How is the flatwork made or fabricated?
Typical Fender style flatwork is punched out and pierced out of a material called Vulcanized Fibre. It is made by saturating paper with a chemical solution and compressing under heat. Many layers of paper can be used for the desired thickness and color. Typical colors are black, gray, red, bone and natural. It s the most common material used for fabricating guitar bobbins and flatwork…