This page is primarily about the current modifications I've made on my Fender electric guitars. However, I intend to dabble more with the acoustic nylon-string guitar also. I'll be sure to update this page as soon as I do.

Fender Strats
-Glossy Strat
-Fatty Strat
Kinman Pickups
Refinishing
Routing
Shielding
Wiring
Yamaha

Glossy Strat

I love this guitar with the Kinman pickups--great for blues, rock or fusion. I use nonstandard wiring so that the second tone pot is on the bridge pickup. I installed the Kinman pickups with a Push-down Push-up DPDT volume switch. When the volume switch is pushed up, the first position of the 5 position switch plays the neck pickup in series with the bridge pickup. The next position plays the neck and middle pickups in parallel with the bridge pickup in series. Middle position plays the middle pickup in series with the bridge pickup. All pushed-up positions use the bridge tone pot, which uses a .01uf cap. The nonstandard pushed-up pickup configurations are great with more presence.
The neck is maple with an Ebony fret board, has a 12 inch radius and is 1-11/16 inches at the nut (my favorite).
I installed copper shielding behind the pickguard .

Fatty Strat

This is a modified Squier Strat with an agathis body. The pickups are 2 alnico magnet single coil pickups and a humbucking pickup at the bridge. The neck is a 9-1/2 inch radius and is 1-5/8 inch at the nut and has medium jumbo frets.
I've changed the tone pot configuration so that the first tone pot affects the neck and middle pickups, and the second tone pot affects the bridge pickup. I put a pad (piece of a head gasket) behind the bridge to lift the twin-pivot bridge off the body. I installed copper shielding inside the pickup cavities and behind the pickguard.
The black/white/black 3-ply pickguard I purchased from Allparts.

Kinman Pickups

These pickups (kinman.com) are truly noiseless with an authentic clean Strat sound. Great tone. These are the best. They are a little on the pricey side but my satisfaction makes it worth it. The tortoise pickguard is from Stewart-MacDonald (stewmac.com)

Refinishing

This is a Fender Bullet body. An older style with a smaller body (I have an affinity for the smaller body). Here I've created the contours for the arm rest and the contour on the back side (not shown), which this version didn't have out of the factory years ago.

Routing Job

Here's a routing job I did to make room for a DPDT volume switch (purchased from tubesandmore.com). The switch is definitely a great addition to my Glossy Strat with the Kinman pickups, allowing me to play the neck and middle pickups in series with the bridge pickup.

Strat Shielding

I've shielded my Strats from RF noise similarly to what's on the guitarnuts.com web site. I purchased the copper sheets from www.monteallums.com and the conductive copper tape from Stewart-MacDonald (stewmac.com).

Strat Wiring
Strat nonstandard wiring with DPDT volume switch and tone pot on bridge pickup

Yamaha SBG 2100 (worthy of mention)

The guitar I've enjoyed the longest is my Yamaha SBG 2100. The only work I've done on this guitar is a little nit-picky fret work. Otherwise, it's awesome out of the box. Though I've gravitated toward the Fender Strat (for the quintessential blues tone) I still like plunking on the Yamaha.
This model of Yamaha is especially cool because it has a single-coil/humbucker option--push button on the tone controls.
The neck is 1-11/16 wide at the nut and has a 12 inch radius.
The neck is all one piece and is through the body. There is nice inlay on the neck and headstock.