This one was a testbed for the Radiata glue-up body construction. I had lots of Strat hardware lying around from all the bass projects, so I decided to use some of it. As usual for my guitars, this has a fixed steel truss rod. This is the last of my Audiovoxes, and probably my favorite.
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Here in the Northeast ( and probably everywhere ) Home Depot sells two grades of wood: Number 1, which they label as 'Select', and Number 2. Number 1 costs about twice as much as Number 2. Lowes is similar. Both grades are pine, not hardwood.
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This is a body made from 2x2 Radiata pine from Home Depot. This material is actually 1-1/2" square and gives you a choice of tight grain on two opposing sides and loose feathery grain on the other two sides. This is the tight grain.
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These are factory instruments that I either significantly modified, restored or refurbished.
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This was my initial attempt at a polishing machine. Not pictured is the shroud I made for it to contain the spray.
This is for wet-polishing with sponges and automotive polishing compound. It is a very messy process - drops of "mud" fly everywhere. However, it does work. It takes great care to avoid going through the finish, which is a disaster. I have since moved to dry-buffing with cloth wheels.
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