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Custom builds, replicas, and workshop highlights

These guitars include "partscasters" (bodies and necks sourced from Butala, KNE, Musikraft, and CWG with all finish work done by Bob) as well as six complete scratch builds. Fun fact: the last four scratch builds are all from the same piece of mahogany.

A really cool stand up bass in for some repair work!

Meeting the awesome Phil X at NAMM!

Bob Sorace and Rudy Sarzo at NAMM 2026 — Meeting the legendary Rudy Sarzo!

San Tan Valley Guitar Repair picks on an EVH 5150 replica — Some super cool San Tan Valley Guitar Repair picks on a super cool Eddie Van Halen 5150 replica!

A very Christmasy rewire I did on an 80's Kramer Star!

Bob Sorace at Anaheim NAMM 2026 — Me at NAMM 2026

Meeting Sully from Sully Guitars at NAMM — Sully from Sully's Guitars!

Bella Inspecting new arrivals — Bella inspecting new guitars

The Goose getting her hair on a vintage Charvel neck — Lucy getting her hair all over a vintage Charvel neck that's getting a stainless steel refret

The Bigsby installed on a Fender Telecaster — Installing a Bigsby on a Fender Telecaster

The holding rack

My pooch Bella in the Shop — Bella taking refuge from the thunderstorm!

Guitar repair workshop with tool-lined pegboard walls, workbenches holding guitars in progress, instrument cases, and posters. — Where the magic happens..

Some strings and things!

Electric guitar with a distressed green paint job, a red circle graphic, yellow accents, and kanji lettering near the base. — Mr. Zero, a George Lynch tribute inspired by his ESP Kamikaze

this is a test — Replica of the "Feels So Good" version of Eddie Van Halen's famous "Franky"

Guitar with a body carved into a skeletal skull and bones design, replicating George Lynch's "Mom" guitar. — Replica of George Lynch's J Frog Bones guitar "Mom"

Handmade electric guitar with unfinished wood body, pearloid pickguard, and a single humbucker pickup. — Bob's very first scratch build

Custom-built electric guitar with a walnut body and pearloid pickguard — Build #2 — walnut body with a set of David Gilmour EMGs

Electric guitar with a mahogany body, dark striped neck, three white pickups, and a tortoiseshell pickguard. — Build #3 — 1-piece mahogany body, 3-piece wenge maple neck

Custom-built four-string bass, the same design as build #3 — The bass — the same design as build #3, just a bass

Custom electric guitar with a sculpted asymmetrical body, dark wood finish, and black hardware, mounted on a wall hanger. — Bob's favorite — a unique version from the six scratch builds

Electric guitar with dark wood finish, black active EMG pickups, and a tremolo bridge, mounted on a stand against a yellow background. — The final build — Wilkinson trem and active EMGs