My old wife, she is very sick…I need new wife!
Manuel’s first wife is a guitar. She is a little battered after an amp fell on her in the van on the way back from a gig. So Manuel needs a new wife, a younger, sexier, more playable version with a heel modification to improve access to the high frets. Okay, the metaphor breaks down somewhat there but you get the idea.
The neck profile for the new guitar is copied from the original so she will feel identical to the hand (slightly pervy now- I’ll stop there) but Manuel decided to customise the headstock shape just to try something a little different.
I will of course be treating the ‘old girl’ well while she is here. She’s suffered from several dodgy modifications over the years and had a hard life on the road so Manuel has asked me to give her a well earned make-over. Read Part 2