stripped of all hardware, including the saddle. It's now been cleaned up, bodywork fixed, and setup to playable standards.
Stripped down, cleaned up and set-up this Westfield Stratocaster copy is now ready to go.
This started life as a Stagg Stratocaster copy but has been modified extensively. When stripping off the old finish the wood underneath was seen to be too good to cover so this now has a French Polished finish. The pickguard and pickups are from Temu and the switching offers a wide range of tones.
This started life as a Stagg Stratocaster copy but has been modified extensively. It has been refinished as satin black and converted from standard SSS pickups to be SSH