I started on a project for Stan Charkey, who plays a seven-string electric guitar retuned as an Elizabethan lute. He is on staff at Marlboro college and is a composer / performer. He came by the shop last year to discuss his needs in a guitar and to show me the instrument he is currently […]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
I’ve had some really great results with my laminate 14’s lately. This project is an experiment with the same body style, but this time with a carved top / back and traditional bracing. Its basically the same guitar as my floating block semi 14’s, but with no block. Gilad Hekselman came by the shop with […]
Heres the photo finals for Brian’s guitar that shipped out last week. Turned out great! I didn’t have a chance to do any recording with this one unfortunately, but it sounded similar to the other ones in the batch. Heres what Brian had to say about the guitar (wow thanks man!!!): Victor – The guitar […]
The Ergonomic archtop project I’ve been having so much fun working on is a wrap. It left the shop Thursday for Chicago to meet Dan, and will eventually find its home in Bangkok Thailand where he teaches. I have a bunch of stuff to present in this post about it, Ive had TONS of interest […]
James’ laminate 14″ shipped out on monday, but before it left for its new home in the UK I snapped a bunch of pics and recorded some audio. Theres an excellent recording studio right down the hall from my shop (Soundworks), and i decided to kill two birds with one stone by recording some of […]