Ok now for the fun part- playing one of the guitars! Here’s a clip of me shedding with my client Ken’s new guitar that i just finished building. I’m playing over the changes of the Bill Evans tune “Very Early“. Mellow recording done after hours at the shop on my iphone camera with my zoom […]
Here’s a quick little video of me inscribing Ken’s daughter’s name “Malia” on the truss rod cover of his guitar. The machining path is mapped out via CAD. The truss cover is attached to the machine bed with double stick tape and the tiny bit cuts the letters. Cool!
Two of the four guitars in this run will have a violin inspired paint job. These pics show the process so far. The guitars are given a dark amber stain, a clear coat and then some darkening with some burnt umber lacquer. I top it off with a touch of lemon yellow lacquer to brighten […]
Gilad Hekselman stopped by with his guitar the other day for some adjustments and tweaks. He travels all over the place with his axe and plays it quite a bit, so it was time for a quick pit stop. We also installed a smaller tail piece to do some experimenting with a longer string length […]
Heres some pics of the binding process I did for one of the laminates in this run. My client Brian decided to add some maple binding on the guitar he reserved in order to get some contrast with the color he chose (like this). Its gonna look sweet! Binding work on the laminates is a […]
Ive been hard at work on my mini run of 14″ laminates. This series of pics show more of the various steps involved. This model is designed to be primarily an electric instrument and the carved and scalloped quartersawn spruce bracing impart a nice woody tone while preventing feedback. The bracing is custom tailored and […]
I strung up Ken’s guitar for the first time today. Nice! Always a good day in the shop when its a guitar’s birthday haha. I made all the hardware out of flame maple and oil stained it all jet black including the pickup covers. During waxing and polishing some of the color gets buffed away […]
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