GUNS AND GUITARS.

• Author: Riggs, Mike

Two years ago, I scored a 2006 Fender Telecaster that needed new paint and new frets. Paying an experienced luthier to do the work would've cost twice as much as the guitar, so I decided to do it myself with the assistance of Daniel Thompson's Guns and Guitars channel on YouTube.

Thompson's pitch Is that relatively handy people can modify their own guitars (and guns) using inexpensive, simple, and sometimes homemade tools. The focus on thrift and utility over prestige and features makes Guns and Guitars the...