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it is a pity about the battery box but the back plate grain matches up perfectly
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things start hotting up rapidly though
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the wiring in the new Fripp guitar looks pretty simple here
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using the CNC machine to make some ebony tremolo covers
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CNC can be fun though still a bit taboo imo
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using the CNC machine to make some ebony tremolo covers
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a good look at the beautiful flame maple binding
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the last parts of the custom tremolo are these covers that hide the screws and springs
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the tremolo is mounted with graph tech piezo saddles to run the MIDI system
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I started this build quite a few years ago now and kind of regret these inlays
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I like the strings in this pic
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custom trem and humbucker with sustainer and strings all in
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the strings are strung and can you see the almost subliminal crow inlay
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coming together now
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the threaded inserts are installed
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laying out our prototype custom Crimson tremolo system
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I like the look of scalloped nuts so here goes again
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just a few guitars in progress
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with a lot of woods you can actually cut a creditable thread for machine screws
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a new shielding material from 3M to play with
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the whole guitar is hollow and we need to shielded as much as possible
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the tuners are very lightweight and pretty too
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the locking sperzel tuners are installed
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I cut nut slots in the buzz feiton nut and sand it through the grits
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a hacksaw cuts bone nuts better than anything else I have found
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experimenting with different types of oil for our fretboards
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the detritus left after a fret job
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after the fret rubbers a little chroe polish shines the frets up though this method is now deprecated
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a full workshop and evidence of cameras as this whole build was filmed for our YouTube channel
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a coarse fret rubber starts the poloshing process
