Custom Flying Victoria Electric Guitar
by Vicki Lynn
November 27 2024
November 27 2024
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When you are building a "lightweight guitar" with an extremely lightweight Paulownia body, you must plan for a lightweight neck and headstock, due to the fact they stick out far from the body, and you do not want to create "neck dive". I chose to build a guitar with a roasted neck because they are usually much lighter than the same guitar with a maple neck that is not roasted. I have read online in forums that the roasted necks are not lighter; however, they are indeed lighter, because the necks have far less "moisture". I have also noticed that older necks are much lighter when they have "aged" over the years and are no longer "green".
I used a guide for drilling the holes for the ferrules. I purchased an aluminum guide from an eBay seller which can be used for both vintage and modern string spacing. The guide was expensive, about $40 USD, but it makes string alignment and perfect drilling possible with minimal effort. The body and neck are both built on Computer Numerical Controlled Machine (CNC). The necks are built by master Fender luthiers with perfection, the bodies although built on CNC machines needed “finished” because the quality control in overseas factories is not the same high as in the Fender factory in Mexico.
I installed a Wilkinson 52.5mm (2-1/16 inch) string spacing hardtail fixed bridge, and a "gold" Wilkinson Vintage Tone Alnico 5 PAF Humbucker Bridge Pickup. I bolted the neck on with a custom "gold" 4-screw neck plate. I used Gotoh Vintage oval knob tuners (6-in-a-line) because lightweight keys are necessary because locking keys and closed keys would create “neck dive” when building a guitar with a lightweight Paulownia body. I also used True Custom Shop string ferrules and True Custom Shop Vintage string trees. It is possible to build a lightweight 3 lb. 14oz. Flying V electric guitar by using a lightweight Paulownia body, a roasted Fender Telecaster neck, a lightweight hardtail bridge, and lightweight parts.
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