Deep “belly” and “arm” contours really make the difference between a great replica and an average one. The router bump in the cutaway of my T-style bodies is a subtle feature that is over looked by other makers. It’s no secret that paint fades and discolors over the years. Well used vintage guitars…
So how are my re-pro guitars different than my competitor’s? First off, I don’t just buy finished bodies and necks and throw a quick paint job on them. I use methods of construction that are very similar to what was used by Fender® in the ‘50s and ‘60s. My pneumatic pin router is smaller than…
Other manufacturers of bodies and necks claim to have gotten their specs directly from vintage guitars, but I actually used vintage Fender® guitars to cut my templates. For example, my ’56 Strat® template was constructed by using an original 1956 Strat® as a template. I disassembled my ’56 and then used the body and neck…
To make sure that the arm and belly contours are accurate to original spec guitars, I designed and created a three axis duplicating router that is better suited to this kind of work than any other routing duplicator on the market. Here again, real vintage guitars were used as templates. To define my neck profiles, a similar process…
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