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Contact me today. I will walk you through the options and work with you to design the configuration for your playing style and sound. Click here for the details on how my skills come together to produce a custom guitar built with you in mind.
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General Specifications and Options
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Side Dots
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Sterling round,
Sterling square
Brass
White
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Fingerboard Dots
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White Mother of Pearl (MOP)
Gold Mother of Pearl (MOP)
Sterling
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Truss Rod
Cover-plates
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Brass,
Copper or
Sterling
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All Truss Rods
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1/4" x 3/8" x 18" dual action.
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Finger Boards
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Mexican Rosewood,
Honduran Rosewood,
Indian Rosewood,
Zambian Teak,
Ziricote or
Bloodwood
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Frets
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Nickel Silver, available in all popular sizes
Golden, (harder than nickel silver), available in 2 intermediate sizes.
All models, except Madcap, have "Set-style" necks, with carved-top bodies.
Mad Cap also available with "Bolt-on style" neck, with drop-top body.
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Knobs
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11/16" x 3/4" Knurled, dome-top or Custom-made, Coin-faced & brass
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Coverplates
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All electronic, rear-cavity coverplates are highly-figured, custom-sawn hardwood, with aluminum-shielding
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WOODS:
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In addition to the list below, occasionally, other rare pieces of wood pass through the shop, which you can ask about when contacting me.
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Necks
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All made from one piece, 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" x 25" blank.
Curly Maple
Curly Birch
Mahogany
Walnut
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Bodies
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Bodies are available in chambered & unchambered (solid) versions for variations in tone & weight.
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Backs
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Mahogany
Maple
Ash
Butternut
Some finer figured examples are sometimes available.
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Fronts
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All tops are two-piece Bookmatches!
Curly Maple
Bird's Eye Maple
Curly Birch
With occasional other Highly Figured, special pieces available.
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Bindings
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Bindings used are celluloid, ABS & Boltaron combinations. They can range from a simple, one piece wrap, up to a 7-layer face, with 4-ply, side wrap.
White, black & tan are standard colors.
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FINISHES
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The coloring of the wood is done with water & alcohol-based Aniline Dyes. A large selection of Standard & Custom Colors are available. Individually colored Bodies, Necks & Backs can be combined to suit your personal preferences.
(Please, see chart for Color Palette.)
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Top Coat
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The Finish used is Clear, KTM-9, self-crosslink, clear coat. 12 -14 coats are applied on top of the dye. After curing, finish is rubbed out, with up to a 4000 grit sandpaper, then buffed with 4 progressively, finer compounds. The final step is a hand polishing to bring the guitar to a bright, satin gloss.
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