A new guitar enters the world!!! :: 2016 Chubbuck Mousa 003 hollowbody (teaser)

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It's alive!  Finally!!!  The Chubbuck Mousa 003 was finished up this week and the new owner is in the early stages of breaking it in.  I am extremely happy with how this one came out - sounds amazing for only being a couple days old.  This site will soon be updated with more studio photos, details, etc so check back in at chubbuckguitars.com/hollowbody/mousa003.  I'm also working on putting together some demo videos so you can hear it for yourself.  In the meantime, check out the video below to be hypnotized!

Bending the tailpiece bracket :: Chubbuck Mousa 003

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Time to fabricate the tailpiece for Mousa 003.  Here I'm bending brass for the backbone of the tailpiece.  Now that it is bent I will move on to mating it to the Macassar ebony portion.  Check the video from the daily vlog to see how this vise mounted brake works.

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Finish color samples :: Chubbuck Mousa 003 Hollowbody

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Last month as Mousa 003 was getting ready for finish, I sent a couple color samples off to the client to get a basic idea of what he was looking for.  Check out the two videos below to see how much work went into these!

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Fingerboard sand :: Chubbuck Mousa 003

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Here is the Mousa 003 hollowbody build on the bench last month getting ready for frets by planing the fingerboard.  Check out the video below from the vlog.

Bridge pickup rout :: Chubbuck Mousa 003

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Here is the Mousa 003 hollowbody build on the bench last month getting it's bridge pickup cavity routed out for a humbucker.  Check out the video below from the vlog.