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More slots are cut!
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Honduras rosewood is next on the bandsaw.. One of my favourite fretboard materials!
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In the time it takes to cut the slots in one board by hand i've made enough for twenty guitars! Very very cool!
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Beautiful! I like being able to cut fret slots by hand, a real craftsman, but this makes good business sense!
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:) I get on with setting the cross cut saw and fret slot template up for the first time..
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A scallop is cut behind the bridge to allow access to the saddles and to give more travel.. The width of the ebony is just perfect!!
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The custom fixed bridge is recessed into the curved top of this guitar
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The pickups sit in their cavities for the first time.. I'm not happy with the look of the vinyl though.. Back to the drawing board!
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Finally we begin routing.. Rather scary when you think you're cutting into someones dream custom guitar!
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The pickup and bridge cavities are pre drilled with the big pillar drill..
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The positioning of the pickups and bridge are marked out..
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This is going to be a very cool guitar.. And it is not too far off from the spray booth!
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The final bit of hardware to prep for the Delta is the p90 pickups.. A mirror chrome vinyl is applied to them.. Cool!
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Preperations begin for tomorrow.. The customised tuners are removed from the custom 'Delta' guitar!
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Finally these too are stained..
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Finally the elm back plates are sanded down to raw timber..
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Finally the masking is removed and the custom guitar will wait until we are ready to apply the lacquer.. Beautiful!!
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The binding and mother of pearl inlay on the headstock are scraped clear..
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Finally here is what the front will look like.. though it will be lacquered and glossy in the end..
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The binding is scraped clean with a new scalpel blade and she is coming to life
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After much experimentation the elm top and headstock are also stained to match..
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The red stain is applied over the black.. And my favourite finish appears..
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The random orbital sander is used to lightly sand back the black stain..
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The staining begins!! The flame pearwood back is first..
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The fretboard is masked off and the sides of the binding prepped with 0000 wire wool, the best way to prep binding!!
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If you look carefully you can see the magpie stealing the sheeps wool off it's back.. I love my view!!
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Finally the entire guitar has been sanded through the grits and is ready for finishing..
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And here it is, much better looking with these more gentle curves
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A small gouge is used to blunt off the undesireable shapes..
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The client doesn't like this little bit of carving.. too many hard lines, so I'll attack it again!
