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The first Decibel swag!

Decibel Guitars — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:48:51 +0000

It ain’t much, but it’s swag! These are 1.0 mm (blue) and .72 mm (black) Jazz III-shaped matte Delrin picks from In Tune Guitar Picks… InTuneGP.com

Wood Porn, Volume II

Decibel Guitars — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:53:08 +0000

AMX body style (likely to be Prototype 3) rough cut from the slab of figured mahogany. It almost looks like Koa, with a golden honey hue to it. This isn’t even properly surfaced or carved. Don’t mind those marker lines… they’re going as soon as this is run through the planer and drum sander.

This Javelin was the second 1-piece body cut from the slab of figured mahogany. This will be saved for a future build.

Supplier shout-out: Sawdust & Noise

Decibel Guitars — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:47:07 +0000

Every once in a while, we want to acknowledge the suppliers with whom we’ve built (or are building) great relationships with. We’d be nothing without all of the individuals and companies who provide us with the products, services, parts and raw materials we need to do what we do.

Today’s supplier shout-out is to Guy Hilliard at Sawdust & Noise. They’re a small shop with laser-cutting, laser-engraving and CNC capabilities. I first learned of Sawdust & Noise through a luthier event hosted by the Golden Triangle Luthier’s Group at A&M Wood Specialty out in Cambridge a few years ago. There was this tiny, laser-cut acrylic Strat “business card” for Sawdust & Noise in the package we got from A&M, and i was very impressed.

As we started tooling up for building, i knew a set of accurate laser-cut routing templates would be the way to go, and i knew Sawdust & Noise could deliver. And they did. I’ve got a full set of headstock, neck, fretboard, neck pocket, body and control cavity templates just waiting to be used, and more will be coming soon.

Guy also gave me this as a little bonus…

… my own version of the “business card” that put me in touch with him in the first place. The precision and detail are incredible. He can produce items like this as promotional giveaways, but the range of what he can do is pretty much limitless.

If you need anything laser-cut or CNC’d, give Guy a call… he’s a pleasure to deal with, his rates are very reasonable, and the quality is top-notch. We’re looking forward to sending more business his way!

Wood Porn, Volume I

Decibel Guitars — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:08:26 +0000

Figured South American mahogany. This will be made into two one-piece bodies.

A Javelin and a Cutlass will be cut from this blank.

A big stick of flamed “roasted” maple. Roasting it in an autoclave apparently makes it very stable and impervious to moisture.

The board is flatsawn, but we’ll be ripping it down to make a multi-laminate neck blank. We should be able to get a fretboard and a headstock out of this board as well.

The gorgeous flame goes all the way through, so the quartersawn edges will look pretty amazing, too!