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May 16, 2014

Archive Builds - The Black Cat

Sorry, the photo’s for this one are not my finest work… For this very small yet very sturdy Cohiba box I knew I should forgo basic acoustic ideas and just make it a straight up electric player. All in all I was happy with the outcome of this guitar, it held it’s own sounds wise particularly with the tone wound off and a bit of overdrive thrown in the mix. The biggest challenge on this build was the bridge, the box was too thin for a neck through body design, the tail of the neck often being my anchor for the string through. I decided as the lid of the box was rather strong that I would knock up a ‘tune o matic’ style bridge. Ebony with a fret installed and a few days of watching it closely to ensure it didn’t rip the whole thing apart and it was done. 

The neck by the way is a single piece of Western Australian Jarrah. 

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