Premier luthier Woody Thomas of RS Conversions thoroughly inspects the new guitar upon arrival to ensure she’s fit for purpose
Next, Woody strips the guitar down, cuts the custom pickguard by hand and sends me pics to tease me.
The beautiful tremolo hardware designed and machined by Ron Smith at The Cyber Shop.
The hardwood block (with logo!) which will occupy the space routed out in the original pickup location.
The tremolo cavity is routed (with logo!).
Woody prepares to install the fantastic tremolo.
The tremolo is installed!
Pickup cavity is routed, hardwood block installed. Bridge and tremolo are complete!
Hardware and wiring installation.
The attention to all of the minute details is staggering!
All wiring is now complete. This is really getting exciting!
And here she is, in all her glory!
“Ruth, The New Lady” – Named after Sir Dr. Brian’s mother.
