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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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Always putting together new necks. They're nice to have hanging around.
One-piece curly Maple and 3-piece Spanish Cedar.
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A few pics of the latest finished guitar.
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Ready to go!
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Coming together for @timlerch.guitarist
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Faton Macula with his French polished Paramount Wilkie guitar.
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Inlay before finishing.
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Preparing a 15" archtop for finishing.
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Getting started on an 8-string version of my 10-string design.
Very excited about this. Using local Maple and Spruce and will be giving it a French polish finish, but that's a long way off.
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