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A nice shot of Tony DeCaprio with the guitar I made for him.
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A busy corner of the shop.
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Making progress on this 14" archtop guitar with neck joining the body at the 15th fret.
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Some soundholes.
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A tale of two finishes.
The guitar was finished by my friend Matt Eady @eadyguitars. I can't imagine a better nitrocellulose lacquer finish. His work is astonishing. I have been enjoying our collaboration for the last couple years.
The mandolin is a French polish finish I'm working on. There was a time over several years I french polished all my instruments but in recent years I have become increasingly sensitive to chemicals of any kind so I will have to give this up now as well. I suppose it's possible I will be able to get back to it one day.
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A new 17" Paramount getting ready to go out into the world.
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Slow and steady (with a bit of @eadyguitars finishing magic thrown in!)
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Getting several custom archtop guitars to the same stage. Gonna be some serious neck-fitting!
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My fancy neck-carving jig.
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A pair of Florentines.
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Back to work after taking nearly a month off. I needed it.
Getting the 5-course mandocello ready for neck-fitting.
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I used a couple different shades of pearl and painted on a bit of ruby shellac for shading.
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After levelling the binding I use a scraper to blend it in with the recurve area.
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Tape and bands are off but there is much cleanup to do.
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I just really like shaving them down.
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Paul Zarzyski's mandolin.
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Keeping it clean.
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Putting the pieces together.
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Some custom guitars get names.
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A busy week of binding with curly maple and walnut.
I steam bend the binding and purfling using a hot pipe which is also used for bending the sides.
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