Last Update: 06/15/14
Guitar for Chazz Miceli
Model: Lattice
Specifications:
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Sounboard and rosette. |
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Building the interior frame. |
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Laminating sides in the mold. |
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Inlaying rosette. |
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Sides. |
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Inner frame. |
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Inner frame top and heel view. |
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Frame ready for sides. |
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Fitting the sides. |
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Pivot joint and pocket for neck. |
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Thicknessing the side height. |
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Leveling the top. |
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Finished thickness. |
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Ready for back lining. |
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Flame koa head plate sipo mahogany neck. |
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Padauk bridge for light weight and stiffness. |
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Vacuum clamping the balsa lattice and carbon fiber. |
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Shaping the lattice. |
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Capping the lattice with carbon fiber in the vacuum clamp. |
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Capping complete. Carbon fiber sanding and top voiced and ready for final perimeter carbon fiber. |
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Vacuum molding the back. |
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Head profiled. |
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The flamed Koa head stock will be much darker and the flame more accented when the finish is applied. The while purfling on the side of the head is flame maple so this head will really pop when the finish is applied! |
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Molded Birds-eye maple back being fitted to the body. |
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Neck with carbon fiber reinforcement installed and capped in center of neck. Fingerboard ready to be slotted and flame koa bindings ready to be bent. |
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Gluing the bridge to soundboard. |
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Fitting soundboard to the body. |
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Gluing soundboard onto the body. |
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Preparing the neck pocket. |
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Fingerboard, neck and heel block ready fitting to body |
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Neck, fingerboard and heel block during fitting. |
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Gluing the heel to the neck shaft. |
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Checking the fit of the neck after gluing the heel. Light colored locating pins in the fingerboard will be replaced with ebony locating pins when the fingerboard is ready to be glued on. |
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Gluing the back on. |
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Back glued on. |
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Carving the neck. Frets installed. |
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Frets installed and body ready for binding. |
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Flame koa bindings bent and ready to install. |
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Body flame koa binding and black/white purfling installed. |
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Ready for finish sanding and arm rest. |
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Arm rest installed. Fitting the neck. |
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Final sanding. |
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Ready to apply the finish. |
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Applying the finish. |
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Applying the finish. |
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Applying the finish. |
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Applying the finish. |
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Final coats of finish. |
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Buffing out finish. |
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Buffing out finish. |
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Buffing out finish. |
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Buffing out finish. |
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Buffing out finish. |
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Stringing up and final set-up. |
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Stringing up and final set-up. |
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Stringing up and final set-up. |
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Stringing up and final set-up. |
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Stringing up and final set-up. |
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