Wine Red Burst

The following are a couple of shots of the ALS hollowbody in finish. It is getting a wine red burst, and it is hard to give it justice in the pictures. You can get the general idea though. This picture in particular really captures the true essence of the burst. And below, I have some […]

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Binding Again…

Here are the associated pictures to rebinding the new back that I just put on Jake’s GA.  Essentially, I bend the binding package (including the purlfing) which allows me to install it all much more easily. Then, using a williams style binding machine, I cut my rabbit channel…Usually, I try to do this about 0.005″ […]

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Joining the Back to the Sides and Brace Tucking

Alright, so as some of you know, I built Jake’s GA, then felt as though it was too thick, so I took off the back, re-profiled the sides, made a new back, installed new kerfed lining, and now I am here.   So I took the time to show you exactly how I install a […]

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Cool Stuff

These are a couple of shots of one of my singlecuts (far right) being used by Christian of Anberlin.  He was giving one of my guitar a whirl to see if he liked it.  Based on his reponse, I believe it is fair to say that he does.  We will be laying out his commission […]

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Built Myself a Motorized Bowl Sander

I built a new drum sander machine last night out of a furnace motor blower so that I can more quickly profile my sides.  This will save me 1 - 4 hours a guitar!

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