Raindrop guitar

A semi-hollow body guitar with drop-shaped holes that extend through the entire guitar.

This guitar has a flamed-maple top, myrtle body, and a fingerboard that is a laminate of flamed maple/quilted maple/purpleheart/quilted maple/flamed maple.  The inlays are a raindrop of abalone on the peghead, and stylized clouds (e.g. Tibetan clouds) made of Mother of Pearl on the fingerboard.  The bridge is a gold strat-style string-through bridge with gold string ferrules on the back.  The tuners are gold Grover tuners with semi-circular knobs.   The pickups are handwound P90’s.  This guitar was finished in the Spring of 2009.

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FINISHED DIMENSIONS:

  • Scale = 25.5″
  • Nut width = 1 21/32
  • String width = 1 13/32
  • Headstock nut to tip = 6 7/8
  • Headstock width = 3
  • Headstock thickness = 18/32 without ebony cap
  • Headstock thickness total = 21/32
  • Width at 22 fret = 2 6/32
  • Neck thickness at pocket without fingerboard = 3/4
  • Neck stands above body at pocket = 2/32
  • Neck joins body at the 15 and 16 fret – angled pocket
  • Body thickness = 1 17/32
  • Body thickness with maple top = 1 3/4
  • Body width at upper horns = 9 7/8
  • Body width at waist = 7 3/4
  • Body width at lower bout = 13 3/4
  • Total body length = 17 3/8
  • Top of pocket to bottom of body = 16 7/8
  • Lower horn to bottom of body = 15 1/8
  • 22nd fret = bottom of neck pocket
  • From 22nd to top of Neck P90 = 15/32
  • From 22nd to bottom of Neck P90 = 1 27/32
  • From 22nd to top of Bridge P90 = 4 24/32
  • From 22nd to bottom of Bridge P90 = 6 1/8
  • From 22nd to top of Strat style bridge = 6 3/4
  • From 22nd to bottom of Strat style bridge = 8 1/4
  • From 22nd to bottom of guitar = 13 1/2
  • Neck thickness at nut (with fingerboard) = 27/32
  • Neck thickness at 12th fret (with fingerboard = 30/32