Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
1987 Carvin DC-150 :: belly carve.
This is being stripped and refinished with light transparent nitro burst. The player decided that since it was stripped, we should add a comfort carve to the back where it contacts your ribs. Here it is roughed out with my new Lie-Nielsen spokeshaves.
Chubbuck Guitars :: routing binding ledges.
Routing the body binding ledges on Kalliope 001 and Rogue 005.
Chubbuck Guitars :: binding glue-up.
Gluing purfles to the binding before bending on Kalliope 001 and Rogue 005.
2009 Resurrection Eagle [9.8 lbs] :: flip pickups.
The guitar was previously wired so that the coil taps activated the bridge-side of each humbucker. The player wanted a warmer single coil sound (coil tap on neck side), so the pickups were each rotated 180° (bass to treble). I could have rewired each pickup but I did not want to splice in extra lead lengths.
Chubbuck Guitars build prep :: productive week.
I changed out my knives on the jointer so I wanted to prep the next hollowbody build cycle. The back row (left to right):
I also prepped neck blanks for M3 (3-piece flame maple), M4 (flame mahogany) and five mahogany acoustic necks (two set aside for K001 & R005). Mousa 005 will most likely be getting a Claro walnut neck.
Next week will be back to binding acoustic bodies for Kalliope 001 and Rogue 005.
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