pp-guitars

roach done

25,5” scale - neck through: hard maple/purpleheart/wenge
walnut body semihollow, bubinga top with ebony inlay - ebony fingerboard,
yellow MOP inlay, pickups langcaster humbuckers active built-in overdrive
3d-6 bridge from schaller - mini machines from schaller

roach done

roach mop stars

roach done

a quick render

here is a render of the roach where we use bindings. this will be the next version of the roach guitar

roach backside

backside done. now it is ready to be glued together after sidedots and indlays have been made.

roach front

front side. Looks very nice. we plan to give it a vintage laquer look to make the roach look up to it´s name.

roach back

neck and body assembly. only the backside of the body needs to be routed before we can glue the neck onto the body.

roach body

the body of the roach has been routed out and the carving of the top done. now it´s time to turn it around for milling on the backside.

neck all done

neck all done. only indlay and holes for the tuners needs to be made.

finishing the neck

all the rough steps has been made and now the finish 10mm ball mill is finishing the neck off to a smooth finish.

ebony fret

fretboard being routed 12"

head finish milling

doing the finish routing of the head with a 19mm ballnose.

roach on the render

new design will be named "roach".
neck through, with center of wenge, stipes of purpleheart, sides of maple,
bubinga top, gold hardware