3/4 size electric guitar

The lucky recipient of this instrument will be my 3 years old son. It will probably be a present for his 4th birthday in November. Made of trimms and bits of wood left over. 8 pieces mahogany body, 5 splices neck willow/mahogany/maple/mahogany/willow with a steel bar instead of the truss rod. Will spot locking tuners, a Seymour Duncan Dimebucker pick up, fixed bridge strat type with strings through body. Probably purple to green crush colour. I look forward to give it to my little rockstar :)

All done. This is the lucky young guitarist

Classic

I call this the classic. First take on it, it's a standard tele body shape but with comfort cuts like a strat with a 25" scale length neck shped with a sharp V at the head stock end smoothening to a soft V by the7th fret. It falls really well into your hand when playing open chords and feels fast and comfortable mid and higher neck. The body wood is Iroko and the neck one piece Wenge with Snakewood head stock veneer and filler piece at the back. Neck oil finish with 22 Jumbo frets. Pick ups on this one are Seymour Duncan hot rails mini humbaker with coil tap on the bridge and quarter pound on the neck. Both pickups are quite hot but both retain a very good clarity and the quarter pound a very warm and round tone. Almost finished now, just a bit of setting up then for sale at £1200 retail price. As usual artist price available 

Hand painted by Miriam Paternoster

The guitars posted on this are hand painted by the very talented Miriam Battocletti, Italian artist and art teacher. Take a minute to look into her web site www.artescuola.com you will enjoy it :) 

Top midi

Final set up done. This guitar plays like a dream. The neck is extreamly comfortable and fast and the access to the high frets is effortless and second to none. This guitar has suffered all kinds of delays, from the first neck splitting during construction and the second ruined by the rain coming through the broken roof to constant delays for personal issues. I'm surprised I haven't cut it up with a chain saw seen how frustrating all those things have been. Well, all in all, it's a pleasure to play it now. In a few days the crazy electrics will be done and then Bernard will enjoy it for a very long time :)

Early days for this one. The Top Midi will spot a Brazilian mahogany body with a top grade European flamed maple top, Honduras mahogany neck "very old stock" rosewood fretboard with tree of life inlays. Abalone bindings on body, neck and headstock, 22 frets 24.75" scale, 12" radius, abalone headstock logo. The electrics are crazy!!! Fernandes sustainer on the neck, Duncan SH13 on the bridge and a Duncan 59 in the middle, strat type term and a tasq nut. Natural finish with true oil. This week I will do all the rough work on it. 

A wile has passed, the guitar is now on the final build stages. The neck is very thin and has an amazing access to the high register. No truss rod, instead a titanium rod and two carbonium bars. The large routings in the thin body with comfort contours and the thin neck makes for a surprisingly light waight instrument. I expect to finish all works by next week so delivery before the end of January. I can't wait to play it :)

I love the flame on this top. To enhance the flame I've rubbed mahogany dust on it and then sanded it gently with 1200 grit. That helps creating a stronger flame effect. I've chosen this method over the PRS style staining to get a more natural look as the stain under just oil would definately look too in your face and unnatural. It's a very old trick used by Italian violin makers in theyr golden age... Tradition passing down the generations:)

And the project comes to an end. I've delivered the guitar to Bernard yesterday. He loves it and that obviously makes me a happy luthier. This project has suffered so many sit backs that it made it all more difficult to keep at it with the necessary focus to make a great instrument like this. Next now :)

Dream

Guitar now finished, shipping tomorrow Tuesday the 24th of dicember. It plays beautifully and sounds amazing. Retail price £2100

This stunning piece of English Walnut, is soon to become a superstrat for my friend Mario Battocletti. It will be paired with a Wenge neck traditionally built with a Snakewood filling piece at the back. The back of the neck will be shaped like the very first Fenders with a V at the headstock end. 22 brass frets, brass nut, brass pick guard loaded with Alnico 5 single coil pick ups. Look out for this very special build!!!