Stringed Ramblings

The second from last part! - Part three continues with routing in the form of pup pockets, goes on to the drilling of various holes and the test fit of all parts. It's getting there.
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So onto the pup routes - having marked out the neck and bridge positions in the previous part this allowed me to accurately locate the pockets....

Almost as strange as Bogner teaming up with Line 6, Taylor guitars is poised to release their own solidbody electric guitar range. Well, not so strange possibly, considering the raging success that was the T5 - it would seem the lessons learnt from that...

I've always changed stringed on my guitars fairly regularly, I can't stand the sound of a dull guitar and love the jangle a fresh set of strings gives. Not all people are like this however, if fact my experience is that the majority of people will leave...

Having brought the body to its final shape in part 1, part 2 will cover the routing of various pockets, such as the neck and control cavity routes and also the alignment of the bridge and neck.
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The first route to be done was the neck pocket, this is so that the pickup pockets and bridge mounting holes could then be located accurately from the neck alignment. Careful measuring means that this isn't actually necessary, however for the sake of...