Been doing TONS of work to the current projects. Moving along nicely! Hope to have assembly finished by the end of this week- then on to staining and finishing!
Category Archives: Guitars Neck work on guitars for my clients Noah M, Noah P, and Jon! This is the preliminary machining work. The blanks are roughed out very consistently and accurately on the cnc, and are ready for hand tweaking for the final feel.  Gettin started on a few guitars for my clients Noah M, Noah P, and Jon. Trying to keep my Noah’s straight haha!! These guitars will be two 15″ guitars and a 14″ laminate. They all have customized specs and alterations that the guys picked out. Its going to be a blast getting these 3 together! […]  Update: This guitar is now sold… I decided to make a 14″ semi hollow for inventory using a super gorgeous bearclaw sitka top i had here at the shop. Its all done and it is SWEET! Pics first (better shots coming soon these are phone pics): This guitar is a FEATHERWEIGHT. It has a Spanish […]  Here are 3 of the projects i’ve been working on this summer! Ive been taking a slight break from my onslaught of blog picture taking but i wanted to snap a few pics of these guitars after they got their final clear coats. Looking sweet! The first one is a violin shade ergo archtop. Basically […]  Ive been working on a guitar for my client Einar in Norway. He wanted a combination of features from my past guitars, and it has turned out great. This series of pics shows some of the build process, staining work , matte finishing as well as plenty o bench shots during setup. It has a […]  I made all the hardware yesterday and today and just strung up the 7 string i am making for Stan. YES! Building an archtop is a long and winding road but the trip is almost done for this bad boy. Sounds and plays cool so far, I’ll spend the next week or two tweaking and […]  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 […]  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 […]  This week I took a break from my current projects for a couple days in order to do a CNC inlay project i’ve been planning for a while. I was checking out some works by art nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, and found one of his works “Dance” that blew me away. I decided to try […]  Here’s the last of the 4 laminates in the run, this one is a custom color request in transparent dark purple. Bryce set me a photoshop edited version of one of my previous guitars. He had come up with a deep dark trans purple color for me to reference. I’m always excited to do one […]  I wrapped up the painting process on Dan’s ergo archtop yesterday and also did the preliminary fret work and setup. Very cool! The guitar is unconventional to say the least but has a nice sound from the get go and is undeniably comfy to play. I havent tried it with the strap yet, but while […]  I’ve started the finishing stage of Dan’s ergo axe- here’s the coloring steps. First pic is the Hofner guitar Dan gave me to reference as inspiration. It is a amber color with a slight sunburst, and the trim is in all black. I start first by applying a clear primer and cutting that flat with […]  Dan’s guitar came together this week, what a fun project. Like I said before i never gave much thought to ergo minded instruments before this project request, but i definitely see the advantage now. The guitar is super comfy in the playing position and is very compact, although it has a decent amount of air […] I strung up the second of the four laminates i’m working on. This one is a “student” model with a satin violin finish which is a little (ok a lot!) simpler to apply than the high gloss, but i think it looks really cool as well. Plus it is very low maintenance for players who […]  I strung up the first one of the four laminates i’m working on. The first one is the 7 string (Hmmm i just happen to play seven string.. coincidence? haha). I made all the hardware earlier and did the initial setup this afternoon. Sounds killer! More soon stay tuned!  The laminates are getting close to being finished, one is set up and polished- the rest not far behind. Heres some of the various steps in the making of the hardware to be used on the guitars.  After a lengthy planning stage, Dan’s ergo archtop took shape last week. It all looks super cool and I’m very pleased with all the components. Next steps are to assemble all the components, trim everything and sand / prep it all for finish!  Here’s one of the 14″ laminates i’m working on. These pics were taken during clear coats last week. All 4 of the guitars in the run are just hangin out while the paint sets up. I should be able to start polishing them out in a week or so (nitro takes forever). If all goes […]  Here’s a the beginnings to an interesting project! My client Dan showed me pictures of a guitar that he has, as well as his hand drawn plans for an archtop version of the guitar. (first row in this gallery). After plenty of back and forth collaboration I have the CAD rendered plans ready for what […]  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! |
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