I have about 8 of these Padron boxes on my shelf. The maple neck and bridge are stained mahogany, shaped on my router table. The natural maple fingerboard has stick-on fret markers and is finished with tung oil. First time using a rod piezo (cut-down a bit) under the saddle with pre-wired E-bay tone/volume conrtol. Mixed feelings about it. The sound holes are computer desk cable grommets. Built in roughly 4 hours.

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Comment by william on October 12, 2011 at 12:48am

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

Comment by Habanera Hal on June 19, 2011 at 4:28am

That's actually a plastic saddle I picked up at my local woodworker's store that I saw last time I was in there. (Constantine's in Ft. Lauderdale - www.constantines.com )  They have a few guitar making supplies, but are my main source for exotic woods.  I've usually gotton bone saddles and nuts off e-bay.

I routed a slot all the way through the bridge to set the saddle directly on top of the rod piezo.

I picked up some free Corian samples from the kitchen department at Home Depot that I'm going to try working with, but I don't know how I can slice it thin enough (1/8 - 3/16") acurately without a bandsaw.

Comment by Mike Whisenhunt on June 18, 2011 at 3:41pm
What are you using on top of the maple bridge? Bone or corian?
Comment by Habanera Hal on June 18, 2011 at 3:01pm
Thanks UJ, I really appreciate the input.  I cut 6 necks at the same time, so I figure I'd do a little "production" run with the other Padrons I've got.
Comment by Uncle John on June 18, 2011 at 11:36am
Most excellent!

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