Category Archives: News Lots of forward progress on all the current projects the last week or two! These shots show a lot of the body assembly stages, and how the compound neck mount angles on my guitars are braced up. This method is heavily influenced by classical guitar construction, and while it takes some precision set up work […]  Hey all here is a bunch of shop shots of the spring projects! A lot of work has been done to the various components. It wont be long until the parts all come together and these start looking like guitars! Lots of model 14’s and 15’s in this batch. I think more and more players […]  Here’s a rough mixed track of one of the tunes I recorded (on my model 14 semi) Weds night with my band. Pretty fun, the studio is great– it has a 1929 Steinway D piano that is insane! This was the 2nd session for my new disc, first one was some trio in January. Cant […]  It’s the first day of spring, and that is ALWAYS a good thing after a long winter in New York. Lots of great projects are taking shape in the shop. The first run of VB’s has started now that I am back to business as usual after my long project last year. Feels great, heres […] After a long hiatus working on a different project, I finally am back on VB projects full force, and I’m also making some time to start up the guitar shop blog again! Its good to be back in the saddle. Things have been crazy busy here on all the projects since March of last year […]  Hey all! A lot of people have been askin’ me how things are going on the new D’Angelico guitar project. Well heres a huge photo gallery of the first New Yorker coming together. In case you arent quite ready to get to work on a Monday morning, look no further! Plenty of distracting pics here […]  All systems go baby all systems GO! Some great archtop and electric projects taking shape. Not a dull sight to be seen, I’m so stoked!  So a while ago I posted an offer for a discount student model in order to give my apprentices some experience in handling a full project with my guidance. Its been great, we made several of these and it really got the guys up to speed on many of the needed skills. I dont need […]  SO many goings on in the shop- the 3 of us are full speed ahead. I’ve been thoroughly occupied with a special project and haven’t had any time to post! (More on that special project soon- I will unveil it all at once. Its def a big one!). But we’ve been taking all kinds of […]  Its been crazy busy here at the shop! But lots of great progress on all the guitars. Most of the winter guitars have strings on now and are settling in, shouldnt be long until they are ready for final setup! These pics are a few steps behind where the projects are now, I should be […] Soooo… its finally taking shape. Here’s a sneak peek at something I’ve been planning on doing for quite a while. Shop concerts broadcast from my NYC workshop! I’ll be featuring all kinds of artists on the jazz scene here. Mostly guitar oriented stuff of course (thats how I roll haha), but hopefully all kinds of […]  Chugging along at a nice pace on the winter guitars. Lots of components shaping up. Basic assembly should be done by mid week!!  Big Huge post!!! All cylinders firing in the guitar shop now- tons of guitars coming to life and looking sweet! Should start to look like instruments in the next week or two! Woohoo! Engraving the serial number on the fingerboard of guitar No. 346. This is for an electric guitar project I am doing (pics soon!) that will have small pearl block inlays under the bass strings. The serial number of each of my guitars is typed into the CAD program and then projected onto the 12″ curvature […] Here is a video of how a set of unique by-request sound holes are cut via CNC on one of my custom archtop guitar projects. The shape of the soundhole profile is projected onto the rendered surface of the guitar’s arch. The cutter then follows this 3D line as a toolpath to cut through the soundboard in small […]  Well the holidays are always a great but crazy time of the year, and I’ve been behind on the blog as a result. The clouds are beginning to part and I finally had some time to sort a bunch of pics from the shop we’ve been taking. I should be able to get some regular […]  Heres the guitar I made for David Ullmann, its basically the same as the guitar I made for Gilad Hekselman with the addition of an ebony pickguard. This one turned out great! Yotam Silberstein said he had a dream about it after playing it when he was at the shop the other day checking out […]  SOLD It’s all done!! I have a very cool model 14 semi that I originally made as a “shop” demo guitar and it turned out a little too nice… I should probably “release it out into the wild” haha instead of keeping it. This is my 333rd guitar (3 is my lucky number), so this was a […]  Last night I turned off the lights to the shop and headed out of NYC ahead of a snowstorm to visit some family for a few days for thanksgiving. Lots of cool things to be thankful for, and lots of cool projects shaping up nicely. A couple of the early fall guitars have shipped to […] Well, its one of those milestone markers in the projects when the color goes on the guitars. One of my favorites too! The guitars are all dressed up after staining and coloring an are getting clear coats. Not a bad one in the bunch, I’m very excited about all the projects. Lots of fantastic things […]
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 This great Model 16 laminate just shipped to live in sunny Florida! SUPER heavy flame faces on this one. Smaller body depth for a comfy feel. The Peter Bernstein style pickguards are very popular right now. Having the controls that close is definitely convenient. The sound was very crisp and defined with the maple faces […]  The summer guitars are going great! Lots of pictures again. The shop benches are covered with parts and tools for all the cool projects going on. Most of the guitars will be assembled by the end of the week. Stoked! Then on to staining and painting. Guitar mania with no end in sight! >chest pump!<  Ok… so this is an absurdly huge gallery of pics. I’ve been snapping away with the phone camera the last couple weeks, but weekends have been too busy to blog. I finally have a minute to upload em all. Wow lots of stuff going on!! The spring projects are almost finished- a few of them […]  These pics are a little late arriving, I thought I lost them. But they surfaced thankfully- yes! This is the guitar I made for Jan Sturiale in Italy. Great little guitar I had fun playing it for a while. Jan is a great player in Italy, I did a showcase page for him here. I’m […] |
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