Yes, Jon but not all of those independently machined bridges get glued down in the right place. I could name names...
What little detail I know about the Emerald build process comes second hand, from a good friend who visited the factory last year and picked his instrument up. When the raw guitars come out of the mold, there are about five different rooms where each major step is handled mostly by one person. That would be initial finishing and cleanup (like removing mold flashing), then fretting, then painting or clear coat, then pickup installation, and final set up. He estimated that each guitar gets about 30 hours of hand labor during the build, and he has built wooden guitars from scratch.
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