Custom inlay & new frets :: 1982 Gibson SG R1 [8.0 lbs]

October 27, 2015

A player's long-loved SG he named "Norah" in for new frets, new bone nut and dressed up with some fingerboard inlay. Originally a dot neck, we decided to go with pearl blocks along with a custom "Norah" script designed by the player's friend, cut by Dave Nichols Custom Pearl Inlay and the easy part, dropped in the board by me (video here).

The guitar is set up for slide, strung with flats and tuned to open E. I highly recommend trying flatwounds if you are into slide. Sounds killer.

Follow up on this project's photos & videos here.

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Tweaking Nuts :: 2010 Alan Carruth 11 String Harp Guitar

August 25, 2015

Tweaking Nuts :: 2010 Alan Carruth 11 String Harp Guitar

This harp guitar belongs to Ken Bonfield and he brought it by the shop when we shot some video demos on the latest builds. Ken is always experimenting with string gauges to find the best tone, tension and feel for his various alternate tunings. He recently upped the gauge on a few of the subs (low-register bass harp strings) so the nuts were sized to improve the tone and tuning of the bigger strings. This thing is a monster and Ken just so happens to have another Alan Carruth harp guitar coming soon. I'm definitely looking forward to checking it out.

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2013 Bourgeois OM Custom [4.5 lbs] :: new bone nut to adjust spacing

September 23, 2014

2013 Bourgeois OM Custom [4.5 lbs] :: new bone nut to adjust spacing.

The player wanted to maximize the string spacing so a new bone nut was cut with the outer strings positioned slightly closer to the edges of the fingerboard.

Redwood top / Cocobolo back and sides. Beautiful guitar.

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