Andrews scratchy, Walkertone Monarch

[ponch]

Hey guys. just thought id do a bit of a diary of my scratchy. this is just gonna be a random dump as things have been super hectic of late. first bub is due any day now so just setting up shop for her arrival.

basically i was playing with a super strat idea when a friend contacted me to build them a guitar, so a quick pine mock up and we were in business!



this was for a surprise birthday present for her partner so as she wast a gear head, it was a little hard to get the specs in the ball park. a few probing questions regarding favourite bands and a budget and we had a plan!

Top wood is bookmatched queensland red cedar
body is silver ash
neck is an amazing st rosewood specimen from PBG. i emailed adam to see if he could throw in a nice dark neck, and mang did he come through.

[ponch]

bridge is a hipshot low profile .125,
pots are bourns, orange drop cap at .047, switchcraft jack, gfs p90 in the neck, gfs pro series alnico 2 in the bridge, grover type tuners.

template made


the ghetto clamps for the top. stupid as shi... but it worked so you know what they say about that.

rough routing that sucker

[ponch]

and here are the ghetto clamps

[dave.king1]

This looks like its going to be pretty sheer tot keep the reports coming

Congrats on the approaching arrival, it will change your life as you knew it forever and for the better

[ponch]

routes done, and starting to carve the edges out, and little hand bevels ala prs.



first coat of semi gloss poly going on the front.

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back route and sanding sanding sanding

colour going onto back and sides, FW golden something haha

HS design and OHT transfer logo, dubbed the bottle opener head stock

and another

[ponch]

3 coats of poly, sanding in between each coat. one spray coat to go




now its time for assembly

[ponch]

scratch that, seems i missed a thousand photos so gonna upload them and dump em before we move on.

[ponch]

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