Building my 3rd Guitar: Always Learning

My third guitar on my work bench. (Photo Credit: Hannah Liddell Beyond the Treetops ) This project was all about growth . In the fall of 2015, my goal was to build a guitar similar to my first, but to apply the lessons I learned from my previous projects to improve on my design. Improvements I used two TV Jones humbucker pickups instead of one. Reason for the change: I wanted to improve my tone. It was worth the extra wiring. I used real guitar binding from stewmac.com . Reason for the change: The plastic cabinet edgebanding I had used on my first guitar had started to peel off. I used a bridge with spring loaded intonation screws! As I mentioned in my previous blog post, it was a HUGE pain to adjust intonation on my first guitar because I had purchased a cheap bridge . CNC Work This project was a great opportunity to expand my capabilities with our shop’s CNC Machine (a computer-guided router). I had experimented on this machine ...