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Category Archives: Cilia Custom 7 String

Charles Cilia Custom 7 String Build: Maple Top Bending & Shaping

Written on April 18, 2013 at 9:45 pm, by admin

Time for another update on my Custom 7 String build from Charles Cilia Custom Guitars here in Australia. First up a reminder of the amazing piece of Maple that I chose for the top:

JB-Top

And here is the template for …

Charles Cilia Custom 7 String Build: Neck Part 2

Written on February 14, 2013 at 8:59 am, by admin

In my last post about my Custom 7 String guitar that Charles Cilia is currently building I showed you some photos of the rough neck shape and Rosewood fretboard being glued to the beautiful Big Leaf Maple (http://guitarnoize.com/charles-cilia-custom-7-string-build-neck/). …

Charles Cilia Custom 7 String Build: Neck

Written on February 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm, by admin

You may have seen that Australian Luthier Charles Cilia is currently building a custom 7 string for me, if you haven’t start here: http://guitarnoize.com/my-cilia-custom-7-string-build/. The neck is actually complete and has the final shaping has been finished and the …

My Cilia Custom 7 String Build

Written on November 13, 2012 at 8:33 pm, by admin

This year I have spent quite a lot of time visiting one of Australia’s finest luthiers Charles Cilia. I had Charles and his team fix a couple of guitars including my 1994 Patrick Eggle that I thought was beyond repair …