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 […]

With a little extra time on my hands over the holiday I decided to jump in to my latest builds. This winter’s project will be three acoustic builds: a Gibson-style 0-28VS Parlor, a Taylor-style GS-Mini, and another OM (probably with a florentine cutaway).  Two, and perhaps all three will be made with this Chechen wood. Here’s a couple of shots […]

I’m pulling things together for a set of 3 new acoustic builds. Hopefully small, medium, and large (parlor, OM, and Jumbo). So I’ve been trying to pull the wood together without breaking the bank account. I picked up 4 sets of sitka spruce soundboards off Ebay for a very good price. Here they are stickered using the spruce bracing that […]

I finished repairs on the Guild guitar earlier this week.  First I added some internal bracing to the sides to help reinforce them. I used rare earth magnets for clamps. I had to pull the binding off around to the heel to give enough length to reattach the binding. This left a small gap right by the heel, but I […]

Somehow I’ve forgotten to do a final post for this guitar.  It has been complete for at least four months now and has become my daily player.  I installed a LR Baggs Pure Mini pickup and have been playing live from time to time at local open mic nights.  This guitar is a huge step up from my old Washburn. […]