Designs and Roughing Work So this is epic awesomeness. I started out on an archtop project for my little girl Allie. She is a tiny little peanut of a 4 year old, and always asks to play daddy’s archtop. So I’vve decided to take some time out in the shop and make her first archtop […]
Roughing and carving… Started my next guitar project- a Gig Pro for Raffi Mandalian. I picked out some super maple, and the soundboard is OLD and dry. These pics are rough cutting, machining dimensioning etc. The plates come off the machining table looking quite clean, and ready for hand work and tweaking. I do all […]
Here’s my new 2010 tailpiece! Over the years I’ve been real restless as far as which tailpiece I like using. Theres been pros and cons, and some are harder to make than others. I came up with a great idea after talking to Kent Armstrong and other people about epoxy casting, which alot of pickup […]
Finishing pics… Its been a couple weeks since I posted- Ive been painting both the instruments in the shop with a temporary spray setup until the main booth is installed. I promise I’ll document the finishing process better with guitars to come. Lots of monotony in sanding steps also- not too much to document. Here […]
Birdseye Laminate Model 16- Primer stage sandout These pics were taken after spraying 2 coats of sanding sealer. That birdseye maple really popped! I wont show you my temporary spray setup. Lets just say its possible to do alot with very little. New spray booth will be installed soon!
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