Simon Paja
Simon Paja web pages, latest update, May 2025.
Contact information: simo.ylonen (at) gmail.com
June 2025:
Did a little makeover to a little chair and stool.
April 2025:
Got me a new camera, Ihagee Exakta Varex VX.
February 2025:
Repairing of the Helena has been done. Strings are on.
January 2025:
Repairing my first guitar, Helena. Neck was so bent that I could put my fingers between strings and fretboard. Adding the truss rod and making a new fretboard.
August 2024:
Canon AE-1 has had a service after 20 years. It was leaking some light on the film, new spare parts have been installed. Soon starts traditional black and white filming.
April 2023:
New color to my old telecaster. Now the grey-blue-brownish is replaced by red-brown burst.
February 2024:
Made new sheet music stands for us from the left over woods..
January 2024:
Got the Princeton ready.
December 2023:
Started to make a new amp, Princeton Reverb this time.
November 2023:
Made a chess board using old pieces of wood left over when building guitars.
September 2023:
Building a Colorsound Overdriver, completely handwired.
August 2023:
I found a new sideboard from Tori.fi. It is going to replace my old Ikea dresser in my room. It needs just some sanding and a new coat of lacquer.
April 2023:
Building a new pedal, King Centaur kit. Includes King of Tone and Klon Centaur clone circuits on one board.
December 2022:
Got the Telecaster ready for Christmas.
November 2022:
Couldn't resist to start a new Telecaster build. Mahogany body with poplar burl drop top, maple neck with ebony fretboard.
May 2022:
We purchased a pair of used nightstands. They need some paint and lacquer.
April 2022:
In last few weeks I've built myself a new amplifier, a Howard Dumble version of Fender Tweed Deluxe.
January 2022:
During the winter I have made me a pedal board and some pedals to it: Reverb, Analog Delay, Echo Royal, Blues Driver, Crown Jewel and C'50 Tweed pedal.
November 2021:
Now it is time to start using a new web site builder software. I've used NetObjects Fusion about 12 years now and it start to be outdated. I found a software called 'openElement'. Much easier to make pages in two languages.
Telecaster got ready, nice P90 sounds. I started to make some pedals. Three done: Analog Delay, Reverb and Blues Driver.
October 2021:
I got the VOX ready in the spring and now I'm making the speaker cabinet for it. It will be having 2 pcs Celestion Greenback 10" speakers
I started also making a new Telecaster for me. It is going to have two P90 pickups and a lipstick. A Nashville Telecaster wiring.
April 2021:
I'm building a VOX AC15. I changed a little bit the schematics and layout on the turret board. It will be a head. I'm using a chassis about the size of a Marshall Plexi and attached to the bottom of the cabinet. So the pots and switches will be in front and back. Not like in VOX on the top.
March 2021:
During the winter I made a Hofner 500/1 copy and a Fender Champ amplifier mounted in an old tube radio cabinet.
Contact information: simo.ylonen (at) gmail.com
June 2025:
Did a little makeover to a little chair and stool.
April 2025:
Got me a new camera, Ihagee Exakta Varex VX.
February 2025:
Repairing of the Helena has been done. Strings are on.
January 2025:
Repairing my first guitar, Helena. Neck was so bent that I could put my fingers between strings and fretboard. Adding the truss rod and making a new fretboard.
August 2024:
Canon AE-1 has had a service after 20 years. It was leaking some light on the film, new spare parts have been installed. Soon starts traditional black and white filming.
April 2023:
New color to my old telecaster. Now the grey-blue-brownish is replaced by red-brown burst.
February 2024:
Made new sheet music stands for us from the left over woods..
January 2024:
Got the Princeton ready.
December 2023:
Started to make a new amp, Princeton Reverb this time.
November 2023:
Made a chess board using old pieces of wood left over when building guitars.
September 2023:
Building a Colorsound Overdriver, completely handwired.
August 2023:
I found a new sideboard from Tori.fi. It is going to replace my old Ikea dresser in my room. It needs just some sanding and a new coat of lacquer.
April 2023:
Building a new pedal, King Centaur kit. Includes King of Tone and Klon Centaur clone circuits on one board.
December 2022:
Got the Telecaster ready for Christmas.
November 2022:
Couldn't resist to start a new Telecaster build. Mahogany body with poplar burl drop top, maple neck with ebony fretboard.
May 2022:
We purchased a pair of used nightstands. They need some paint and lacquer.
April 2022:
In last few weeks I've built myself a new amplifier, a Howard Dumble version of Fender Tweed Deluxe.
January 2022:
During the winter I have made me a pedal board and some pedals to it: Reverb, Analog Delay, Echo Royal, Blues Driver, Crown Jewel and C'50 Tweed pedal.
November 2021:
Now it is time to start using a new web site builder software. I've used NetObjects Fusion about 12 years now and it start to be outdated. I found a software called 'openElement'. Much easier to make pages in two languages.
Telecaster got ready, nice P90 sounds. I started to make some pedals. Three done: Analog Delay, Reverb and Blues Driver.
October 2021:
I got the VOX ready in the spring and now I'm making the speaker cabinet for it. It will be having 2 pcs Celestion Greenback 10" speakers
I started also making a new Telecaster for me. It is going to have two P90 pickups and a lipstick. A Nashville Telecaster wiring.
April 2021:
I'm building a VOX AC15. I changed a little bit the schematics and layout on the turret board. It will be a head. I'm using a chassis about the size of a Marshall Plexi and attached to the bottom of the cabinet. So the pots and switches will be in front and back. Not like in VOX on the top.
March 2021:
During the winter I made a Hofner 500/1 copy and a Fender Champ amplifier mounted in an old tube radio cabinet.
