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The links above
take you to specific section on one way of how to make
a Bitocaster Scratchplate of
different types.
Each section has similarities with the others as
the methods are essentially the same, but do have some minor differences that
may be of interest.
The process I will be describing applies to most of the Scratch-plates that I would normally make.
The usual kind of
scratch-plates on guitars are either a single
or multi-laminates
of various types of plastic.
These sort of scratch-plates can be bought from most good music shops or
suppliers.
Some outlets will supply sheets
of scratch-plate material in many and various colours. These are suitable for
most applications... but occasionally people want something a bit different...
and I've been asked on a few occasions to make scratch-plates with wood
veneer tops.
Funnily enough, the very first "guitar" I made (I would now describe
it as a piece of junk), had a Rosewood
veneer and Walnut
veneer topped scratch-plate... I still
have it somewhere !
So I'm now going back to something I first did when I was about 17 or 18 (1977/78)...
Ho Hum !!!
The tools
required are not too excessive.
The materials
are not too expensive either.
Advice on Materials, Patterns and Tools are also included in each section.
Before
you do decide to undertake to do a task similar to the ones on these pages...
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