How are electric guitars made?
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2002 5:51 am
First you start with saw dust from a pencil sharpener facility.
This powder is collected over the course of a week and then bagged and sent to Santa Ana Calif .
In a mold , this material is compressed for six to eight hours .This gives the distinctive 360 body shape .
After that , an expert in foux finishing is brought in and using a series of feathers and brushes ...the grain is applied .
The binding is then applied .This is in reality white tape .Everyone knows that!
The neck , is a series of reconstituted old railroad ties.This ties are being replaced by comcrete ties all over the North American coninent and the old wooden ones can be had for pennies on the dollar.The cool thing about them is that they are pre -stressed and the settling in process that used to take up to two years is now non existant! This is a vast improvement !
After the wood has been cut into the neck shape , a mold of reddish brown sawdust is swirled until the resin nearly is hard , and at that point a comb device is dragged through thte resin , giving the grain effect.
The whole thing is assembled and fretted .
Next the finish !
As the EPS Dept is really cracking down on spraying , a new type of powered roller is now being used .
The fireglo is now a two different sized nap roller that applies this fabulous finish in just moments , and all with out any nasty overspray ! The things that they think of !!! Wow !
After it is finished ...a series of large ex- floor polishers (these are no longer used in Department stores as Asbestos tile is no longer used) are employed to buff these guitars to a fine sheen .
The guitars go to an automated area of assembly where robotics have now taken over the fine tuning of the guitars.
This was necessary as it is a well know fact that guitar players are cronic smokers and can no longer work in an enclosed area ...This is a California State law.
As robots are totally consistant ...this gives a far better product than ever before .
The strings are now installed , and these are supplied by "Great Plains Fencing" they have been in th ewire business as long as there have been cattle on the plains .Their main product is barbed wire fencing , but as most of the plains is fenced in ...they branched out into guitar and bass strings ...What a sound and what a feel !
This is an inside look at how guitars are made ...hope you get something from this .
This powder is collected over the course of a week and then bagged and sent to Santa Ana Calif .
In a mold , this material is compressed for six to eight hours .This gives the distinctive 360 body shape .
After that , an expert in foux finishing is brought in and using a series of feathers and brushes ...the grain is applied .
The binding is then applied .This is in reality white tape .Everyone knows that!
The neck , is a series of reconstituted old railroad ties.This ties are being replaced by comcrete ties all over the North American coninent and the old wooden ones can be had for pennies on the dollar.The cool thing about them is that they are pre -stressed and the settling in process that used to take up to two years is now non existant! This is a vast improvement !
After the wood has been cut into the neck shape , a mold of reddish brown sawdust is swirled until the resin nearly is hard , and at that point a comb device is dragged through thte resin , giving the grain effect.
The whole thing is assembled and fretted .
Next the finish !
As the EPS Dept is really cracking down on spraying , a new type of powered roller is now being used .
The fireglo is now a two different sized nap roller that applies this fabulous finish in just moments , and all with out any nasty overspray ! The things that they think of !!! Wow !
After it is finished ...a series of large ex- floor polishers (these are no longer used in Department stores as Asbestos tile is no longer used) are employed to buff these guitars to a fine sheen .
The guitars go to an automated area of assembly where robotics have now taken over the fine tuning of the guitars.
This was necessary as it is a well know fact that guitar players are cronic smokers and can no longer work in an enclosed area ...This is a California State law.
As robots are totally consistant ...this gives a far better product than ever before .
The strings are now installed , and these are supplied by "Great Plains Fencing" they have been in th ewire business as long as there have been cattle on the plains .Their main product is barbed wire fencing , but as most of the plains is fenced in ...they branched out into guitar and bass strings ...What a sound and what a feel !
This is an inside look at how guitars are made ...hope you get something from this .
LOL