The Kendall Classic Special is our take on the Red Special guitar built by Queen's Brian May and his father Harold in the early 1960s. It is built entirely by hand, with the same materials used in the original guitar.
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| Bodies made with two 3/4" pieces of laminboard, with oak inserts |
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| Knife edge tremolo with switch plate from The Cyber Shop |
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| Plastics from RSConversions |
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| Veneered with mahogany (Sapele) |
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| White plastic binding scraped flush |
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| Add a mahogany bolt-on neck |
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| Ready for finishing |
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| Body stained red, fretboard dyed black, and everything plastic coated and polished |