#22 - Electric 4 string

Oak neck, sapele fretboard & headstock stripes, bone nut, bone & sapele bridge. Spruce soundboard.2 x hand wound pickups with 3 way switch and DPDT for multiple pickup configurations, with volume & tone control. (The encouragement to attempt this and the diagram I used was supplied by a Nation member who wishes to remain unknown)This one is a treat for myself and will hopefully be my go-to player for a while. Tuned FCFA. Sounds lovely through the V5.
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  • Thanks Jim, appreciated!

  • Beautiful, RK! Nice work!!

  • Cool, I think my way sounds a bit easier as well :-P
    The soundboard is 3.2mm thick, but substantially braced with 6.5mm square spruce strips, which were then carved round with chisels. Less bracing would have meant a louder guitar but I was more concerned with sustain for this build.
  • Thanks Richey, just checked out the blog post I think it gives a better aesthetic than the way I've been doing it which is to dry set the bone into a groove. What thickness is the soundboard?
  • Why thank you Don. Theres a video here if you'd like to hear it! http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/demo-of-22-guess-that-tune
  • thats got to be one of the best looking guitars I"ve seen,its beauty

  • Cheers Boogie. I spotted a similar bridge on the photo you posted yesterday. I just use superglue to attach the bone, then shape the bridge all as one piece. You obviously have the technique already but here's a blog post I wrote on how I make my bridges.

  • Love the bridge Richey, how did you fix the bone to the sapele?
  • Yeah that's right mate. More videos to come...
  • Great looking build , is that the one you've used in the video's ? , sounds great as well .

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