The Ongoing Concept Built Their Own Instruments From Scratch For New Album "Handmade"

The Ongoing Concept have released the first teaser for their new album “Handmade“, which they recorded on their own handbuilt instruments. Solid State will release that album on June 16th. Guitarist/vocalist Dawson Scholz said of the idea:

“Well, I don’t want to give the idea that we were dirt-poor growing up but we always were inclined to build the redneck version of things we needed. I built our guitar cabs years ago and people always comment on them. So not too long ago, we were sitting around and just had the idea to really build our new album from the ground up including our instruments.

This process was undoubtedly long and challenging. In the case of building the drums steps included setting axe to pine trees, drying the wood of sap and moisture over long arduous hours, shaping, sanding, and attaching the pieces together, to drilling and installing the hardware to the finished drum. In the case of the guitars different pickups and electronics were soldered on and off to match the tonal aspects for each individual song.”