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Padron 4 string - 3 more pics

Posted by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 1, 2011 at 1:11pm
Padron box, mahogany neck (with steel reinforcement), ebony fretboard, maple veneer on head and pickup surround, humbucker pickup and two piezos wired in parallel under the brass bridge plate. The adjustable bridge is ebony and brass with phosphor bronze saddle pieces. Side fret markers and rivets (where the strings go into the box) are copper. It's still in need of a finished nut and a heel piece to cover the steel reinforcement.
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  • Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw December 3, 2011 at 5:05am

    Hi there.

    I made the bridges and saddles. They movable bridges are ebony with brass screws and washers and phosphor bronze saddle pins. If you look back at some of my older photos you will see another one done this way. This one is exactly the same method, just modified to suit the look of the box.

    All the best.

    John

  • Mr.C December 2, 2011 at 9:03pm
    Where did you get them saddles
  • Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw December 2, 2011 at 10:40am

    Hi Bruce.

    Thank you very much for the comment. Glad you like it.

    All the best.

    John

  • Bluesheart December 2, 2011 at 9:39am

    Beautiful, precision work man, way to go!

  • Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw December 1, 2011 at 8:08pm

    Hi Tate.

    Yes. That's it. I don't think it will move much.

    All the best.

    John

  • Tate Chmielewski December 1, 2011 at 7:27pm

    Ohh I see now, for support in the box good idea!

  • Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw December 1, 2011 at 6:56pm

    Hi Tate.

    Thanks for the comment. I have a piece of 16mm square steel tube running up the back of the neck from just outside the box (it will have a wooden heal piece to cover it) into the box because so much was cut away for the pickup. Here is a pic from some time ago that shows it.

    All the best.

    John

  • Tate Chmielewski December 1, 2011 at 6:46pm

    Nice and classy looking!  what are you using for the steel reinforcement?

  • Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw December 1, 2011 at 4:04pm

    Hi Wes.

    Thanks very much. It's also that if I don't know how to do something I wait and think about it, and since there's a lot I don't know how to do I do a lot of waiting (and occasionally thinking).

    All the best.

    John

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