Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
Chubbuck acoustics :: Rogue & Kalliope mock up.
The first Chubbuck guitar builds in the new shop are getting ever closer (finally!). The necks for Rogue 005 (left) and Kalliope 001 (right) need their rear head laminates and fingerboards glued up before being ready to carve. So far I'm really happy with the new Kalliope design. I tried to borrow the lines of the Rogue and scale them up to a larger body.
Fingerboard binding :: Chubbuck Kalliope & Rogue acoustics.
The fingerboards for Kalliope 001 and Rogue 005 are bound and need to be cleaned up. Both necks are very close to being glued up and ready to carve.
2013 Fender Squire Mini Strat [5.4 lbs] :: student setup.
This guitar was set up with 9's for a player's daughter to start learning on. Its smaller proportions and short 22 3/4" scale make it ideal for kids or those will small hands. Unfortunately this guitar suffers the common ailment of student instruments in that it uses budget hardware. Upgrading the tuners would make tuning much, much easier but would add to the cost of the guitar. Spending the money on such an upgrade would depend on the student's interest in learning to play. I attempted to lubricate the tuners but it didn't seem to improve them.
I could see this guitar being fun to record in the studio. The 22 3/4" scale is close to short scale Fender lap steels (22 1/2") so heavy strings and a slide might add a unique sound to a track. Nashville high-strung might be a cool option as well.
2013 Bourgeois OM Custom [4.5 lbs] :: new bone nut to adjust spacing.
The player wanted to maximize the string spacing so a new bone nut was cut with the outer strings positioned slightly closer to the edges of the fingerboard.
Redwood top / Cocobolo back and sides. Beautiful guitar.
Chubbuck acoustics :: Kalliope 001 and Rogue 005 neck fits.
Kalliope 001 [front] and Rogue 005 [rear] necks are being fit this week along with the fingerboards bound. Neck carves are hopefully scheduled for this weekend.
Rogue 005 is still available and the neck can be carved to your specs if interested. Please contact me for details.
