Shop photos

The Jatoba OM in the whitee --------------------------------- Putting the linings in the Tripple O cutaway-------------------------------Jatoba OM in the finish room

Jatoba OM Getting the neck and then the fingerboard glued

Walnut Dreadnought -------------------------------------------------------------------------Binding the headstock of an OM

New headstock shape----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Carving the neck

Doing fret work on a 1972 LaPlant 12 string--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Semi hollow body --------------------

Neck Joint on semi hollow body--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Semi Hollow body

Semi hollow block and ribs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Glueing the top and back

Jatoba OM back ----------------------------------------Semi Hollow body ribs

Starting a new hollow body electric project --------================================================--------Preping the top for the bridge

New OM bodies

Glueing the top on an OM-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Genevieve puts the linings in

An Adirondack and a Sitka spruce top are done-----------------------------------------------------------------------------A new rosette design ----------------

Using a light table to inspect the center joint----------------------------------------------------------------Glueing up a sinker redwood top

Jatoba OM ribs -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hand planes

Tim in the spray booth-------------------------------------------------------------------Bending the sides for the Jatoba OM

----------------------------------------The Peruvian Walnut Dreadnought -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Refinishing a LaPlant

Glueing the fingerboard onto the Walnut D -----------------------------------------------Sun soundhole in the Librada

Glueing on the neck of the Walnut D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Preping the fingerboard ----------------

Ziricote Om with the Tonerite-----------------------------------------------------Koa D finish reflection

Glueing the bridge on the Koa D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fret work---------------------------

------------Some new guitars ------------------------------------------Ryan Lee with his new bass

Koa D in the white-------------------------------------------------------------Ziricote Rosette------------------------------------------------Propane Bass painted

Glueing the fingerboard onto the guitar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dart Volute -----------------------

Fingerboards prepped and ready for frets------------------------------------------------------------------Glueing the neck on the Ziricote OM

Glueing the neck on the Koa D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dovetail neck joint

Making the scarf joint------------------------------------------------------------------------------Glueing the headstock

Ziricote OM ------------------------------------------------------------------------Laminating some necks --------------------------------------------Nolan decides what he wants

Koa D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Walnut D cutaway

The propane bass almost done------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tim cleaning up a guitar body ------------------------

Rabbets for the binding and purfling on a cutaway--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The ribs for a Jatoba OOO --------------------

The propane tank Bass--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Jatoba OOO back

Adding the last parts to the soundboards ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------The boxes are closed ------------

Nolan trying out the new Librada----------------------------------------------------------------------------Propane bass body

Finished acoustic guitars ----------------------------------------------------Librada body

New guitars in process ------------------------------------------------------------------------The Cocobolo OM back side

------------------Glueing the back on the Ziricote OM -------------------------------------------------------Genevieve sanding the inside of th Peruvian Walnut Dreadnought

Ziricote and Abalone Rosette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Glueing on the X brace

Koa D top -----------------------------------------------------------------------------The start of another Librada

New rack for tops and backs--------------------------------------------------Librada strung up --------------------------------------------------------Ziricote OM ribs ----------

Glueing on the bridge plate------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The back and sides ready for the top

Librada with a seal coat ---------------------------------------The start of a new dreadnought ------------------------------------------------OM sides

-------------------------Laying out the parts --------------------------------------------------------------Koa D back and sides

Nolan and Victor recording the Bramlett guitar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bending forms-----------------------

Guitar cases-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The body is closed and binding is on

----------------------------------------------------------In the finish booth------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Working on the neck for the Librada

 

Glueing on the bass fingerboard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside the Librada

---------------The Librada sides-------------------------------------------------------Inlay on a birds eye maple fingerboard

Black hardware on the black walnut -------------------------------------------------------------------Red lighted side dots

Walnut bass back-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Putting on a back graft

Figured walnut bass body ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Librada bracing

Clamping a body cap ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting a new guitar

New electric guitars -------------------------------------------------Walnut/Birdseye bass ------------------------------------------Carbon fiber rods and truss rod

-----------Bramlett guitar ------------------------------------------Nolan James checks out the Sonic Sitka Guitar----------------------- --------Finishing the Coco OM ------

The neck is on the OM ____________--------------_-_______________The Panther

Routing for binding ----------------------------------------------Getting the Panther together

The chambered body with the cap on it --------------------------------------The cocobolo OM

OM tops --------------------- --------------------------------chambers in a Jatoba body

Tuning the sonic sitka _______________________________________Alder body

The beginning of a cocobolo OM -------------------------------------------------------Making a saddle -------------

In the finish room ----------------------------------------Sonic sitka -------------------------------------------Midnight Blue

Lighted side dots -------- --------------------------------------Glueing on the finger board

Sun inlay for the Midnight Blue bass -------------------------------------------Fiber optics for side dots

Sonic Sitka cutaway ------------------------------------Carving the neck ----- ----------------------------Sonic Sitka and Blue Guitar

Not blue yet but it will be _______------------------------- -------------------________Sonic sitka body

Sonic sitka guitar project ribs and bear claw sitka soundboard.

A player with his new guitar ____-----_____Glueing a sitka soundboard

The Midnight Bass carbon fiber rods and truss rod --------------------------Bending sides for and acoustic guitar

New pictures of the shop with new tools and cabinets

Using a granite flat stone for preparing the fingerboard----------------------Gluing the neck on the Malaysian Dreadnought

Malaysian Blackwood Dreadnought __ ________________A A neck through bass with less frills

Putting the completed guitar through its paces------------------------------------------ The Phoenix electric guitar

Guitars in the finishing booth---------------------Some electrics in process----------------------- Malaysian Blackwood sides

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Quilted mahogany bass-------------------------------------------- Victor trying out his project Telecaster

Inside an acoustic guitar ---------------------------------------------Neck/body dovetail joint

Photo shoot------------------------------Fitting marquetry purfling --------------------------Tim working on Victors guitar

A Tele restoration project --------------------------Necks for a 14 fret D and a 12 fret OOO

Dreadnought with new rosette---------------------------------------------------Many domestic and exotic woods are kept on hand

Tim in the new shop-------------------------------------------------------------Dreadnought end graft

OOO back detail --------------------------------------------------------------OOO top detail

Matt Finishing guitars

Cocobolo Dreadnought ------------------------------------------------------------Head stock Inlay

Gluing on the linings -----------------------------------Carving braces-------------------------------Clamping the back braces

Dreadnought Bodies -------------- -------------------------------------------New rosette using rosewood and Paua Abalone

Binding going on to the Venetian cut away archtop --------------------------------------- The neck for the Venetian cutaway archtop

Gluing the back on the classical ------------------------------------------------ Classical getting its binding

Gluing the neck on to the non cutaway archtop----------------------------------------------- Bracing for the triple O

Fitting the sides on a classical guitar -------------------------------------------- Solid electric bodys