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Here you can read up on the latest news from TK Instruments.

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The Custom Shop has been reopened for limited production!

I am now accepting a limited run per year of Custom Shop based instrument orders...

I have also decided to offer a few new (and less expensive) "standard options" (included in the base price), such as:

linseed oil finishes (as an alternative to the highly labor intensive hand-rubbed polymerized tung oil finish)

Also, the necks are now offered "standard" as 1 piece with no carbon fiber (graphite) reinforcement, rather then my usual 5 piece laminated headstocks with full reinforcement throughout the neck and headstock.

Even the TK logo now comes standard as either Black or Gold, rather then the optional laser cut and inlaid metal flake or crushed stone TK logo seen on the "signature series" instruments...

Counter sunk strap locks are no longer a standard option and neither are body wood mounted pickups.

ALL of these very cool options are still available of course, but are no longer standards (included features in the base price)...

This way I can now offer a very nice instrument at a much lower cost, for those who have a budget like mine! ;-)

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I have recently decided to try to capitalize on the popularity of my web-site by incorporating Goggle AdSense ads all over this web-site...

My hope is that this will help pay for my hobby/trade of building dead trees into musical paint brushes! :-)

So, please forgive me for the blatant commercialization of this lovely web-site...

I don't expect to get rich from this, but maybe I can at least make just enough to cover the MANY costs in keeping TK up and running.

Besides all of that; I really like allot of the ads that appear on my site!

Even the ones that directly compete against me, are okay with me...

Now, it seems like bad business to not filter those out, but I am really not into Sperzel for the money as much as I am into them for the attention it brings to my site...

Although my site is the #2 Sperzel site in the world (next to Sperzel of course!): I really don't sell that many tuner sets, because I don't take credit cards, and I also don't stock any Sperzels at my shop, other then the ones I am using on my own guitars....

So if someone who stocks plenty of Sperzels, is willing to deal with the hassles of credit cards; and wants to advertise on my site; then cool! More power to them! :-)

If any custom guitar builders wanted to advertise on my site, then I am completely into that idea as well.

Really, no one can compete with me unless they decide to do exact copies of my guitars; and if anyone is that weak then they should really consider finding themselves, and then realizing that they truly are a unique Creation and they do have the ability to make beautiful things on their own; if they will just Believe!

So there you have it! My rant/blog/what ever you want to call it, on the recent additions to my site...

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In gearing up for production I designed a very cool neck jig that serves 2 very important purposes.

1st: It allows me to accurately rough mill the backs of necks with my trademark "asymmetrical neck shape"...

Back when I was doing custom work, this job was pretty much freehanded, and rather hazardous to both the necks health as well as my own mental health! ;-)

2nd: This jig also allows me to clamp up & glue fingerboards with only 2 clamps (verses about 16 clamps before!)

so this new jig really saves a lot of time, as well as makes things more accurate and safer.

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Here (below) is my now fully loaded storage shelf that contains most of the processed, and yet to be processed woods just waiting to sing!

As you can see I have quite a bit of work accomplished here; lots of tops, bodies, necks etc.

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Here are several necks being milled for graphite and truss rods

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