Cranky's

05/23/2025

I almost never use fb so feel free not to contact me here! I am in the shop weekdays 12-8 EST. call 774.719.2557 , I answer all calls personally.

05/16/2022

What I have been telling people since I got my E5 Squire Strat, all Strats were MIJ that year, and that guitar saved the Strat from discontinuance!

15 seconds · Clipped by Greg Raynard · Original video "What Squier Would A Fender Master Builder Buy?" by Phillip McKnight

03/12/2021

New guitar wiring video Tele esquire to "Esguire "

I did actually change one wire, I mispoke. But this new bang jangle voice transforms an insanely useless underwater voice to a proper Tele. It nails the Pret...

10/01/2020

Please help out my friends at SRA soldering products right here in Walpole! They need a few more subscribers for their YouTube channel. They give tutorials, and have great products that I use. Please visit SRA SOLDER LABS at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGckSK7Xpwz8kqVdtVl_OA
and remember to subscribe! Thanks!!

08/04/2020

Looks like Satch is done with DiMarzio! See Seymour Duncans in this vid. Comments?

He plays an incredible blues and the program's band starts playing with him. Satriani 2001.

06/05/2020

I have for sale 1965 Fender Princeton Reverb, Roland Acousti-Chorus 100, Harp Gear HG50 Modified my me for harp, 2 silverface Fender Vibro Champs modified by me for harp, Fender 1965 Deluxe Reverb Reissue modified by me (Sexy Hexy), 80's Fender Deluxe ReverbII (2), Bi-Amp 8802 mixer/side-board, and an Arp Avatar analog Guitar synth with Gibson spaced pickup. I also have a slightly used, discontinued 10" Jensen Neo bass speaker 8 Ohms 100 Watts. There is a Biamp power amp that came in, 2*500 Watts, really awesome, and a pair of Community 450W/1000W peak PA speakers with 15's in em TD2215 mint. Oh and a Ross 8*2 side board.

I am open regular hours Monday-Friday 12-8.

05/07/2020

Please help!
https://youtu.be/b8F2vVn7Q9I
I need heavy duty steel shelving! PLEASE!

Cranky's needs steel shelving, PLEASE! The shop needs five 18"*36" heavy duty steel shelving units urgently! I am also constructing a storage queue rack for ...

04/29/2020

Worn CTS pot gets new guts. See Crankys FB PHOTOS for 200 detailed shots, how-to. Impossible repair achieved.

04/29/2020

My customers volume control was worn beyond cleaning. Sometimes you need to set a new bar. This is one of those things that can't be done, but it now can be done because I just did it. Just be ready to pay for over 3 hours labor! So vintage guitars like this 1965 Fender fetch a premium when the guts are original. This SAVE is made to the volume control without removing the ground wires from the back of the control (pot/potentiometer). In the end my customers guitar has brand new guts under the hood of the Volume control that has not been soldered on, apparently. Very close inspection will reveal a different wafer peeking out from under. But who is looking for that? Nobody. They go in the back for the date code and signs of recent soldering. The intent is not to deceive, but to do a repair that does nor devalue the guitar. Now that I have this success, others will step up their repair game too. A couple of short videos, but almost 200 photographs showing step by step how it's done. Mistakes, injury, oversights and corrections... all. Triumph.
This kind of attention to detail is why you want to come here, and also one reason why there is a six month backlog, presently.
As I recall the neck is dated 1963.