Here is a look at our new “Custom Limited” available soon at Sf Guitarworks:
When this guitar is ready for service, the Custom Limited will be able to shift from jazz to shredding in an instant.
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- primer before paint.
We spray several coats to make sure we get total coverage, then we sand the primer to create a suitable surface for painting.
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- Primer before paint
When we are using a solid color, we always primer the instrument first to fill the grain, and give the paint something to stick to.
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- Traditional dots
We usually go with something a little more off beat, but this time we decided to go traditional.
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- Here is the control cavity with a Tortoise shell cover plate
This cover plate is made with the same material that will be used for the pickguard on the front of the guitar.
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- We used a three piece quarter sawn neck this time.
A quarter sawn laminated maple neck will provide the strongest structural reinforcement.
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- The neck jig makes for perfect fretwork.
We use this jig to true the fretboard before pressing frets, and also to level the frets once they're installed.
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- "Truing" the fretboard before fret installation.
Before we press the frets, we simulate string tension with this jig, and use a 12" radius leveling beam to fix any imperfections in the board.
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- We are using the router to cut the control cavity
This is the area that will house all of the electronics in this guitar.
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- Here we are using a long sanding block to get this neck as strait as an arrow.
Our guitar necks are made by hand to customer specifications.
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- We're getting there
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- The neck is three piece flame maple, with Eastern hard rock maple running down the center.
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- It's a neck!
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- Beginning to take shape
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- This neck is ready to be cut out
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- Can you see the laminations in this neck blank?
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- Gluing the fretboard
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- The truss rod goes in before the fretboard gets glued down
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- Starting to look more like a guitar
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- Then comes the router
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- First comes the bandsaw
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- Heres where things start to take shape
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- Don't forget to plain
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- More flat sanding
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- Now we can glue and clamp
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- Thats better
This will ensure less flat sanding once the two boards are glued together.
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- True it up
The straight edge shows how true your boards really are. We have a little more sanding to do.
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- Flat sanding the glue joint
Flat sanding the glue joint
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- Lets clean up those edges
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- Time to prep that glue joint
Here you see the two peices of alder. They are ready to have their sides flat sanded to ensure a proper glue joint.
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- Hand selected raw material - A Beautiful Alder Board
