Fitting the neck to Steve Rowe’s custom archtop guitar.
This unusual design features a curly Port Orford Cedar top,
Claro Walnut back and sides and a figured African Mahogany neck.
The headstock inlay is a stylized Port Orford Cedar tree in abalone and pearl.

Hand-carving ebony bridges and saddles for various mandolin and guitar models.

Fitting the neck to a new 15″ archtop guitar.

French polishing an Athabascan Mandolin in Black Walnut.

Hand carving a saddle from ebony for the new 7-string archtop guitar.




French polishing a few archtop guitars
Fitting a neck and checking for straightness on a new Northern Flyer mandolin.

I picked up this incredible saw while in Tokyo a few years ago and it is perfect for trimming the neck heel.

Finishing a 17″ Stathcona guitar and a new 7-string model.
