Category Archives: Semi Hollow Guitars

Hey all!!   Here are 5 of the guitars that are now a wrap from the winter projects. Lots of bread and butter here- I get a lot of requests for the cello brown stain work and its always a great look. Mostly model 15’s, with one amber model 14 semi hollow in the mix. […]

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All projects are going great! The spring batch of instruments are all assembled and painted for the most part. Only a couple more weeks until they start rolling out completed. As usual, while the paint is curing on one batch of instruments I start on the next batch of projects, so there are plenty of […]

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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 […]

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Here’s a chambered model 14 that I just finished up for my client JK in Toronto. Great little guitar with a tiger eye stained spruce top. I’ll never get tired of seeing how the relatively plain looking Sitka spruce suddenly explodes with various figure and pattern when stained. The mahogany back and Spanish cedar neck […]

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Heres a guitar that I originally built as an extra instrument for Patrick (my assistant in training) to work on. Pat’s story is coming soon, but in a nutshell its been many years since I’ve had a good assistant, and this young guy shows some promise. The first thing i concentrate on with assistants is […]

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I finished the majority of clear lacquer coats on the guitars about 2 weeks ago, and they are looking great. I started polishing the guitars earlier this week and decided that a couple more coats was in order. They will take a few more days to harden up again and i will get back to […]

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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.

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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! […]

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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 […]

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