The Story of 016, Part Two (August 20, 2009)
 Last time I left the project at the completed Photoshop mock-up of the WITM art guitar, and had thought that I would be working on the physical body in this one. But, alas, I was wrong. This is one of those projects that is incredibly dynamic; it’s taking on a life of its own and starting to lead me around a different path. I am now debating whether I will be back mounting this piece as opposed to mounting it from the top. It’s a major change and one that I need to spend a lot more time of working out. So in the mean time I felt the best thing to do was to start the actual sculpture portion of the guitar. This will be pretty much the same front or back loaded. So let me take you through the process...
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The Story of 016, Part One (December 23, 2008)
 I was going to write the next series about a non-guitar related art piece but I changed my mind. About a year ago I was commissioned to build a guitar for a client. When I first accepted the order I wasn’t going to be starting it for awhile so we left the details hanging. As the start date got closer, the client asked about making it an art piece. For me this is the best of all worlds, mix my two great passions, guitars and visual art! We talked about which way to go with this piece. He asked me if I had anything that I had been wanting to do. I have many fine artists that I have worked with over the years, so I initially thought that maybe we should tap into one of them and do a “fine art” painted piece, but I also offered an option that had been brewing in my sick little brain for a while...
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Building Number One - Part Five - Final (August 21, 2008)
 It seems like I’m always starting these columns off by apologizing for it being so long since my last installment, so I figure why change now! Sorry, it’s been so freakin’ long! Okay, now I feel better. I actually finished Number One back in January of this year. Since then I’ve been working my old-man-tail off building the rest of the first batch of P-1s, which I just finished shipping in July. Then I went full bore filling guitar stand orders and a couple of other art commissions that have been outstanding for the past year-ish. WHEW! It’s been a hell of a couple of years! So, when I left you all hanging back in January, I had just finished painting the neck. The body was in cure. Now it’s time to fab the pickguard and electronic assemblies, sand and buff the body and neck, assemble it all, tune/test, etc. Here we go…
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Building Number One - Part Four (neck) - Page Two (January 2, 2008)
Page two of Part Four, Building Number One
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Building Number One - Part Four (neck) - Page One (January 2, 2008)
 My apologies for so much time passing since my last installment, but I felt I really needed to concentrate on getting these first guitars done. I am way past my initial time estimates for all of my clients and I’m feeling extremely guilty about it. I’d really like to start out by thanking all of them for their kind support and patience this first year of my new guitar venture. Thanks guys! As promised, this installment will cover the last half of the fabrication of the neck. There are a ton of steps throughout the building process, in fact that’s one of the reasons I thought this would be a good column. A lot of folks just don’t realize what really goes into building a guitar by hand. There are so many steps that I can not show them all here. I’ve tried to include as many of the steps as possible, but unfortunately some are not shown, especially in the paint booth. Nevertheless, let’s start where we left off, with a sized, glued up neck laminate with the peghead veneer glued on as well...
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