DC-1, 4 String with a beautiful Buckeye Burl top for Phil



Neck:
  • 5 piece; center of ebony, purple heart stringers and birdseye maple outsides
  • 34" scale, stabilized birdseye maple fingerboard, fretted (could be a lined fretless)
  • Thin purpleheart accent layer between fingerboard and neck
  • Alder headstock and buckeye burl overlay and thin purpleheart accent layer to match body


    • Body:
  • Buckeye burl topset
  • Thin purpleheart accent layer between top and body
  • Alder body


    • Hardware and Electronics:
  • Two Bartolini P4 pickups
  • Dome knobs, Shiney Gold
  • Hipshot Individual Bridge, Shiney Gold with string through body or top load option
  • Hipshot Ultralight tuners, Shiney Gold
  • ATA Case from CDM Manufacturing



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    Status and Updates

    The neck is done on this one, ready to put the body wings on

    (click on image to view larger version)

    neck blank and headstock
    Neck blank with scarf joint headstock glued and clamped    		 Buckeye Burl top set
    Buckeye Burl top set    		 Finished headstock
    Finished headstock
    withBuckeye Burl
    overlay and purpleheart accent layer    		 Finished neck
    Finished neck with stabilized Birdseye Maple fingeboard    		 Rear of headstock / neck
    Rear of the headstock showing neck and purpleheart accent
    layers




    All wood building is done, ready to rout for the pickups and control cavity (I wetted the topset down with naptha to get an idea of how it will look when finished)



    		     


    There is just something about buckeye burl when combined with the right woods....