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Drawn to the sound of a ten string electric guitar from earlier encounters, I decided to build such an instrument. Below is the
result. I needed to fabricate a suitable bridge assembly for this beast, so after discovering a solid brass section at the local scrap yard, the rest was easy! The actual piece of timber used to make this
instrument is commonly used in Australia as a door step. An extremely stable all weather timber, Merbau is very resilient. Sawing it in half and mounting back to back in a lathe, I arrived at two
sculptured bodies.....one a ten string and the other bound for twelve strings and gold hardware?Frets are cut from 3mm stainless with the body oiled and hand rubbed. I fabricated a suitably shaped pick up box
from aluminium, then had it powder coated along with several camera parts. Pickups are Jacksons. The sustain and sound of this machine is awesome......................... |