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Guitar Shipped.
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| Guitar is ready for build out, front view |
back view |
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Body buffing completed, fret and fingerboard finishing completed
Next: Hardware placement & Electronic outfitting.
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Guitar is in Hang Room curing.
Next: Finish buffing, fret and fingerboard finishing and start of build
out.
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| 14 |
Body finishing completed, fabrication of control plate cover and truss
cover, completed.
Next: Guitar is in Hang Room curing.
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| 13 |
Neck finishing completed, body finishing in process.
Next: Completion of body finishing and curing period.
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| 12 |
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Guitar in
finishing. First to be completed will be the Tung Oil
neck. This will provide a very fast and light feeling neck for
smooth hand transitioning.
Next: Will complete neck finish, and start body
finish. This finish is a rather lengthy process. The process will consist of approximately
2 weeks of finishing with a 2 weeks cure time, after this it will go
into a finish finalization.
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Completed neck & body sculpturing, finish sanding
completed, grain filled, emblem inserted, currently acclimating prior to
finishing process. Next finishing process started. |
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Next: Neck sculpturing, final sanding, filling
& start of finishing process |
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| Fingerboard Marriage |
First Full View, Body Sculpturing
completed, all cavities. |
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Final Body Sculpting, fret job, & fingerboard attachment |
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Headstock glue up lamination consist of front &
back 3 contrasting layers Walnut + Maple Black + Maple Blond Veneer. |
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Next: Glue up of Headstock, fingerboard with
rough in standing |
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| Top glued up with all
cavities cut. Recessed Hotshot Tremolo, recessed knobs etc. |
Back with all cavities cut. |
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Next: Top rough in, cavities. |
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| Neck Glue up, Northern Ash
with Black Walnut Center Strip. |
Northern Ash Wings with ETR
Glue up. Carbon Rod installation and Truss Routed. |
Front & Back
View of Guitar Framework. Grain Match-up came out good! |
Highly Figured Black Walnut
Glue Up. |
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Wood selection, sized and planed next step neck &
body top glue up |
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Custom Brio, Configuration:
- Northern White Ash Body & Neck
- Figured Black Walnut full top
- Ebony bound Ebony fingerboard with standard GMOP markers
- GMOP Body & headstock logos
- Figured Black Walnut headstock
- Balanced set of S1.DCSA (AlNiCo) Pickups
- Electronics - Master Volume, 5-Way Selector with 6-Way Tone
- Black Hardware with Standard set with Hotshot Tremolo
- Finish: (Body) Polymerized hand rubbed high luster Tung Oil,
(Neck) Tung-Oil
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Custom Brio Build 