The man himself, Floyd Rose, was selling off bits of a shop a few years ago . My buddy Tom was thinking of purchasing a CNC machine off of him. I don't think Tom bought it.
I know a little about what the machine is capable of and that they are expensive. How difficult are they to get ?
Do most guitar companies use these? Which guitar companies don't use them ?
CNC machines
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Re: CNC machines
CNC is a good way to get necks and bodies up to a certain point in the building process. Someone has to carve and cut those suckers, it may as well be a machine and then a person can take over to do the finishing touches.
I've got an all hand made guitar and it's awesome, my best one, but I have no problem with their use.
I think most shops that are decently large would use them, it makes sense. It's just an extension of using a router with a jig.
Due to cost the one man shop type deals probably aren't using them. These guitars take longer to build done the slow way of course.
I've got an all hand made guitar and it's awesome, my best one, but I have no problem with their use.
I think most shops that are decently large would use them, it makes sense. It's just an extension of using a router with a jig.
Due to cost the one man shop type deals probably aren't using them. These guitars take longer to build done the slow way of course.
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