Category Archives: Guitars Lot’s of finish work this week on the spring projects. The stain and lacquer are flying! Not a gargantuan post this time since there were lots of days of plain old sanding. But some good shots of the real knockout wood that has been revealed by the stain and lacquer. Intense!!!  Another huge week of progress on all the spring archtop guitars. Man its getting good! Assembly is complete and when the first wash coats of stain and sealer hits the wood its definitely a cool moment. There were some oohs and ahhs all around with this run. The spalted maple top Mini’s look really cool. Super […]  Heres a cool little Model 14 archtop for Edu in Ecuador. Compact, small and comfy. 14’s are great! All carved woods with a floating center block (smaller version). These make the guitars much more versatile since feedback is greatly controlled. But the small block size keeps the interior mostly air. I do two sizes, and the […]  Heres a cool little axe that went out a little while back to Anuchit in Thailand. This is a Jazz Solid model and its the same specs as one of my model 14 guitars but has a solid body core as opposed to rims and a back. This is for a more electric vibe, and […]  Heres the spalted maple that I’m using for the Les Paul size guitars in the latest run. Insane!!!  Well I’m finally back with a blog post / update… hooray!! Ive been hard at work on the winter projects, and the 3 archtops have taken shape quite nicely! This gallery shows some staining and sealer coat steps. The guitars have the ground staining applied as well as sanding sealer. Now after that is leveled […]  Here are some shop shots of some preliminary work on the winter guitars! Lots going on- a 17″ archtop for my client Wooney in Seoul South Korea, a 14″ archtop for Jan Stauriale in Italy, another 14″ special edition archtop for Tyrone Lancaster in Las Vegas, a 14″ ultra-thinline chambered semi for Patrice Falco in […]
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 I’ll comment on this axe soon, but for now i’ll let the pictures do the talking. Curly redwood! WOW WOW and WOW!!! I’m making a couple of these guitars for inventory too! Check it out  Ive been experiencing some tech issues which have now been resolved (yes!). So back to posting TONS of new shop photos of the fall guitars. All the guitars are assembled and looking great. This is a big batch of guitars and each one is so different. I’m going to be like a kid in a […]  The last (but certainly not least) of the 4 summer guitars shipped out last week. An L5 size Model 17 for Patrick Sullivan. Nice big and bouncing round tone that you only can get out of the large boxes. Super fun to play!! Great sounding Euro tonewoods with a classic violin burst. FUN!!!
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 Going steady on the fall 5 at the shop. Heres a bunch of assorted pics of various parts and processes!  I just dropped Danny’s guitar off at Fedex for its long trip to the Philippines. So exciting to send a guitar around the world. Good music, good life! This guitar was a real blast to build, the special edition guitars always have some great features. This one has a headstock inlay interpretation of an Alphonse […]
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 These guitars are for my clients Donato and Patrice who are return customers (this is their 2nd VB each). I’ve been tweaking and adjusting, playing and polishing. Serious fun! Both are great guitars I will be sad to see them go haha! Here’s some quick iphone pics of them both:  Its fall here in NYC and September is my favorite month of the year. Wow! Ive been back in the shop for a few weeks doing lots of work on the summer projects. They are nearing completion, and I thought it would be a great time to fire the blog up again after taking a […]  Work on the summer project kinda comes to a halt after the guitars are all strung up and settling in anticipation for their final fretwork and adjustments. This usually takes about 10 days or so, and in the meantime i shift gears into the new projects on the schedule.I’m taking on 5 guitars this time […]  I’m real excited about how my latest Model 14 laminate turned out, I made it purely for inventory which is a rare occurrence these days. I’ve been shedding on an odd meter tune I wrote recently (here’s the chart) and decided to make a little youtube video with the guitar. I recorded a rhythm backing […]  Another huge blog post here- continuing with construction phase stuff through coloring / finishing all the way to hardware assembly and install. At this point the guitars are all strung up (YESSS!!!) and settling in. Just need to do final fretwork and setup / tweaking and they will be ready to ship. Photo finals coming […]  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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