…Dave’s second guitar made on our course…
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- Custom headstock inlay
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- bound headstock
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- Compensated nut
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- ‘Throbak’ pickups
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- switch layout
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- custom electrics
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- Flame maple cap
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- Carved top
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- custom sunburst
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- mahogany back and neck
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- byo 298
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- Dave did it…
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- re-crowning the frets
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- Putting the strings on
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- Assembly
How to design your own guitar by Mark Bailey
Dave came on a recent build your own custom guitar course at the Bailey workshop and made this beauty, which he then left with us for spraying. This was just before we got our new UV lacquer system so we used traditional nitro-cellulose which takes 8-12 weeks to spray and polish. He is the last of the bunch to come and assemble his guitar after circumstances prevented him from finishing on the same day as Kevin.
The guitar has a stunning flamed maple cap with a custom colour that Dave chose for the sunburst.
The pickups are ‘Throbak’s‘ – handmade in the USA and sounded awesome. There is an extra switch which adds an out of phase option.
Crown inlays, a distinctive headstock inlay, and binding around the fretboard and headstock were all made here by Dave himself adding to the totally custom look.
This is the second guitar Dave has made on our course- his first was an Archtop with the same headstock inlay. Dave has made two of the most stunning instruments ever on our course.
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