Manta Zebrano

Manta guitar

The Manta 6 string
Body: Zebrano
Neck through to Tremolo pocket
Neck laminated with 2 ply double layers carbon Top on electronic cavity
Carbon, bottom exact Zebrano piece from body Tremolo cover Carbon
Ibony fretboard with MOP and stainless frets
Machines: and Tremolo Schaller
Pups: Lace Deathbuckers
Finish: Truoil
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Manta guitar front

we are nearly done with the manta with zebrano. this is the front view with schaller bridge and carbon insert.
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Manta guitar back

we are nearly done with the manta with zebrano. this is the back view with carbon
backplate for the tremolo and the electroniclid has been made so it matches the texture of the zebrano wood.
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custom jack insert

glued into the body of the manta. we will make this detail on the bass as well.
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custom jack insert

we have glued a bolt into the homemade plug, so that the jack mount can be fittet from the inside.
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custom jack insert

we made som custom ebony inserts for the jack. looking very nice
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a pre-assembly of the manta guitar with the deathbuckers and double stack
control pots.

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this is a pre assembly of the guitar to see if all parts fits before gluing the neck onto the body.
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manta parts

here are all the parts ready for gluing
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neck assembly

the neck has been ajusted so it fits perfect into the body. notice the cutout of the lid.
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manta backplate

We have made a small mahogany insert that will keep the cutout lid from falling through. a very nice detail
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neck

the pocket for the neck has been cut out in the body so it fits the neck.
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manta body

the zebrano body has now been routed from the back. next we need to make the pocket for the neck and cut out the lid for the electronic box. this will be done by contur milling so that we can use the cutout lid. small tabs will be made to hold the lid while cutting.
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neck

fretboard before the MOP are glued on.
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neck

milling the neck for the manta guitar. notice the stripes of reinforcing carbon.
Manta guitar neck

neck

milling the neck for the manta guitar. notice the stripes of reinforcing carbon.
Manta guitar neck

neck

milling the neck for the manta guitar. notice the stripes of reinforcing carbon.
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neck

here are the manta and dragonfly neck. carbonfiber has been glued in between the neck to give it both a nice look and for reinforcement
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pickup mounts

countersunk mounts for the lace deathbuckers
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body

all done from the front. We have to make the neck before we can start with the back, where the neckpocket must match the neck precisely. The start of pocket from this side is just a scrub!

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body

carbon is used as front of the electronic cavity.

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body

body has been cut out using our vacuum suction board.
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body

body has been glued together so that the stribes of the zebrano meets up nicely center.
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25,5” scale - neck through - hard maple / with ebony inlay body in zebrano
ebony fingerboard, white MOP inlay, Alumitone Humbucker - schaller bridge with
tremolo - mini machines from schaller
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