I had this old aluminum decorative piece for a while until I finally decided to fashion a guitar around it.  The reissue of the Bigsby B-16 tremolo gave me the opening I was looking for.  The piece (stamped 'Ruby 624' in the back) became the centerpiece and was fitted with a vintage DeArmond humbucker.  The body top is Wenge, with a Purpleheart centerstripe and Abalone purfling which also extends along the sides of the fingerboard.

The 624 line was inspired by 'Ruby 624'.  I carved a custom mold for the aluminum element and had it cast.  The guitars have a chambered Mahogany body with a deep tenon set neck.  The slightly offset shape is designed to look best slung low, as stage guitar.

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The top, fingerboard and headstock overlay are made from Bloodwood - an appropriate name for the rich red color of this wood.  The back is old-stock Mahogany with a centerstripe of laminated flame Maple and Rosewoood.  The neck is Mahogany.  A Bigsby B-16 and two 'BoneTop' pickups along with Gotoh vintage style locking tuners are fitted.

624 HB

This 624 is equipped with two Lollar Imperials (low wind neck) along with a Bigsby B-5.  The top is Zebrawood and the fingerboard Wenge.  The body and neck are old stock Mahogany. 3.4kg 7lbs8oz

A Cocobolo top and fingerboard grace this 624.  This one has a Lollar minihumbucker in the neck position, for a clearer, more transparent tone.

Korina Neck and Body.  Rosewood fingerboard, 25 ½" scale.  Aluminum casting from a second run done in Austria.  Gotoh vintage style tuners, ABR bridge, Bigsby B5, SD 59/JB humbucker combination.  Vol, tone, 3-way switch. Dunlop Straplocks.