We are now back to a partial nationwide lockdown, hence the slower progress. Shaped the bridge and measured the exact bridge location of this guitar. Looking forward to hearing it, made some changes to my regular top voicing, hoping to bring out a little more response out of this gorgeous Mango guitar top.
Category Archives: Guitars
Supernatural Demonstration
The following is a short recording I have done to demonstrate the sound of the Supernatural Superclear Pickup System by Bradley Clark.I used the ‘Strum I’ setting on this, with both piezo and faceboard sensors turned on, with what sounds to me like a slightly mid-scooped EQ from the preamp. This was recorded with theContinue reading “Supernatural Demonstration”
Mahogany OM-Cutaway
Apologies again for the lack of updates, but here is what I have been working on. We acquired a nice block of quarter sawn mahogany and I decided to turn it into another OM-Cutaway. However I wanted to be experimental with this piece. I wanted to try something out of the usual X-Brace, and soContinue reading “Mahogany OM-Cutaway”
Music China preparations Pt.2
Finally, the last of the six guitars we’ve built are strung up. Going to work on some fine tuning and setting up over the next few days, but we can take it easy now for sure! It just occurred to me that all the guitars we built these year are pretty exotic, so enjoy theseContinue reading “Music China preparations Pt.2”
Music China 2019 Preparations Pt.1
The past three weeks have been pretty tense, finalizing the guitars to be brought over to Shanghai in exactly a week’s time of writing this. Sanding down the bodies, fitting and shaping the necks, fretboards, fretting and setting up the guitars. We finally see some of the end product today, stringing up three of sixContinue reading “Music China 2019 Preparations Pt.1”