Bookmatched Jarrah cap and headstock veneer
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- Marking out the neck
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- Cutting out the neck
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- Carving the neck
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- Half way there!
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- Flamed Jarrah Cap – custom f-hole
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- Headstock matches body
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- This could be you!
Mike lives in Scotland but a bit too far to come on our one day workshop sessions, and at the time he was also working shifts which made coming to build in one go difficult – when we discussed his ideal spec it was also clear that it was a bigger project than a standard first guitar build. So Mike came for two long weekends to fulfill a long held ambition and create something unique.
I based my guitar on an [existing] semi hollow guitar..but I changed the shape and sound hole to my own design. The body is cedrella and the neck is cedrella, rosewood fingerboard and jarrah front plate [bookmatched cap] and headstock veneer. Chrome machine heads, black Wilkinson humbuckers,..and chrome wrap bridge. The strings are 9s at the moment. Dark red burst …nice satin finish…plays EXTRAORDINARILY..what can I say ? Loved the whole experience…Thank you!
Want to Build a Custom Guitar ?
Whatever your experience, there are several ways to make your custom guitar a reality – if you want to come to Ayrshire only once to design and build the guitar you have in your head…then the Custom BYO course is the one for you. These courses run over a total of 8 days consecutively (with a day of rest in the middle!) ONLY in the summer months – late June/early July and again at the end of August/start of Sept (including the Bank Holiday weekend), and this course starts with a full scale design session to create a working drawing for the build. The course fee is higher but includes all the materials to make a high spec custom electric (upgrades and extras are also available ..POA) There are still a couple of places left for this year, but we are also taking bookings for 2016
If the one hit summer course doesn’t appeal, then there are still options… a Custom Design one to one with Mark, or Design your own guitar course – both here at the workshop, or take a look at our online How to Design Your Own course…this a great way to get a clear design, spec and quote before you come to build.
Or you can pick dates from our Build Your Own Guitar Programme – weekends, and longer to fit around you and the guitar you want to create