Neck and tail block attached
Kurfing attached
Kurfing attached
Top braces attached
Ready to attach the back
Guitar gets a name
Top and back routed flush
Koa end pin inlay
Binding channels cut
Binding channels cut
Koa strips bent for binding
Bindings scraped
Bindings scraped
Binding channels cut
Binding channels cut
Ready for the Abalone
Bindings done
Wet wood - to preview the finish
Bindings scraped
Attaching the neck and fretboard
Nice figure
Ready for the bridge
Bridge on
Polished finish
Polished finish
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Sides meet the head and tail block
Kerfing attached
Back braces attached
Top braces attached
Kerfing attached
Preparing for the back
Top attached
Attaching the back
Top attached and routed flush
Back attached
Rosewood bindings bent
Headstock binding channels cut
Back binding channels cut
Top binding channels cut
Binding attached
Binding attached
Black/white accent attached
Body binding scraped
Body binding scraped
Headstock bound
Binding attached to fretboard
Fretboard radiused
Ready for frets
Frets on
Attaching fingerboard
Finished neck ready for the body
Rosewood bindings
Attaching the neck
Attaching the neck
Ready for lacquer
Gluing the bridge
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Ichibod's custom made side bending jig.
Bending sides.
Fretboard attached to the neck.
"F" holes cut and bound with rosewood.
Top after scraping.
Bound "F" hole.
Figured mahogany back laminated.
Top and back attached.
Top and back trimmed and ready for binding.
Back binding channels cut.
Top binding channels cut.
Bond with figured kowa and abalone inlay.
Neck and bridge test fit.
Neck attached.
Back with salted maple control cover.
Strings on to test bridge alignment.
Masked for finishing.
Final sand.
Neck bound with figured kowa and cherry with abalone side dots.
First coat of nitrocellulose lacquer.
First coat of nitrocellulose lacquer.
First coat of nitrocellulose lacquer.
Polished and assembled.
Figured mahogany back polished.
DeMarzio Dark Matter pickups.
CTS pots, Emerson paper & oil cap and LR Baggs Control X Preamp.
Ready to rock! (or whatever moves you)
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