These are the last two bare wood shots.
These lines are for the bridge and tailpiece. The intonation line is critical. Some adjustments can be made obviously with the ABR-1 but to screw up at this point would not be good. This is where measure twice or more, drill once comes into play.
Pickup spacing is determined at this point as well. The cutouts will be traced on the top even though the template is not mounted there for the router.
The pickups were routed using a template mounted beneath the guitar. The body is placed in the template at an angle to account for neck pitch. Any mistakes at this point and there are two options: a) re-top and start over or b) Gold Top. Please note it is a sunburst so no mistakes or slips occurred at this critical point although I do have a second top, the twin to this one.
