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A new custom guitar coming together for @maximcormier. An unfigured Redwood top with quilted Sapele back and sides. Will have a 3-piece Spanish Cedar neck.
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There's a bit of blending to be done after fitting a neck.
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Here's another great project that is coming together.
Work has been slow going over the last year and some and I can only assume people will understand as times have been tough for everyone. Illness has kept me out of the shop for weeks at a time or more but I feel that some strength is returning. I hope it is the same for others. I know we don't really talk about it much but it should be mentioned from time to time. I know I like to hear how other people are doing.
Anyway here's a Rufous Hummingbird which was cut by Andy DePaul's guys from a drawing I sent them. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for some of these projects.
Step into the light!🙂
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#rufoushummingbird
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#inlayart
Getting started on a few new projects.
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I look forward to using this big slab of curly Hawaiian koa with matching sides for an archtop guitar. Big enough for an 18"!
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Really enjoying making these oval hole archtops.
Working on a couple more too.
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I've got a lot of sanding to do but thankfully I have other projects that need to get started so I'm just going to attend to some of those for a couple days.
Finishing up the garland for a custom 15" archtop/flat back with oval soundhole in a Redwood top. Quilted sapele back and sides and a beautiful 3-piece Spanish cedar neck.
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A very pointy, aka Florentine, cutaway.
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Getting dangerously close to finishing this.
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#klaatubaradanikto
First time bending quilted Sapele. It went well!
This will be a one-of-a-kind custom archtop/flat back guitar.
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Nearly completed 17" archtop guitar companion to the mandocello I posted earlier.
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A scraper is a very useful thing! It scrapes away all the fuzziness leaving clean, sharp lines.
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Lucky me Father's Day 2021
Some inlays seem to generate their own light.
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I get lots of good natural light in the shop.
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5-course mandocello progress.
Next up is neck carving then it will be about ready for finishing.
The tuners are custom ordered 5-on-a-plate Rubner and I had a custom floating pickup made by Kent Armstrong. To top it off Mathilde Tetreault @jeweler.on.the.road is putting the finishing touches on a beautiful Art Deco style brass tailpiece. Very excited about that!
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Fret slots, inlay, radius, frets.
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Shipping out in a Mainstage case.
I'm not sure what the story is behind these cases but this is exactly the type of case I was making 25-30 years ago at Calton Cases of Canada. I actually made the very first one using this pattern for my old '38 Gibson A50.
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Not often you see a curly Redwood top like this on a jazz guitar.
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Starting to fit the neck on this custom 5-course mandocello.
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