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I have been a Los Angeles City firefighter for 20 years. I work in the Glassell Park section of Los Angeles. In 1985-1986 I worked for Charvel/Jackson in Glendora, California. It was a great experience, regardless of it being just a $5.00 an hour job. I worked in the wood shop and did the inlaying and fretting. I did get to see Neal Schon, from Journey, in one of his videos use a guitar I worked on and fretted. That was over 23 years ago. I was watching MTV with my cousin when I saw the guitar. I said, "Jim, look, I made that guitar." "And how much did they pay you...?" he asked. "Five dollar an hour" I told him. "Five dollars?...that's it?" Then he changed the channel. Making only $5.00 per hour puts things into perspective. But it still was fun. Now, it's just simple tools and equipment. It ain't perfect, but it is fun.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Ready for hardware test.


I did the rough sanding and I am ready for touch up and final sanding. I am going to fit everything first, to see how things go, before the finishing part. I layed things out to see where the pickup would be best placed. I tried my best to use regular tuners to keep with the project idea, but it is simply too tight to place six tuners on the edge, even with a tailpiece as a string guide.
I will use the Steinberger tuners I bought for this guitar. The wire hole will be drilled from the side of the body where the volume pot is. The hole will be parallel to the body top. The hole on the edge will be covered with a dowel and the dowel will be covered by the strap button. I think I went a bit far on the strips of wood, but the great thing is I can make it like I want. It started as reinforcment, then became a touch of art.

posted by Mike Perez | 12:09 PM

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