Trent Guitars - From the Workshop

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Managed to shoot a demo video in the workshop this weekend, very pleased to have this on record!

https://youtu.be/1RqjYnyqu8g

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So I have a Model 1 on the bench for the great artist Katie Harkin that's nearly ready to go to it's forever home - which I imagine will be back on the road at some point given her track record!

Got the cavities shielded, body polished, just waiting for the pickups to come in!

Shielded painted cavities always look really fresh..






In other Model 1 news, the materials for the Founder's Club have been starting to come in, I just got the body material and the fretwire dropped by yesterday!

Jescar fretwire is unmatched, it's the best!

sev112

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Jescar fretwire is unmatched, it's the best!

Isn’t that what Mandalorian armour is made of ?  sounds a great choice for fretwire

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sev112 said:

TrentGuitars said:

Jescar fretwire is unmatched, it's the best!

Isn’t that what Mandalorian armour is made of ?  sounds a great choice for fretwire

Hahah! I'd have trouble shaping it if it was Beskar!

Benm39

These do look really lovely,  and sounding great too... a mastery trem version or similar and that's about it for me in terms of fabulous offset. 

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Benm39 said:

These do look really lovely,  and sounding great too... a mastery trem version or similar and that's about it for me in terms of fabulous offset. 

It can certainly be done!

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Great day for deliveries yesterday..





And I have this wonderful one out the door, first stop is via a local music shop to see if they might be interested in stocking..

punchesjudy

Banging 

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punchesjudy said:

Banging 

Thanks man! Yours is being cut out today 

punchesjudy

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punchesjudy said:

Banging 

Thanks man! Yours is being cut out today 

Exciting! 

Just wanna say I absolutely love how the top and bottom horn have this Tele ish squareness that then rounds out towards the butt of the guitar. It does things to me.. good things. 

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That was the thought with the shape - so glad it translates!

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So I'm spending the next 2 weeks making these 5 guitars as a batch,

I've spent this weekend  getting a headstart for them beginning on Monday!

First step was rough cutting my neck blanks, and then pattern routing them to shape - you can see the  screw holes pre truss rod route that I use to attach the template. I used to do double sided tape but you cant beat the security and speed of screws, especially if they get entirely removed by the truss rod route.






Then on Saturday morning I took the chance to do my truss rod routes, I use a jig that holds my Festool track rail that allows me to run the router in the same way every time. The jig also holds this exact neck size the same way each time and clamps with a wedge

In the afternoon I planed and glued together my five 2 piece body blanks, I then rough cut them and had them ready to plane today (Sunday)



Sunday morning I cleaned up the blanks and put on my two roundover profiles, next step is to blend the transitions and finish sand the bodies before routing the cavities

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Solid Monday!

Got the body cavities routed, sanded up and fitted the necks to the bodies. They are now wed together and have matching serials.

TTony

That’s progress!

GavRichList

These look so great 

Lebarque

Looking fab. Are they glued on rather than bolted then?

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Lebarque said:

Looking fab. Are they glued on rather than bolted then?

Thanks so much!

They are bolt on, but I get the fit nice enough that they hold thier position quite nicely

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Another solid day,

Got the bodies all drilled for bridges, jacks, strap buttons and ground cables

Then final sanded and then sprayed with a couple of coats of primer.

The primer I build coat on coat and then in the morning I'll flatten off each body with goldflex and apply the colour coats

TTony

Handy little shed you’ve got there

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TTony said:

Handy little shed you’ve got there

Certainly is worth the cost!