New Build Deep Purple

[Gordon Bellerose]

This is my latest. Finished yesterday, just in time for a Guitar Show in my city.

Alder back, Flamed Maple Top
Maple Neck with a Jobillo fret board.
Flamed Maple Headstock veneer.

Pickups are Vineham 69's.
Full Contact Hardware Tremolo bridge.
Locking Tuners (as usual)

[Bob Francis]

Very Nice

[Gordon Bellerose]

Thanks Bob.
I've got this one wired a bit differently.
The 5 way switch is like this:

1. Bridge
2. Bridge and Middle
3. Bridge and Neck
4. Middle and Neck
5. Neck

[Dan Hehnke]

Cool! Finish looks great, and nicely put together.

How do you like the pickups? That's a new maker to me, and it's always cool to learn of new makers.

[Dan Hehnke]

Oh, and what is Jobillo? Never heard of that.

[Gordon Bellerose]

Jobillo is also known as Goncalo Alves.

Craig Vineham is a pickup winder from Newfoundland Canada. Does a real nice job.

[Steve Sawyer]

That burst is really nicely done!!

Set-neck or bolt-on, Gordon?

[Gordon Bellerose]

This is a bolt on neck.
I don't use the neck plate on the back, as I like to taper the body so the neck joint isn't such a stop block for the left hand when playing up the neck.
I use these, and cut the screws a bit shorter where the body tapers.

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[Chris Richards]

That's a lovely looking guitar, great colour...How do you cut the binding channel with the steep edge contour on the body?

[Gordon Bellerose]

I don't have to cut a channel.
That is a layer of maple that goes right across the body.
I mask it off before color goes on.
It is simply rounded over to expose the layer.