Randy
@zwitchguitars.com
Founder, Zwitch Guitars / Zwitch Woodworking. You can either buy a guitar from me or compete with me in the tech job market 😅
It’s not too plain, ur too plain
July 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s not too plain, ur too plain
I didn’t like this guitar when I first made it, so I put it aside and didn’t finish it.
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
July 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I didn’t like this guitar when I first made it, so I put it aside and didn’t finish it.
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
Luckily, my workshop stays at constant, perfect conditions
July 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Luckily, my workshop stays at constant, perfect conditions
In today’s “Luthier Chronicles”, it turns out that you can fuse ABS to wood, then apply heat and bend the wood. The ABS will stay put, but it will also look like shit.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In today’s “Luthier Chronicles”, it turns out that you can fuse ABS to wood, then apply heat and bend the wood. The ABS will stay put, but it will also look like shit.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
TFW even the template thinks you did a good job
July 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
TFW even the template thinks you did a good job
Didn’t think I’d make it, but with the top in clamps, I think this will actually be a successful project (even if it did start poorly)
July 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Didn’t think I’d make it, but with the top in clamps, I think this will actually be a successful project (even if it did start poorly)
Looking back, there were signs that I was going to pursue something music-related as part of my "career"
July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Looking back, there were signs that I was going to pursue something music-related as part of my "career"
“What have you been doing since you left <company>?”
This. Literally this, all day 😅
This. Literally this, all day 😅
July 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“What have you been doing since you left <company>?”
This. Literally this, all day 😅
This. Literally this, all day 😅
Smooth brain: “I would just use muh chat-gee-pee-tee to make pictures”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
July 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Smooth brain: “I would just use muh chat-gee-pee-tee to make pictures”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
Am I worried about AI taking my job? Nope…it can’t even sharpen a plane blade 😅
July 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Am I worried about AI taking my job? Nope…it can’t even sharpen a plane blade 😅
…and that’s the reason why the economics of building high-end art guitars isn’t working for me right now 😢
July 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
…and that’s the reason why the economics of building high-end art guitars isn’t working for me right now 😢
If I can finish all of these this year, it would be a great reflection of getting better as a builder.
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏
July 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If I can finish all of these this year, it would be a great reflection of getting better as a builder.
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏
New jig for gluing up tops and backs. Now I just need to buy a buttload of accessories (knobs, nuts, etc)
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New jig for gluing up tops and backs. Now I just need to buy a buttload of accessories (knobs, nuts, etc)
It was already broken when I bought it…but breaking it more has taught me far in excess of the cost to purchase it
June 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It was already broken when I bought it…but breaking it more has taught me far in excess of the cost to purchase it
A few more pictures of the “Miami Funk Machine” while I get my website together
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A few more pictures of the “Miami Funk Machine” while I get my website together
Only thing left on this project is to clean up the glamour shots and post them to my website. But my first bass is complete and ready to ship 🥳
June 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Only thing left on this project is to clean up the glamour shots and post them to my website. But my first bass is complete and ready to ship 🥳
I’ll finish this up today, then it’s on to a new/other projects.
(This picture doesn’t convey how loud that pink pickguard really is 😅)
(This picture doesn’t convey how loud that pink pickguard really is 😅)
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’ll finish this up today, then it’s on to a new/other projects.
(This picture doesn’t convey how loud that pink pickguard really is 😅)
(This picture doesn’t convey how loud that pink pickguard really is 😅)
On my end, I'm trying to figure out how to make a headstock that's not an implicit copy of everything I've seen before. Much harder than it seems at first (STG, if any of you suggest a genslop tool you're getting blocked :) )
May 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
On my end, I'm trying to figure out how to make a headstock that's not an implicit copy of everything I've seen before. Much harder than it seems at first (STG, if any of you suggest a genslop tool you're getting blocked :) )
I only speak English, so I don't know for certain, but in the past few weeks my proficiency has increased so much that I imagine it feels like speaking fluently in another language
May 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I only speak English, so I don't know for certain, but in the past few weeks my proficiency has increased so much that I imagine it feels like speaking fluently in another language
It’s not a competition, but just received an order for a charcuterie board this size…if you’re wondering what it takes to get my attention
January 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It’s not a competition, but just received an order for a charcuterie board this size…if you’re wondering what it takes to get my attention
We live in an unserious time
January 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We live in an unserious time
I still feel impossibly bad at frets for as much as I’ve done it, but this guitar is coming together.
Fixed headstock crack, leveled fretboard, new frets, fixed body separation. Need to remove broken screw, make a nut, pick electronics in, new bridge and tailpiece and then 🤷♂️
Fixed headstock crack, leveled fretboard, new frets, fixed body separation. Need to remove broken screw, make a nut, pick electronics in, new bridge and tailpiece and then 🤷♂️
January 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I still feel impossibly bad at frets for as much as I’ve done it, but this guitar is coming together.
Fixed headstock crack, leveled fretboard, new frets, fixed body separation. Need to remove broken screw, make a nut, pick electronics in, new bridge and tailpiece and then 🤷♂️
Fixed headstock crack, leveled fretboard, new frets, fixed body separation. Need to remove broken screw, make a nut, pick electronics in, new bridge and tailpiece and then 🤷♂️