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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

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.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Tuner holes done


I worked out where the tuners would go. Because the string angle is different to the back tuners, I had to carefully set them up. The fourth string saddle is probably going to be further away from the tuner, so I had to place the tuner further back, but not too far back as to interfere with the others. I tried to keep the radius of the body. I decided to route some of the wood under the bridge as it is just a tad high and route some under the back three tuners to allow for a better string angle. The holes were done with a 3/8" brad-point bit. The tuners fit nice. All I need to do is route wood from the back to allow them to fit.

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