Outram Lutherie

Outram Lutherie Stringed instrument service, repair, customisation and manufacture.

A recent little routing job. Converting a nice relic strat body to H/S/S pickup configuration... Looks like it grew ther...
07/09/2026

A recent little routing job. Converting a nice relic strat body to H/S/S pickup configuration... Looks like it grew there!

Remember the bass with the canvas glued to the front? Well, it's together! It had obviously had a C extension fitted bef...
26/08/2026

Remember the bass with the canvas glued to the front? Well, it's together!

It had obviously had a C extension fitted before (nut cut, scroll drilled) so I've made a basic one of those (might add some gates to it in the future)

I fancied a compensated tailpiece to suit the long c string (so I can set the after length to 1/6 of the string length) so I grabbed a bit of maple and made one.

I've only had a quick play, but it responds really nicely!

When "can you restring this" REALLY means "can you check the frets, remove the filth, check the machine heads are tight ...
21/08/2026

When "can you restring this" REALLY means "can you check the frets, remove the filth, check the machine heads are tight and rattle free, then restring"

That was decidedly nasty! Better now though!
08/07/2026

That was decidedly nasty!

Better now though!

The neck was loose, so I've taken it out ready to re fit. The front is back on though after the surgery to the ribs. I'v...
26/06/2026

The neck was loose, so I've taken it out ready to re fit.

The front is back on though after the surgery to the ribs. I've added a few reinforcement braces to the ribs too. (As all the damage is confined to them, rather than the front or back, I thought a little bit of bracing may not go amiss!

Here's a lesson in getting your money's worth! A bridge which had warped and tender to fall over - took it off to find i...
19/06/2026

Here's a lesson in getting your money's worth!

A bridge which had warped and tender to fall over - took it off to find it cracked - just barely holding together!

And a gut tailgut which had lost its knot from one end- again, something which could have failed any second!

All sorted with a nice new bridge and modern nylon tailgut.

Picked a local bass up that had an interesting history. Seems it had been in a school, suffered some damage (impact dama...
16/06/2026

Picked a local bass up that had an interesting history. Seems it had been in a school, suffered some damage (impact damage to a top rib and the neck is loose) , whereupon it fell into the hands of the art department who glued canvas to the front, and rattle canned it black.

The canvas peeled off VERY easily, the glue is coming off with a lot of scrubbing. I'm sure the rattle can over spray won't be an issue. It'll clean up nicely!

A bare wood body came in, along with a parts caster jazz bass. The owner never liked the blue body, always wanted a natu...
11/06/2026

A bare wood body came in, along with a parts caster jazz bass. The owner never liked the blue body, always wanted a natural finish, so after some stain, oil and shellac, I achieved a finish he was happy with, and that will wear nicely (also a criteria!) . Then it was just a case of swapping everything over and setting it up.

Another patch on the woodworm repair job. Nearly ready for going back together!
06/06/2026

Another patch on the woodworm repair job. Nearly ready for going back together!

Today's installment of "do you really use that little plane?!" First of the woodworm damage patches on the front of this...
04/06/2026

Today's installment of "do you really use that little plane?!"

First of the woodworm damage patches on the front of this violin. At least the worm had the good manners to stay near the edge so these localised repairs are possible.

Thicknesses of the patch are all measured and replicated to within 0.1mm of original, so tone should be unaffected.

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