The Shop Blog

After much thought I have decided to make two changes. 1) For the time being electric guitars will be sold with gig bags. The prices have been adjusted to reflect the fact that they no longer come standard with hard cases. The reason for this is that I have had a hard time sourcing cases [...]

I had an order come in for an FT-27 acoustic but the customer wanted to know if I could customize it a bit. I don’t get into TOO many options but we were able to change a few specs to make the guitar he wanted. Since it is a special order, and since I finally [...]

When last we left our heroic scroll saw it was comfortably sitting in the electrolysis tank having the rust removed. Here are two photos of the main casting just after being taken out. In one picture I am pointing at a small area that was not submerged. Notice the difference between this area and the [...]

So I recently became the owner of a 30s-40s scroll saw. It is one of 5 that I know of in existence. I had been looking for one for a while and when this one came up for sale, complete and original and at a great price, I knew I had to jump at it. [...]

Tomorrow will be a fun day. I have a handful of new Nelson acoustic guitar models I will be starting soon BUT tomorrow is kind of special. Tomorrow is the day I begin drafting my plans for the Nelson Ukuleles. I think the Ukulele is a fantastic instrument that seldom gets the respect I think [...]

Hi everyone! I’d like to introduce you to the new Nelson Blog. This Blog is going to be a fantastic way for anyone interested in Nelson Instruments to get the most up to date information about the goings on in the workshop. Things you can expect to see on this blog will be photographic and [...]