My other guitars in progress are in Patrick’s hands at the moment for clear coats, he’s doing great-they are turning out fantastic (see below). So in the interim i put some time in on the roughing work on my next guitars. Some interesting stuff here- A thinline model 15 for Donato Soviero, a Model 16 […]
Continued work on these projects. Some cool stuff to see is the OM inlay for Gilad’s fretboard, serial engraving, side bending, etc. Check out the deep earthy staining! I’m using really fine European cello tonewood here throughout. During carving I ran into a hidden defect on Gilad’s backplate. We talked about it and decided to […]
Heres a guitar that I originally built as an extra instrument for Patrick (my assistant in training) to work on. Pat’s story is coming soon, but in a nutshell its been many years since I’ve had a good assistant, and this young guy shows some promise. The first thing i concentrate on with assistants is […]
Here’s a guitar I have available. Its is very unusual for me to have an instrument in stock ready for immediate delivery, I am usually always working on commissioned work. Not sure when i will have a guitar in stock again. It was originally commissioned by my client Bryce Sutherland. Turns out another Model 14 […]
Moving right along! Various shop shots… lots of pics of how i calculate my high access neck joint. Complicated but worth it! Also check out the cool little mini floating block that Gilad asked me to develop!
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