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October 29, 2016
Forearm contour carved
rib contour carved
body rear sanded ready for grain filling
finished body
October 24, 2016
The jack socket and machine rout in the bridge pick up is routed
The neck socket is routed using the excess wood as a support
next the excess is cut away
then the neck is test fitted
the body is now ready for carving
October 18, 2016
The one piece Alder body is drawn out ready for routing and the first rout is the control cavity
next up are the pick up routs
next the tremolo rout
next rout is the connecting rout between the pick ups and then the trem screw holes are drilled
October 8, 2016
Dave Gilmour's Strat is Alder bodied. It had many necks but this version will have a replica of his rosewood neck.
I've selected a nice piece of Brazilian Rosewood, machined to 1/4" depth
its slotted it to a 25.5" scale length with a special jig and...
I'm busy working on my blog posts. Watch this space!
Coming soon.......
October 23, 2019
Bass Line
September 1, 2019
Sisters
August 16, 2019
The design and build of the Alfa Romeo guitar Part 3:
July 24, 2019
The design and build of the Alfa Romeo guitar part 2 - woodworking
July 16, 2019
The Design and build of the Alfa Romeo Guitar Part 1 - concepts
July 9, 2019
Flying V 1 pickup and neck joint questions!
June 28, 2019
bit of blue.....
June 21, 2019
Testing the Alfa Romeo custom guitar
October 1, 2018
Leftie '62 Strat replica with all the trimmings
May 30, 2018
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