AGP #434 - “Bloodwood”3 String Fretless GuitarScale: 660.4mm/26inchesStrings:0.46NW/0.32NW/0.22NW/Tuned: F C fThe slab of Red Bloodwood (Corymbia gummifera) was cut down and routed to a thickness of about 25mm/1” by my Son Robert (aka “Boof”), who then graciously passed it on to Moi, I then further planed, and sanded it down to a “bit” smoother finish, the Box Bottom is Cedar and 3mm Luan Ply, the recycled Neck and Fretboard are, I think Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata), a related species to Red Bloodwood, all timber was given a good coat of Tung Oil.A 15k Hot Rail Humbucker Pickup is wired through Vol and Tone Pots to the Output Jack, the Vol/Tone Knobs are from a couple of empty (hic!) “Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum” bottles. :-)
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