Category Archives: News Peter’s guitar is finished, and its a good one. I used this for a rehearsal and a gig last week and it was very cool. Super lightweight and very resonant. Peter asked for a 25-1/2 scale and the extra string tension really drives the guitar to resonate. First pic is the sketch Peter drew for […]  Working on the headstock inlay and binding. The binding is a combination of materials, either bent or cut to shape…  This axe will have some awesome soundports (see schematic), and they are bound in quilted mahogany. I toyed with some ideas and thought it would be easier to bind them prior to rough carving. Worked great! The aged european spruce top looks awesome.
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 neck and fingerboard work… headstock angle, fingerboard assembly (quilted mahogany binding!). Cool No. 250 engraving, just a little bigger than normal 8^)
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 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 […]  I’ve started a recording project finally! I compose a lot of music, and i have tons of tunes hanging around. I decided to get off my butt and document some of it at my neighbor’s studio (Soundworks- http://www.soundworksrecording.com). The studio is right down the hall from my shop! NYC is great. I roped some kill’n […]  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. |
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