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The                          Electraglide

                                                                                                                        Research into a Scottish-made guitar

Contents

Section 1:  Andrew Bond and the Bond Guitar Company

Introduction__________________________________________________________________________________________________

1

The contextual basis of the Bond Electraglide______________________________________________________________________

1

          Description of Fender Stratocaster__________________________________________________________________________

2

          Description of Gibson Les Paul ____________________________________________________________________________

3

   
Biographical Information ______________________________________________________________________________________

4

          Andrew Bond  __________________________________________________________________________________________

4

          The Bond Guitar Company  _______________________________________________________________________________

5

          Bond Guitar Timeline  ____________________________________________________________________________________

7

          Players associated with or known to have used the Bond Electraglide ___________________________________________ 9
   
Design concepts of the Bond guitar  ____________________________________________________________________________ 10
Distinctive features employed by Bond   __________________________________________________________________________ 10
          Fingerboard ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 10
          Carbon graphite construction   _____________________________________________________________________________ 11
          Electronics _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 12
          Aesthetic considerations  _________________________________________________________________________________ 13
          Production considerations ________________________________________________________________________________ 14
          Variations of Bond Guitars ________________________________________________________________________________ 15
   
A post-mortem of the Bond guitar ______________________________________________________________________________ 16
          Marketplace issues  _____________________________________________________________________________________ 16
          Some features of the Bond Guitar found on instruments by other makers before and since  __________________________ 18

Section 2: The Bond Electraglide

Technical description: The Bond Electraglide in Detail ____________________________________________________________ 20
          The Body ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 21
          Neck and Headstock  ____________________________________________________________________________________ 22
          Hardware ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 26
          Electronics  ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 27
               Pickups  ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 27
               Circuit-board  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 28
               Controls  ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 28
               Display   ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 29
          Lead __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30
          Power Supply __________________________________________________________________________________________ 30
          Strings  ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31
          Case __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 32

Section 3: Measurements and Catalogue

List of Measurements _________________________________________________________________________________________

35

Catalogue of Selected Bond Instruments   _______________________________________________________________________

36

Appendices

Appendix 1: Patents by Andrew Bond relating to the Electraglide ___________________________________________________

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Appendix 2: Advertisements, Press Releases and Correspondence Regarding the Bond Company ______________________

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Appendix 3: The Bond Electraglide owner’s manual ______________________________________________________________

117

 

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