Hey guys, I am super pleased to unveil the next guitar I made for Gilad Hekselman! Woooo! Check out the video- we decided to make a carved version of his old Gibson Howard Roberts model
The next episode of the video blog is up! I’m continuing with my latest Ergonomic Archtop project, its going great- lots of new pics of the process so far :-)!
Hey all! My new guitar shop video blog is here! Season 1 Episode 1 woohoo! I am really hit or miss on having time for my blogging unfortunately, but I really enjoy doing it so I’m giving it another crack with this format idea for 2017 I’ll let the video do the talking and there’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Heres a cool little axe that went out a little while back to Anuchit in Thailand. This is a Jazz Solid model and its the same specs as one of my model 14 guitars but has a solid body core as opposed to rims and a back. This is for a more electric vibe, and […]
Heres a special guitar that went out several weeks back to my guy Tyrone Lancaster in Las Vegas. This is definitely one of my fav’s- it has a great spruce top with lots of active grain patterns and figure. Full flame maple binding throughout. But the special thing about this one is the quilted mahogany […]
Ed Cherry is a world renowned guitarist here on the scene in NYC. I thought I’d throw a blog post up with all of Ed’s info and links to his music and great new disc! Ed has a simply fantastic tone, and it AINT the guitar I made him, well maybe a tiny bit :^). […]
Here’s a guitar I have available. Its is very unusual for me to have an instrument in stock ready for immediate delivery, I am usually always working on commissioned work. Not sure when i will have a guitar in stock again. It was originally commissioned by my client Bryce Sutherland. Turns out another Model 14 […]
Vic is a jazz guitar nut. This blog documents the daily guitar shop mayhem , musical happenings, and obsessive fascination with luthiery and music at VB guitars!