“All the guys in here are experts about their own work as well as everything else,” Hicks explains. Guitar bodies have been painted and aged. In Custom Shop final assembly, everything comes together. Learn about the "Golden Neck,” and see how Custom Shop necks get hand shaped. At Fender’s wood mill, where both the Fender USA and Custom Shop sawing gets done, you see alder, ash, and maple blanks, plus rosewood for fretboards. How do you know if you've got a Campos pickup? She signs and dates each one. ![]() Campos’ pickups are destined for Master Built guitars. You can watch a CNC machine cut Strat pickguards, and then stop in on Josefina Campos, perhaps Fender’s most famed living pickup maker, with 31 years of experience. Saddles, pickup bobbins, shielding, bridge plates … check. At Fender, he leads a tour through the company's metal shop, which includes a press installed by Leo Fender. ![]() ![]() The tour starts with master builder Andy Hicks, who recount his CV, including a stint in the Gretsch Custom Shop, where he built the Malcolm Young 1963 Jet Firebird G6131 limited edition.
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