CURRENT PRODUCTION

NEW BATCH STARTING  April 2011

    Over the years I have found that my customers love to watch their guitar while it is being built.  However, in this age of internet sales it is not always (or even often) possible for them to come to my shop for a periodic "show and tell."  So, many years ago I decided to put up a series of pages which describe, both verbally and photographically, the progress of the guitars in my current production batch (I generally make 9 or 10 guitars in a batch.  Listed below are the guitars in my current batch.  Click on the link and go to the specific page for each guitar.  Since many of the steps are quite generic, there are also pages of generalized photos showing the progress of the current batch.  To see these pages, look HERE. 

Some of these guitars are being built for the Healdsburg Guitar Festival in August 2011.  They are so marked but are available for pre-sale.  

A small note on construction:  In recent years I have been moving towards use of traditional hot hide glue on structural aspects of my guitars.  I started with top braces and the bridge.  Next I glued the top to the sides with hide glue.  In the current batch I am also gluing back braces with hide glue and gluing the back on with hide glue.  Does this make a difference?  Hard to say for sure but I seem to notice an incremental improvement.  All those lovely Martins and Gibson's from the 20s, 30's and 40s were done this way.  Recently Martin started making its "Traditional" series guitars that use hide glue (along with a variety of other "vintage" techniques), and they sure are lovely sounding guitars.  We shall see.

591:  Concert; Mahogany B & S; Sitka; Bloodwood Binding; Herringbone; Gotoh Tuners

592:   Jumbo; Cocobolo B & S; Adirondack; Koa Binding; Koa / Abalone Rosette; Cutaway; Wedge; Arm Bevel; Gotoh tuners; SOLD

593:  Jumbo; Mahogany B & S; Bearclaw Sitka; 12 String; Cutaway; Bloodwood Binding; Koa / Abalone Rosette; Gotoh Mini Tuners; SOLD

594:  Dream Concert; Brazilian Rosewood; European Spruce; Cutaway; Koa / Abalone Rosette; Waverly Tuners;  SOLD

595: Jumbo; Mahogany Back & Sides; Bearclaw Sitka; 12 String; Bloodwood Binding; Koa / Abalone Rosette; Gotoh Mini

596: Jumbo; Indian Rosewood B & S; 12 String; Koa Binding and Purfling; Koa / Abalone Rosette; Gotoh Mini Tuners  SOLD

597:  Jumbo; Indian Rosewood B & S; Sitka top; Koa Binding; Gotoh Tuners; Abalone Rosette

598:  Nick Lucas; Mahogany B & S; Adirondack top; 13 Fret Neck; Bloodwood Binding; Waverly Tuners; Herringbone Trim

599:  00; Koa B & S; Engelmann Spruce; Rosewood Binding; Abalone Rosette; Waverly Tuners

600:  OO; Koa B & S; European Spruce; Maple Binding; Koa / Abalone Rosette; Waverly Tuners   SOLD

601;  Jumbo; Indian Rosewood B& S; Bearclaw Sitka; 12 String; Koa Binding;  Gotoh Mini Tuners

602    Concert;  Indian Rosewood; Sitka Spruce; Herringbone trim.   SOLD

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