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Well, the Wedgetail is now happily in the hands of its new owner, who seems very pleased with it. He got in touch after he’d been playing it for a while with the following message: ‘It’s now been a few weeks since I got my hands on the completed guitar. As you would probably expect,Continue reading “Off to its new home”

We’re going with our favourite Mick Brierley pickups on this build. As the client said: ‘The pups were an easy choice after playing/hearing several of your guitars back to back. To my ear, they are very expressive and versatile pick-ups. I can’t wait until it all comes together!’We agree, here at ATC! They’re great AussieContinue reading “Pickups”

The Aussie timber looking beautiful on its own, though as per the client’s request, is destined to go green. I’m in contact with the client all the way through, making sure it’s shaping up how he envisions it. For example, he asked for a bit less carve on the horns, so I flattened it outContinue reading “And then it was carved”

So, the Wedgecaster will have a carved top. Or at least as carved as the 9mm cap will allow. It’ll slowly unfold and surprise me along the way – I’ll just keep carving it away until there’s no more to carve. I should be making a move on getting ready for the pickups tomorrow andContinue reading “Carved top”

I’ve channeled out a little recess for the bridge to sit in – I like to keep things low on the body. Perfect setup – the action is great, the intonation is great (even if only with a rough little tuner for the moment ) and the Bigsby is behaving beautifully. Neck still a littleContinue reading “Bridge”

First step is to do a bit of work on the neck, getting a protective build up on it before I start shaping it. The customer went with the Burdekin Plum fretboard, which was the darker, richer colour of the three. All were beautiful options, but I think he made a good choice for thisContinue reading “Pulling all the bits together”

I did a mock up of what it’s going to look like while I waited for all the hardware to turn up. Getting an idea in my head of how it’s all going to come together. The original Wedgetail design is by Maton, an Australian guitar company based in Melbourne, who started making guitars backContinue reading “Collecting all the pieces…”

So the wood has turned up from my order with Australian Guitar Timbers. We’ve got the Bunya Pine one piece body: The Southern Silky Oak cap: The Silver Quandong Neck blank: As for the fretboard, that will be the customer’s choice, but these are the options:Aussie Rosewood, Lacewood, or Burdekin Plum. Looking forward to gettingContinue reading “Wood”

Well, another commission has come in, this time based on a Wedgetail design. Bit of a different shape and style from the ones I’ve built before, but I’m always up for a new challenge. It’s going to be another all Australian build, so far I’m thinking with the following components: Southern Silky Oak cap BunyaContinue reading “Brand new build”