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First the guitar body boards were glued up. 3 pieces of Mahogany 3/4" thick are guled together. This is done twice to create a body thickness of 1 1/2". |
After the boards were glued up overnite, I cut out the Honey Bee guitar shape. The neck pocket is marked off and the corners drilled. Because The top piece of the guitar body is 3/4" thick and the guitar neck is 1" thick, I don't need to use a router. just a simple jigsaw cut. I knew this when I started, as the guitar design was based on this. |
Bingo! A tight fit! |
The 2 body pieces being glued together. |
Heres the body glued together with all the cavities cut. Because the body is two pieces all the cavities are cut |
Because I'm using a bolt-on neck from another guitar, I need to mark the the bolt holes on the guitar body neck pocket. To do this, I cut 4 screws pointy ends off and screw the screw ends points out into the guitar necks exsisting holes. Then I square the neck, the neck pocket and guitar body up and tap the neck down with a rubber mallet. This marks the locations of the neck bolt drill holes. |
Here's the guitar body sanded and ready for painting |
I needed to make a control cavity cover. This is done with a plastic called Styrene. I cover the back of the cover with sheilding tape and the front with masking tape so it doesn't get scratched. I trace the template onto the Styrene and cut the shape with a jigsaw. |
The front The guitar was painted with one can of B-I-N white wood sealer. Four 5oz cans of Sunshine Orange automotive paint. It was then pinstriped, decaled and sealed with 3 coats of clear laquer. |
The front close-up It has a push-pull pot for coil splitting the Mighty Mite PAF Humbucker. |
The head stock |
The Back...BUUUUZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!
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