Gecko Strat Hollowcaster
This guitar was inspired by a set of Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt guitars, built by Master Builder Art Esparza
I came up with the body concept and the body was built by the great guys at USA Custom Guitars: Tommy Rosamond, Master Builder Andy Artz, and the rest of the crew at USACG. The only reason I know about Andy is because he's the one who was doing the body setup and cut out for the first few pics here. USACG was kind enough to send me the build pics to document the construction.
What you see here is regular grade quilted maple glued to the back side of a three piece, White Korina, body blank. You can see the outline and reference hole marks are penciled onto the blank. In the next stage, this back will be sanded down to just the frame and center block.
The wood was provided by Exotic Woods of New Jersey. One doesn't think of exotic and New Jersey, except for dancers, very often. But in this case, we have major exception. Great place for your next wood project of any kind.
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