Category Archives: Guitars Just finished up with the chambered axe- turned out great! Ultra light, a very air and open tone thanks to the chambers and lightweight wood species. I’d own one of these! Compact by jazz guitar standards (14″) but a fat sound. Silky smooth satin finish on the back- very smooth to play. I’m excited! AVAILABLE […]  Here’s pics of No 250’s mahogany components. I have a beautiful old block of quilted mahogany that I will be able to get the back sides and neck from as a matched set. Pictures do little justice so far- the figure will be pretty striking! I also have an old European cello top that will […]  No 250 for Ernie Burkhardt is underway! I changed the headstock theme to a Jean Larrivee inspired one, using a combination of materials. A couple late nights in design time and i was ready to cut out all the pieces and put it all together. Talk about FUN! First pics are the latest schematics for […]  I’ve reached my 250th guitar- my client Ernie Burkhardt reserved the number and asked for a special soundhole concept as well as a couple other nifty things. Here are my initial sketches for the guitar. Nothing set in stone, but I should be able to start soon!!! This one WILL be fun.
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 I’ve started a couple new projects- one is a further experiment on the “jazz solid” guitar I posted a couple weeks ago. This one has a chambered Spanish Cedar body though. It has a flame maple face veneered carved spruce top. Between the interior chambers and rear control routs its ULTRA lightweight. Keep an eye […]  I’ve started a couple new projects- one is a custom designed semi for my client Peter Holmqvist. He sent me a sketch of a guitar that he had in his head, and I put a schematic together for him. We settled on all the other specs and away i went! It is a mahogany body […]  Here are pics of the other two semi’s i just finished up. Both are available- the tobacco sunburst is here, and the sienna sunburst will be at Golden Age Guitars. Both are pretty killer! I’m having fun breaking them in a little bit. (Funnest part of the job hahaha!) EMAIL ME for specs- price for […]  Making ebony parts for the semi hollows! They are done with paint and hanging out curing… in the meantime i’ll bang out these components to install on setup day. Cant wait!!! Few pics of Gilad’s guitar thrown in too- i’ll have pics of the other two soon…  So i’m in sort of a downtime while i wait for the current projects to finish curing. It takes the lacquer 10-15 days to fully harden up before it can be polished. I came up with an idea for a jazz oriented solid body that will be a cool alternative to my full size jazz […]  More pics of my current projects. I’m making 3 different 14″ semi hollow guitars, all with a few twists. One is for inventory, one is for NYC based guitarist Gilad Hekselman, and the last is for Golden Age Guitars in New Jersey. I mostly worked on Gilad’s guitar all week- check it out: There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.  More pics of my current projects. I’m making 3 different 14″ semi hollow guitars, all with a few twists. One is for inventory, one is for NYC based guitarist Gilad Hekselman, and the last is for Golden Age Guitars in New Jersey. More pics coming so stay tuned!!  Just finished up with Noah’s guitar which will be shipping tomorrow AM. Whew what a long journey these guitars take. I’m stoked! Its an old school D’Angelico inspired 16″ archtop with his style of split block and burst. Big old sexy recurves on the edges. Freak’n sounds awesome- hopefully I did some justice to the […]  More pics of my current projects. I’m making 3 different 14″ semi hollow guitars, all with a few twists. One is for inventory, one is for NYC based guitarist Gilad Hekselman, and the last is for Golden Age Guitars in New Jersey. More pics coming so stay tuned!! Here i’m precision leveling the rims, and […]  More pics of my current projects. I’m making 3 different 14″ semi hollow guitars, all with a few twists. One is for inventory, one is for NYC based guitarist Gilad Hekselman, and the last is for Golden Age Guitars in New Jersey. More pics coming so stay tuned!!  Some quick pics of my current projects. I’m making 3 different 14″ semi hollow guitars, all with a few twists. One is for inventory, one is for NYC based guitarist Gilad Hekselman, and the last is for Golden Age Guitars in New Jersey. More pics soon!!  So I’m finally back to guitar making. New shop is great I could get used to working here ha! Got right to work on Noah’s guitar again- did the long buffing and polishing process. Just about ready for hardware, strings and a setup!  It’s been a while since i posted, but here’s what I am up to in the shop this month- a custom D’Angelico inspired 16″ archtop commissioned by Noah Gershwin.After some more fine detailing it will be ready for the paint room- its getting a D’A style sunburst like this bad boy.  FINISHED!!! Ships this week to its new home in Europe. I really wish i could go on a “where are they now” tour? I could go all over the world!  FINISHED!!!Shipped today to its new home in sunny California. Hey, can I stow along?  Color stage is finished in the spray room. All the guitars look super cool. I will be finishing the clear coats over the weekend! |
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