I wanted to make my own guitar because I couldn't find exactly what I wanted. Now, I have made all of the guitars that I've dreamed of owning for years. On this Enhanced CD I show you how I built three guitars and how I modified a fourth. I will show you:

• The materials used for each step of the guitar build.
• The pitfalls I encounter. I make the mistake so you don't have to!
• The tools and products I use for each step. Everything clearly shown to you from rubberbands to the type of glue to the kind of saw or hammer that I use. I do not use any special purpose tools either.
• Finishing guitars with paper, lacquer, polyurethane, both spray and brush applications.
• Assembly of each guitar to create the finished product.
• And much more!

Part 1 of control FREAK is a collection of new songs played on guitars that I built. Each song was written to squeeze every possible type of sound from those guitars. It's also a journey through a world where mind controlling robots reprogram your mind through the music on the CD - and what could more fun than that! :)

1. Destroy Puny Human
2. Thunderhead
3. Sulciforme Groove
4. The Effects Of Caffeine
5. Ready To Rip
6. Robot Dreams
7. Kawarau Bungy

Part 2 of control FREAK is the Enhanced portion that features all the build details for the guitars used on the audio portion of the CD. Both Mac and PC compatible.

1. Creating a Custom Logo with easy to find materials
2. Replacing a Guitar Neck
3. Customizing a Guitar Kit
4. Building a Guitar Body
5. Building a Guitar Body & Neck (over 40 minutes of video!*)

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What people are saying about control FREAK:

Adrian Clark, Guitarist magazine
[Jehle] captures the sound of Joe Satriani back when he was interesting even better than he did at the time! It's a fantastic achievement!

Brian Calvert, ProjectGuitar.com
[control FREAK] is a double feature CD which is a must have. [Jehle] doesn't hold back either. You will have a much better understanding how the home shop guitar building process works, and get an idea or two that you will want to try. If he makes a mistake or has a problem, it is in there and you see how he works around it. Truly a one of a kind worlds first which is both entertaining and educational and costs way below what any other CD (if anyone dares to try such a complicated task) would cost at market anywhere else. Final word 'excellent bro!'

Jamie Smith, Fan in Pembrokeshire Wales
Your CD is a masterpiece!

Doug Hilton, BMI recording artist and producer
'control FREAK' is the next new, new thing in the music world. Bill presents a slightly-radical, very refreshing, large step down the road of self-produced musicians. Attention: the bar just got higher for his peers. This is definitely not your father’s guitar picking clone album.

Jehle was able to rip guitars out of raw wood and play their heart out. And I know darn well that few musicians are able to do that. Not just one, but several "inspired instruments" were made from scratch just for this album. Best of all, he documents their construction and plops the videos right on the CD, for all to see! That’s really different, since most musicians want to show the slick MTV-type promo stuff on their albums. Bill is simply too down-to-earth to know about "slick". He is refreshing, talented and avant-garde.

The worst thing to be said about his album is that there simply isn’t enough of it - there needs to be more, more, more!

Robert Silverstein, 20th Century Guitar
control FREAK clocks in under fifteen minutes, yet there's a wealth of guitar-based jazz-rock sounds that combines the time-honored sound with some unexpected twists and turns. In addition to the seven tracks featuring Jehle on all guitars, bass, drums programming, robot voices and more, the CD features a part two enhanced track that let's you see what you hear...

Jehle proves himself to be a colorful character indeed and his freewheelin', inventive spirit and love of all things guitar comes sharply into focus on the sublimely freaky control FREAK CD.

*Video portion of this Enhanced CD is not available in DVD or VHS format.

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