Making Steve Vai's guitar

rsvmark · January 2017

I was was surprised to see how much wood work was done by hand as opposed to cnc patterns of standard parts such as the neck and body shape.

LewisW · January 2017

This seems nuts that he just knows how large the pickup routes are, the neck pocket etc.. with seemingly no templates??

bluechargeboy · January 2017

Liked it! Interesting vid. One day.....

cruxiform · January 2017

Also liked it! I have a RG470 that could become a project soon...

StormshadowGuitars · January 2017

LewisW said:

This seems nuts that he just knows how large the pickup routes are, the neck pocket etc.. with seemingly no templates??

The template is on the bottom. A pin follows the template then the router bit above cuts the shape to the outline or the depth required when cutting pickup cavities and neck pockets.
That's how much work goes into a custom guitar if you don't use CNC.

DrBob · January 2017

The thing that surprised me most was that weird 80s throwback car that Vai rocked up in, what was that ?

wibble · January 2017

DrBob said:

The thing that surprised me most was that weird 80s throwback car that Vai rocked up in, what was that ?

Looks like a 2nd gen Mazda RX7? Could be wrong.

nick_s · January 2017

DrBob said:

The thing that surprised me most was that weird 80s throwback car that Vai rocked up in, what was that ?

Looks like an old 300ZX, very cool.

That is probably the first Jem I've thought WOW, I would own one of those.

Fortheloveofguitar · January 2017

I much prefer the Breed pups in the prototype than the dark matter ones in the final production model

StormshadowGuitars · January 2017

Fortheloveofguitar said:

I much prefer the Breed pups in the prototype than the dark matter ones in the final production model

Agreed there!!

Alnico · January 2017

nick_s said:

DrBob said:

The thing that surprised me most was that weird 80s throwback car that Vai rocked up in, what was that ?

Looks like an old 300ZX, very cool.

That is probably the first Jem I've thought WOW, I would own one of those.

I thought it was a Datsun 280.
Loved the black and green !

That Woody Jem is gorgeous. I would definitely own that, probably over any of the others.

Thanks for posting Mark.

Clarky · January 2017

Fortheloveofguitar said:

I much prefer the Breed pups in the prototype than the dark matter ones in the final production model

I like the Breed
the first thing I did to my blue RG470 was to swap those nasty pups with a Breed at the bridge and a PAF Pro at the neck
It sounded wonderful…

a few years later I swapped them again with Bulldogs and it sounded even wonderfulerer

BigKev · January 2017

Interesting

Panama_Jack666 · January 2017

Great video - almost made me want an Ibanez!

SNAKEBITE · January 2017

Wow.

Whether you like the guitar or not there is no questioning that it is a work of art and incredible skill.

Craftsmen like that don't come along in big numbers anymore.

Alnico · January 2017

Some very nice tools and equipment in that workshop as well !

nick_s · January 2017

Panama_Jack666 said:

Great video - almost made me want an Ibanez!

It got me looking...just over £1500 at Andertons. Very nice, alas I don't have the wedge for one at the moment.

ThorpyFX · January 2017

thanks for sharing this, looks incredible.

Handsome_Chris · January 2017

@rsvmark , thank you for this.

@Clarky , I'm getting nervous again. Roll on Monday.

Clarky · January 2017

Handsome_Chris said:

@rsvmark , thank you for this.

@Clarky , I'm getting nervous again. Roll on Monday.

fingers and toes completely crossed for ya matey..

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