First prototype of new Model HDC dual cut shape.

Currently being built for Tim Easton.

Specs:

• 5 string, 35" scale Model HDC
• Sappy quartersawn black walnut top
• Matching headstock
• 2 Ramirez stacked humbucking pickups with matching wooden covers
• Honduras Mahogany body
• 2 layer accent stripes of alder and wenge
• Chrome Hipshot A style bridge and ultralite tuners
• 19mm string spacing at the bridge
• Audere Classic 3 band preamp (9v)
• 7 piece ash/bloodwood/purpleheart/wenge/purpleheart/bloodwood/ash neck
• Cocobolo fingerboard with 24 positions (fretted or lined fretless)
• Cocobolo sapwood dot fingerboard face markers
• Zero fret
• Set neck construction with hand detailed carved cocobolo transition block
• Full faced top on set neck
• Matching control cavity cover

2008-09-13 fingerboard. fingerboard

2008-09-10 body. body 1 body 2 body 3

2008-06-19 neck laminates pre-glue up. neck laminates 1 neck laminates 2 neck glued up

2008-06-15 starting up the body. top view back view layers detail