Well it has been some time since I worked on this guitar so thought an update necessary. Have finished the fretboard which is sanded to a 12” radius and medium jumbo frets in nickel are now fitted. The fretboard will be finished with Lemon oil. Now at the stage to decide body colour etc butContinue reading “Solberg NT Guitar”
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Progress on new guitars for 2021
New guitar build for 2021. This build is based on Gibson Les Paul/Fender telecaster guitar forms and embellished with Gretsch style hardware. I have tried to blend the styles a bit.
Fretboards and necks today !
Today its time to do some work on the guitar necks and maybe fretboards for the new models for 2021. I recently purchased some new tools;
Just a jazz tune on the Solberg Twang
Just a tune on the Solberg Twang. Wrote this jazz tune the other day with a wee riff, trying to keep it melodic. The progression in CMaj7, EBdim, Dmy, G7, CMaj7 repeated then Bm7, F#7, Eaug, D#dim, dmin7 , G7.
Cocobolo or Rosewood
Hi all and I hope all is well. In Scotland its raining and freezing so was not out in the work shed for long before coffee called and a general whole body defrosting was needed. The body of the second model for 2021 is getting close to being finished so time to think about the neck and more immediately the fretboard.
