The Making of the Flame Birch Lowrider Special

by Eric Joseph, June 2011

In Pictures

Process and Assembly

 

Flame Birch Lowrider Special

Semi-Hollow body – Bookmatched Premium Flame Birch top(Eastern U.S.)

Australian Lacewood back

Hand-carved Honduran mahogany through body neck

Macassar ebony fretboard

Rosewood truss bar cover

Gretsch Filtertron™ pickups

Wilkinson LP Roller Bridge™

2 volume and 2 tone control knobs -upper left bout:neck pickup, volume and tone controls;Lower right bout: bridge pickup, LP 3-way pickup switch control, volume and tone controls

Camel bone nut

Brazilian rosewood tailpiece, control plates, & truss rod cover

Stainless steel string hold-down

Hot Rod™ double-action truss rod

Abalone logo and fretboard inlays

Top and bottom pearl dot inlays

Penetrating polyurethane and carnauba wax finish

   9.12 lbs.    25”scale        $1295.00

 

 

Flame Birch Lowrider Special-split body top & bottom   

 

 

Flame Birch Lowrider Special-body split

 

Flame Birch Lowrider Special through body Neck

 

Flame Birch Lowrider Special-partial assembly

 

                 Flame Birch Lowrider Special-partial assembly

 

    

Flame Birch Lowrider Special-body top

With one-piece Brazilian rosewood tailpiece

In place

 

 

Australian lacewood back screwed to flame birch top>

                      then covered with pearl dots.

 

 

 

 

Flame Birch Lowrider Special

$1295.00 including a free Gator

                  GC-335™ hardshell case