Mahogany Telecaster

Electrosocket Jack

RA Guitars Logo

Gotoh Kluson Deluxe tuning machines.

All-Parts Black Pearl pickguard

Maple RG-7 with Ibanez neck & bridge.

Maple RG-7

Maple RG-7 - Tremolo Cavity

Maple RG-7 - Top Routing

Northern Ash RG-7

Northern Ash RG-7

Mahogany RG-7

Mahogany RG-7

Mahogany RG-7 Back

Mahogany RG-7

Basswood RG-7 Firebird

Basswood RG-7 Firebird

Routing the Firebird.

RG-7 Firebird Tremolo Cavity

RG-7 Firebird Top Routing

RG-7 Firebird Control Cavities

RG-7 Firebird - Angled Jack

Red Elm RG-7

Red Elm RG-7 Back

Flame Maple/Mahogany RG-7 Archtop

Flame Maple/Mahogany RG-7 Archtop

Flame Maple/Mahogany RG-7 Archtop

RG-7 Archtop - Back

RG-7 Archtop - Cavity Cover

RG-7 Archtop Neckjoint Detail

RG-7 Archtop Profile

RG-7 Archtop - Neck

Quilt Veneer on RG-7 Archtop Neck

RG-7 Archtop Neckjoint Detail

RG-7 Archtop Drilling/Routing Detail

RG-7 Archtop Neck/Heel Detail

Solid Honduran Mahogany body

Maple Neck

Ebony Fretboard

Seymour Duncan Pickups

Vintage Wilkinson Bridge

Check out the grain!

Model decal paper printed on inkjet then nitrocellulose lacquered.

CTS pots

Fender knobs

Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Tele - bridge

Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack - neck

This is the very first body I made.

Very heavy, solid guitar!

Grain Filler prior to finishing.

Traced onto plywood template @ Guitar Center.

Salesman nearly fainted when I put the $2500 vintage Firebird on the floor and took out my Sharpie!

Cavities and covers routed to EXACT specification of Ibanez RG-7/Universe covers.

This is a beautiful guitar. The wood works like butter and finishes with nice tight edges. In a lot of ways it's very similar to Alder, but looks much, much nicer.

AAAA Flame Maple Top

Certified Honduran Mahogany back

Warmoth 25" scale maple/ebony neck

Cover is made of hand polished cocobolo rosewood. I polished this so smooth it shines like glass.

Drilled for 7-string Tune-O-Matic bridge with string-thru body holes

Recessed holes for knobs/pots

Drilled for Dimarzio 3-Way switch