In between work and play, I’ve been making good progress on a couple of acoustic guitars.  One is an OM model for a friend.  The other is a slightly larger Grand Symphony (GS) sized guitar.  Both have Indian Rosewood back and sides, with Sitka spruce tops. Sitka bracing on both of them. I should have both boxes closed up this […]

I’m happy to say that last year’s big project is now complete!  I don’t even want to speculate on how many hours went into this archtop guitar.  In building this, I took a couple large leaps of faith.  First was just taking on an archtop build.  Carving the back and top to the gentle contours and variable thicknesses that both […]

Here’s the latest from the shop. I finished up the OM guitar a few weeks ago.  I had no idea how this guitar would turn out.  I was pretty sure that it would look great, but had no inkling what it would sound like.  The Chechen back and sides were even more stiff than the parlor guitar that also used […]

My folks have gone home after a wonderful visit. Skiing is less than stellar right now.  None of my clients are responding to emails.  So that adds up to shop time! I stepped back from trying to hand thickness the last set of acoustic sides, not to mention the three sets of backs and sound boards, in order to make […]