From the Home of Tone bench

Welcome to part two of the 10 year anniversary build article. Along with the finishing work Rob at RF Custom has done, he also very kindly accepted my request to make the neck for this one too. If you're not already aware, Rob undertakes machining for a few fantastic, highly respected guitar makers, so is well equipped for this process. There were a few unique features to the neck, and knowing the level of his work, along with the premium woods planned, I felt it was the right decision to ask for Rob's help with it....

If you follow the workshop blog you potentially may recall a series I shared back in 2023 featuring a hardtail Strat build I had started. Aside from being a fun personal project, the idea behind that article was that I wanted to share the process of making a Strat body with relatively basic tools to help those considering taking on a project like it of their own. So for this I didn't use CNC, it was done with basic templates, hand operated routers, rasps, files and so on.