tuner holes marked out and drilled......



and then the whole thing sanded a bit.....



after studying the colours available he decides on red......



as the first two coats dry, its onto the metal work (11.00 am!)

this is shaping the end of the steel (ok, its a lump of brass bar, but it's still CALLED a steel!!



Cut out the bridge & nut.....



once the holes are drilled the ends are filed and emeried smooth....

so, it's the school holidays, but due to contractual commitments I need to show my face in the building on one day during the summer break.

at the end of this year in his school, 12 year old Joshua will have a "make a musical instrument" competition......

hmmmmmm......

everyone else makes shakers with pasta & a pringles tube or wraps some rubber bands round a shoe bow to make a twangy thing........

Josh is going to make a lap steel, he plays cello, so he WANTS a 4 string tuned CGDA, but so that there's room for expansion down the road, I've persuaded him that six string availablility is a good thing, even if he only puts on 4 strings FOR NOW..........

so, 9.30 or so, josh has a block of Beech.....



I cut the awkward curve under the headstock, but he cuts the sides....



and then sands them....



the route for the pup is marked out and then drilled with a fostner bit......



then squared up on the vertical mill.

Hi Lucy, If you've found this then you've made it home and found a PC!!

OK you said you wanteds a guitar to take back to Nepal......

What's your timescale?

I'm out of the school workshop where I do my guitarmaking until the end of August. If you were to decide on a build it would be the end of October at the earliest before I could have something made for you.

if thats too late there is another option...

I have this rosewood spruce jumbo that is homeless. I was planning to put a pickup into it, and as you're a missionary I'd let you have it for cost. which is the same as the price I told you at New Wine..... Heres a few pics.......



anyway have a think and a pray and let me know!!

Martin

Glen's Les Paul is also done and home. there was a problem with one of the pickups so we had to wait for the EXCELLENT customer service from guitarfetish to replace the dead one, but here we are...... He did a great job and he now has a pretty good guitar!! my onlyu concern is that he is now fully bitten by the guitar building bug, so I expect him to prolly make a guitar a year for his remaining 4/6 years in the school!!

Catch up time!!

OK the explorer zouk is done ebayed sold and shipped.....