Followup to the previous post. Here are some progress pics of three inlaid fretboards I'm working on. From left to right we have an ebony board with MOP block inlays with an ABS pin stipe and ebony binding. Next is a cocobolo board with gold and white crown inlays and some figured maple binding. On the [...]
Some fretboards for the next batch. We have some fretboards that we've been slotting and preparing for some spec builds. From left to right we haven rosewood, a beautiful piece of semi-open grain cocobolo which has tone very similar to rosewood. The two on the left are East Indian black ebony. Ebony has a brighter tone and a [...]
Here are a few progress shots of the cavity covers on my Artist model. Most off-the-shelf guitars you'll see and even a lot of custom builds will have a plain plastic cavity cover on the back with a few wood screws securing it. This is fine, but I offer something a bit above and beyond and much [...]
The fit between the neck and body on a set neck guitar is critical. The neck pocket needs to be nice and snug to properly transfer vibrations between neck and body. Too loose and the and structural integrity and tone will be lost. It seems almost cli·ché in the guitar building community to take pictures of a guitar mid-build [...]
Here is another sneak preview of the current works in progress. All three are set necks. One in Sapele with a beautiful spalted maple top and the other two are Honduran mahogany with flamed maple tops. Tune in again soon to see the progress.
Taking a build to the next level. I use wood binding on some of my builds and it's available as an option on custom orders. While plastic ABS is flexible and relatively straight forward to install, wood binding can bring a unique set of challenges during the installation process. Wood binding has to be heated and carefully bent [...]
Heres a shot of two bodies I'm working on today. I just got done gluing up the tops yesterday and today they came out of the clamps and had the sides routed flush. I designed my templates so that in the beginning both my bolt on and set neck bodies start off the same. On my [...]