To the Guitar Show

We're going to the guitar show! And this time, we'll have a booth! Official! Come by and say "hey" if you can! See you there!

http://www.texasguitarshows.com/

New page on website...

I'm working on getting a new page up and running that shows our exact inventory and the status of each instrument. I went ahead and included it for now, even though it's not 100% complete.

http://www.bellcustomguitars.com/more_pics.html

I feel a revamping of the site may be necessary soon :(

It's alot of work, but will be a more powerful tool for us.

www.bellcustomguitars.com/inventory.htm

Summer Update

Well, still trying to get into the swing of things and although there's not a whole lot of guitar building, there's a whole lot of dwelling building. Don has moved the shop out to Venus TX and is in the process of creating walls and a storefront as well as getting all of the shop equipment in order.

In the meantime, you can now see Don's guitars at Guitar Center in Arlington, TX. We've got two JazzBlasters up there, a standard teal one and a Pearly white version with humbuckers. You should go check 'em out or getcha one.

Also check out the Bell Custom Guitars shop at Premier Guitar Online. There's a new DeLuxe version of the JazzBlaster that is smoking hot and featured on the store site. Here's a preview:


I hope to get out to the shop soon and get some pics before I go out of town for vacation.

-Paul

JazzBlaster and new orange V

A couple of 'Blasters getting ready for their hardware. I think the teal one is gone already, or maybe it's the orange one. If I can get out to the shop I'll snap some final pics. They are selling faster than I can take pictures of them! Granted, I'm slow on the shutter.



A nice solid mahogany V. Sort of reminds me of a Camaro or some muscle car.

Don is moving the shop out to an undisclosed area of Mansfield this month so we can eventually have Bell Custom Go-Karts and Bell Custom Skeet Shooting. So call before you come.

The Vandal...

Forgot to post these images of the completed combo amp, "The Vandal".


Should have painted the speaker mesh frame black. You can't really see it w/o a flash, though.


I'm very pleased with the Hellatone speaker.


Classy meets Assy.

Overall, I couldn't be happier with the project. I knew it was gonna look rough, but that's OK. It sounds great with the Strat and the Les Paul, not so sharp with the big Gretsch. Volume-wise, it's loud and can hold it's own with Brett B's Matchless. I've been twisting some great tones out of it, for sure.

I'm heading out to the shop to work tonight and not just to take pictures and leave. I'll be working again! More soon.

Don's interesting repair...

Last week Don had the pleasure of doing a few tweaks to Jimi Hendrix's white 1963 Strat.
The guitar got the neck adjusted and tightened, the nut worked on and got re-strung to be played right handed. PLAYED? I guess it's going to be played at a show or an auction or something. I don't get why it's not sealed away and in a vault.

Don's also doing some work on a Clapton Firebird with a badly broken headstock. I will reserve all crude comments as to how the damage may have occured.

lights, camera...