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This European Maple was born to be carved.
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Student/helper Keith taking care o business.
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Quite a variety of archtops coming up!
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A nice place to be.
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Starting on a new one.
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Making a mold for a custom 14" archtop.
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Some recent backs. A mix of French polish finishes done by myself and nitrocellulose lacquer by my friend Matt @eadyguitars
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Making progress on a new mandolin.
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Just acquired a nice huge slab of very clear Red Cedar, not something I use very often but couldn't resist.
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Whole Lotta Carvin' Goin' On.
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My 20th anniversary guitar inspired by the early L5 and my time spent with Bob Benedetto.
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The Northern Flyer mandolin.
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Purely acoustic 16" non-cutaway Style B archtop with Claro Walnut back and sides and Sapele neck off to its new home in Texas.
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French polished custom 15" for Maxim Cormier. Black and White Ebony tailpiece.
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Necks coming together.
Different scale lengths, nut widths, a zero-fret thrown in. A good idea to write this stuff down.
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I'm a big fan of 3-piece curly Maple necks.
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18" Europa model will soon be up on Reverb.com
This one is big and deep with crazy quilted maple back and sides, a natural finish, amboyna burl headstock overlay and pickguard and a big voice!
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Making more Maple necks.
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Coloured with ruby shellac.
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