Oak neck, sapele fretboard & headstock stripes, bone nut, bone & sapele bridge. Spruce soundboard.
2 x hand wound pickups with 3 way switch and DPDT for multiple pickup configurations, with volume & tone control. (The encouragement to attempt this and the diagram I used was supplied by a Nation member who wishes to remain unknown)
This one is a treat for myself and will hopefully be my go-to player for a while. Tuned FCFA. Sounds lovely through the V5.

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Comment by Richey Kay on August 22, 2014 at 7:24pm

Thanks Jim, appreciated!

Comment by Jim_N on August 22, 2014 at 7:15pm

Beautiful, RK! Nice work!!

Comment by Richey Kay on August 22, 2014 at 5:21am
Cool, I think my way sounds a bit easier as well :-P
The soundboard is 3.2mm thick, but substantially braced with 6.5mm square spruce strips, which were then carved round with chisels. Less bracing would have meant a louder guitar but I was more concerned with sustain for this build.
Comment by Boogie Man on August 22, 2014 at 5:14am
Thanks Richey, just checked out the blog post I think it gives a better aesthetic than the way I've been doing it which is to dry set the bone into a groove. What thickness is the soundboard?
Comment by Richey Kay on August 21, 2014 at 10:39pm
Why thank you Don. Theres a video here if you'd like to hear it! http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/demo-of-22-guess-that-tune
Comment by railroadDon on August 21, 2014 at 10:19pm

thats got to be one of the best looking guitars I"ve seen,its beauty

Comment by Richey Kay on August 9, 2014 at 7:53pm

Cheers Boogie. I spotted a similar bridge on the photo you posted yesterday. I just use superglue to attach the bone, then shape the bridge all as one piece. You obviously have the technique already but here's a blog post I wrote on how I make my bridges.

Comment by Boogie Man on August 9, 2014 at 10:52am
Love the bridge Richey, how did you fix the bone to the sapele?
Comment by Richey Kay on August 8, 2014 at 3:41am
Yeah that's right mate. More videos to come...
Comment by The Capo Kid on August 8, 2014 at 3:40am

Great looking build , is that the one you've used in the video's ? , sounds great as well .

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