Lots of progress on all the projects in the shop. Been working tons of hours on things and it’s shaping up and looking good. Many various stages here- bracing, rim work, neck mounting, glue ups, and wood binding installation. Next up- complete sanding and prep, then staining and painting. The archtop building process is LONG […]
So the catch 22 with hollow archtop guitars is the more the carved guitar is voiced for maximum resonance, the more it is susceptible to feedback problems at high volume. This is because the wood not only responds to its own string vibration, but also to anything around it (bass player, drummer or even a […]
Shipped out a couple guitars this week to their new owners. Suuuuuper fun guitars to make, its hard to see them go after all that is involved. Thankfully i have plenty of other guitars to shift my focus to haha! My camera was a bit out of focus on a few of these, kind of […]
Rolling along on neck assembly, things are looking great. Seriously into the look of the new crown inlay theme. All the necks are turning out sweet!
Had a BLAST doing the headstock inlay on number 300. Super fun watching it come together. It took a lot of planning and scheming to get all the pieces to fall into place with the right layering. It was super dicey cutting through the brass sections with that tiny .015 diameter detailing bit. I just […]
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