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Category Archives: News My client Ernie and I came up with a cool guitar to make- it’s based on my personal 7 string. These guitars will be a semi hollow 15″ laminate, with a spruce core and beech laminations. The outer shell on one is traditional spruce top maple back. The outer shell on Ernies is some gorgeous […]
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 Here’s how I finished up the Epoxy “Ebony” cast tail piece… A heavy duty brass strap is fashioned to wrap over the butt of the guitar. A cast cover makes it look nice and neat from the end view.
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 Birdseye Laminate Model 16- Setup Day! Installing all the new hardware and stringing it up for the first time! These posts show the old experimental composite bridge… since replaced with an ebony version.  Birdseye Laminate Model 16- Ebony Bridge This Post documents how I fabricate an ebony bridge! This one features a graphite saddle which adds a nice sparkle to the guitar’s tone. Ive got a gig coming up at Chris’ in Philly this week. Drove down to do a rehearsal with those guys on Friday, here’s some tracks i recorded on my Zoom. Dont mind the clams or poor sound quality- its a rehearsal! During the Move First Born I Am Not There Long Walk Short Plank […]  Birdseye Laminate Model 16- Composite parts This post shows some parts I cast in the same epoxy method described in my earlier tailpc post. The pickup ring is a simple cast, and is then machined out to accept the handwound Kent Armstrong pickup. Perfect match to Kents pickup, which is “ebony” cast in the exact […]  Designs and Roughing Work So this is epic awesomeness. I started out on an archtop project for my little girl Allie. She is a tiny little peanut of a 4 year old, and always asks to play daddy’s archtop. So I’vve decided to take some time out in the shop and make her first archtop […]  Roughing and carving… Started my next guitar project- a Gig Pro for Raffi Mandalian. I picked out some super maple, and the soundboard is OLD and dry. These pics are rough cutting, machining dimensioning etc. The plates come off the machining table looking quite clean, and ready for hand work and tweaking. I do all […]  Here’s my new 2010 tailpiece! Over the years I’ve been real restless as far as which tailpiece I like using. Theres been pros and cons, and some are harder to make than others. I came up with a great idea after talking to Kent Armstrong and other people about epoxy casting, which alot of pickup […]  Finishing pics… Its been a couple weeks since I posted- Ive been painting both the instruments in the shop with a temporary spray setup until the main booth is installed. I promise I’ll document the finishing process better with guitars to come. Lots of monotony in sanding steps also- not too much to document. Here […]  Birdseye Laminate Model 16- Primer stage sandout These pics were taken after spraying 2 coats of sanding sealer. That birdseye maple really popped! I wont show you my temporary spray setup. Lets just say its possible to do alot with very little. New spray booth will be installed soon!
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