Paulo Renato de Jesus Gonçalves's Blog (6)

Fret slotting jig

I have been working on affordable and accurate fret slotting jig and this is what I come up with.

After a couple iterations it is made in 5mm laser cut acrylic, and it is actually very sturdy.

If anyone is interested there files…

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Added by Paulo Renato de Jesus Gonçalves on July 2, 2018 at 4:00am — No Comments

Making wood plectrums

Hi guys,

Just a quick view of the process to make a plectrums of wood:

First we cut little wood blanks and add masking tape to the sides and apply super glue to hold them together.

Its the trick in this video.

Them glue the printed shape on top and sand it to shape with a sanding block. In this case the shape is Jazz III.…

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Added by Paulo Renato de Jesus Gonçalves on March 18, 2015 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

Tele Build with hand tools

So this is my latest build, a telecaster based guitar.

Body and neck is AGBA

Fretboard is Bloodwood

Pickup covers are Olivewood

Body stripe and headstock back veneer is Pau Ferro

Knobs are Pau Ferro with olive woo tops

and the backcover has a piece of IPE(holding the strings)

Pickups are Tonerider

Here are some photos of this build:

First steps are to remove excess wood and get the basic shape.

I…

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Added by Paulo Renato de Jesus Gonçalves on March 16, 2015 at 1:24pm — 11 Comments

Kids kit for self assembly.

This is a simple kit I´m perfecting with a friend so we can do workshops with kids so they can personalize and assemble a…

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Added by Paulo Renato de Jesus Gonçalves on October 23, 2014 at 10:23am — 11 Comments

New cbg build - finishing details.

This guitar has a plywood neck, IPE fretboard, oak headstock and bridge.

Finished it with shellac.

it has no decorative elements, but I might add some later:

And this is how it sounds (before the…

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Added by Paulo Renato de Jesus Gonçalves on October 1, 2014 at 9:45am — 2 Comments

Guitar jig!



I was in the need of having some kind of jig not only where I could do some fret work, but that I could also use to do other operations, or just lay down the guitars.  The inspiration is from Stewart-MacDonald fretting jig. But since its price is way too much for…

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Added by Paulo Renato de Jesus Gonçalves on September 18, 2014 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments

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