Monthly Archives: March 2012

Here is the neck after I: Band sawed it rougly to shape Attached the 12mm template and routed it to shape Fitted the truss rod Next I cut the tuner holes from the back to 3/4 depth (with the aim … Continue reading →

I’m still not confident enough to try a ‘traditional’ fender style truss rod (front or back fitted). However the type I used for the last build requires taking the neck off to adjust it, which is fairly annoying. My Peavey … Continue reading →

I decided to pause on the body at this point and start on the neck. The neck template was made in the same way as the last neck. The 4+2 headstock was chosen to keep the guitar dimensions more compact. … Continue reading →

The body shape cut out. I could of played with the pickup locations in Photoshop but it was easier to do it physically. My current thoughts is a single coil in the neck and a P90 for the bridge pickup. … Continue reading →

Not sure around the neck pocket (as I don’t know how wide the neck will be at that point yet), but I’m quite happy with the general outline. As you can see I’ve added the cental line (all important), the … Continue reading →

I started in Photoshop by tracing over a PRS image, though it’s a farily standard double cut shape. I printed it out 1:1 scale onto three pieces of A4 and now for a Blue Peter moment…..

The starting point for my second guitar build – three lumps of wood! The body is single piece of ash, which is going to be combined with the usual combination of a maple neck and rosewood fretboard. I was going … Continue reading →