Turtle Juice Music

Guitar Workshop and Recording Studio

Author: TJ

  • Sunburst

    Custom Build Telecaster

    Custom body
    Custom maple neck with rosewood fretboard

    Hardware mods:
    Locking tuners
    Electrosocket jack

  • Flame

    Custom Build Telecaster


    Genuine Squier body w/ humbucker
    Genuine Fender neck w/ abalone inlays

    Hardware mods:
    Locking tuners
    Electrosocket jack

  • Francis

    Refurbished Parlor Acoustic

    Named in honor of my grandfather, who taught all 7 children to play guitar (except my dad, who refused to learn). My dad gave me an old Yamaha acoustic that belonged to grandpa when I went away to college. That’s how I started playing guitar.

    Refinish:
    New poly finish

    Hardware Mods:
    New bridge
    New tuners

  • Beast

    Hybrid Multiscale Bass/Guitar

    Bought a 7-string guitar from eBay, took off the bottom three baritone strings (B-E-A) and replaced them with 2 legit bass strings (E-A).

    The guitar was already wired with the split bass/guitar pickup mods.

    String Gauges: 100 – 80 – 24w – 16 – 11 – 9

    Hardware Mods:
    Bass pickups (E-A strings)
    Guitar pickups (D-G-B-E strings)
    Upgrade bridge for bass strings
    File nut for bass strings
    Upgrade knobs

    Wiring Mods:
    Bass volume/tone
    Guitar volume/tone
    Guitar pickup selector (neck/bridge)

  • Greenie

    Custom Spare Parts Telecaster

    Took a smashed guitar body, glued it back together, and gave it a liquid art treatment. Hardware was put together a guitar from discarded parts. Half art. Half garbage. Plays beautifully.

    Hardware mods:
    Custom body
    Roasted pine neck (natural tung oil finish)
    Hand-wired tone volume/pots (orange drop)
    Locking tuners
    Electrosocket jack

    Wiring mods:
    3-way switch mod (neck, bridge, off)

  • Goldilocks

    Custom Build LJ Telecaster M Style

    Hardware mods:
    Genuine Fender neck
    Pearly gates gold pickups
    Black and gold tuners
    Black custom knobs
    Black strap buttons
    Electrosocket jack

    Wiring mods:
    2 Volume (no tone)

  • Blondie

    SRX Telecaster w/ Active Pickups

    Hardware Mods:
    Locking tuners
    Abalone pickguard
    EMG Active Pickups (new pots/switch)
    Battery compartment
    Electrosocket output jack

  • Black Dog

    Custom Build Telecaster

    Relic body
    Canadian maple neck

    Hardware Mods:
    Rust hardware
    Locking tuners
    ’64 Vintage pickups
    Electrosocket output jack
    Through-body bridge

    Wiring Mods:
    2 Volume Knobs (no tone)

  • Woody

    LJ Telecaster Kit

    Finish:
    Body – Walnut / Tung Oil
    Neck – Natural / Tung Oil

  • Sweet Knobs

    Sweet Knobs

    Epiphone LP-100 Mod

    For my first project I refurbished my old LP100. It had noisy electronics, loose/broken knobs and the hardware had begun to rust. This is what inspired my foray into guitar modding and refurbishing.

    Hardware Mods:
    – Locking tuners
    – Pearly Gates Humbuckers
    – New pots, switches, wiring

    Wiring Mods:
    – Push-pull tone pots (coil-splitting)