Bordello Guitars - New Model update and pics

[bordelloguitars]

Hi guys,

Thought you might want to see what I have been up to this week.... http://bordello.guitars/news-article/New-T-Model-work-so-far

here's a little taster pic   



have a great weekend!   
cheers
Mark

[Scarebear]

Cool! What's going on there exactly? Busy-bodies like me just need to know the details!

I did the Taylor Guitar factory tour a couple of years ago and found it fascinating. I love this kind of stuff. I'm envious of your skills.

[bordelloguitars]

Hi Scarebear........Taylor Guitar factory tour sounds great, always cool to see the build assembly and techniques etc 
.... this is a shot of the neck construction - here I have hand planed up the maple pieces for the neck and then glued together form a 7 piece laminate with walnut veneers inbetween.  Doing this in one go is a bit stressy, particularly when using polyurethane glue, as the open time is not very long, but it gives a good strong bond.  So, after some swearing and sweating, you end up with the pic here....  check out this link for the rest of the pics.... let me know what you think, I got hold of some really nice veneers for the headstock    http://bordello.guitars/news-article/New-T-Model-work-so-far

Cheers!!

[bordelloguitars]

some extra pics for you    
here is the planed laminated neck showing the walnut pinstriping....


... shaped and with truss rod slot.....


...a bit of work with scrapers, planes and spoke shaves tidy up the back of the headstock and create the vollute..


...gluing on the Vavonna veneer...


front of the headstock cut to shape.....birdseye maple ...


and the back..in Vavonna

[Scarebear]

They're awesome photographs. Thanks for sharing those. I'd love to build an electric guitar just once.

[bordelloguitars]

Cheers!...  No problem

[DialtonePickups]

Awesome! I wonder how it'd look with a set of Dialtone Pickups installed in it...

For a VERY quick moment we'd thought about trying to build an electric guitar ourselves, but then we realized how much work it is, and how hard it is to get it right, so we decided to leave it up to the experts. We really respect the folks like you who are able to pull it off! Seeing the development from scratch is really cool, too.

- Tory, Dialtone Pickups

[Mick]

Awesome! I wonder how it'd look with a set of Dialtone Pickups installed in it...

- Tory, Dialtone Pickups

Now there's an idea, perhaps you guys should have a chat. 

[Scarebear]

Now there's an idea, perhaps you guys should have a chat. 

Ooh. Imagine a Tele with tones also from other guitar shapes/styles! Awesome

[bordelloguitars]

Awesome! I wonder how it'd look with a set of Dialtone Pickups installed in it...

For a VERY quick moment we'd thought about trying to build an electric guitar ourselves, but then we realized how much work it is, and how hard it is to get it right, so we decided to leave it up to the experts. We really respect the folks like you who are able to pull it off! Seeing the development from scratch is really cool, too.

- Tory, Dialtone Pickups

Always open to suggestions/ new ideas  . Very interesting concept you have. To add my opinion on finish, I personally like the Cosmo Black finish that Gotoh do on their hardware. Not sure how they achieve that. Bareknuckle do some interesting finishes too.

Mark