The pencil drawing that started it all. That was along time ago :-) |
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Click on the picture to hear one of the proto types we have built. This piece is played by Alfonso Cifo |
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Selected top woods: Bastogne walnut, burled redwood and spalted poplar. |
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Selected fingerboard woods: Goncalo alves, zolernia and indian rosewood. |
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Here you can see how the the shaping of the body is done; everything is done by hand using hand tools. |
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Carving detail |
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Nice redwood top and wenge/maple/wenge binding. The bodies are shaped and rough sanded. There is more fine sanding and detail shaping to be done |
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The matching back for the body on the left. The wood is white Limba. Also known as Korina |
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Bastogne walnut on Solomon padouk |
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Olive top on walnut |
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Spalted poplar on abachi with a African padouk sound layer |
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The X-ergo carved back |
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We are not sure yet what fingerboard might fit best to this body. This is a birdseye African padouk fingerboard. It has a warmer and more growly tone. What about matching birdseye African padouk pick-up covers? |
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In this picture its with an ebony fingerboard. The ebonyhas a brighter and more articulate sound. Goes well with our black hardware. What about a Fretless bas? Ebony pick-up covers? Let us know what you think! |
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Some necks. The headstock is rough cut and the necks are cut to their width. Two 6-strings and a 5-string |
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Tuner holes are drilled and the wooden logo (wenge and maple) is inlayed. |
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Ready for neck shaping |
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Like mentioned before, everything is done by hand using hand tools only. |
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Rough shaped necks |
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Time for fretting! |
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