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Sound hole sticker designs
Almost forgot. I should put a label in the sound hole before I string up the guitars. Brainstormed a version of my typical dB initials that looks a bit instrumentish. I hate my handwriting but I don’t...
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Guitar One- Strung up
Well… its alive! My first acoustic guitar. Weighs in at 3.25 pounds. Mad dash to get this strung up today. Still minor things to do, but I just needed to hear one of these. Oh and I went with a...
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First Guitars- Complete!
Well… they are both done! My first guitar(s). I don’t really have a bucket list, but if I did, building a guitar was definitely on it. So, hypothetically speaking, could I check that off my list...
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Double Rainbow
Played a gig on upright last night. It was a party at a house out in the country. Weather was beautiful. It rained for 5 minutes at a set break. So I took a quick pic of a nice double rainbow. Ran...
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Brooklyn Field Trip
Field trip to Brooklyn. Part of my forced hiatus from the workshop. Spending a couple nights at my sisters place. A stop at Gramercy Tools and got a few items, luckily its not very retail friendly, or...
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Pardon our appearance…
I just migrated my blog to this site. There is a ton of housekeeping and organization that needs to happen now, tags to clean up, posts to be categorized, etc… So please bear with me as I try my best...
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Guitar Stand
Making a couple quick guitar stands. Using some of the mahogany from my friends porch. Taking the opportunity to practice making blind sliding dovetails. Filed under: Music related posts, Woodwork
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A little overdue bass maintenance
I’ve been playing a bit more bass lately. Much less frustrating for me than guitar. This is a wacky little 1968 SD Curlee short scale. My bass teacher had one of these and I found one on ebay a while...
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New workshop addition
I have a new corner, or wall, in the workshop. Made a quick bench out at my dad’s shop, using his power tools, mainly because I don’t really have room for anything major. Used two old drawers and...
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Wood shopping trip…
My dad and I went to the local saw mill. This is what I picked up. More flamed maple, two boards. One big board of flamed ambrosia maple. One board of amazon mahogany, and a big chunk of basswood....
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Guitar stands so I can move them out of the shop
Finished my guitar stands and finally moved them out of the shop. The humidity in my house is pretty close to what it was in the shop when everything was glued up, which makes me fairly comfortable....
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Starting a new guitar build(s)- based on a 1937 Gibson OO
I signed up to do a build along with an online forum I post in. Basically an experienced luthier will lead a virtual build, and everyone will do the same shape and use the same top wood. All other...
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In rare form…
Ok, maybe not rare, but its a form. I on the other hand, may be in rare form. I’ve been replacing lyrics in my head all day. Currently “Hazy shade of winter” by the Bangles, somehow involving...
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Afternoon of resawing in my dads shop.
Found a new blade for the band saw. Changed blades after I made a plexi template, then did a thorough set up. It cut much nicer this time. Used about 5 feet of the bigger flamed maple board. Resawed...
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Gibson OO- Side bending
I decided that today was the day to thickness and bend up a set of flamed maple sides. Here they are resawn. I had done some test cuts with my planes. The antiques didn’t really do well. I have a Lie...
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Kerfing- the verb
Did a bit more today. Slept till 9:00 which is surprisingly late for me, but I’ve been sleeping poorly for the past few nights. Early mornings are my most productive time, but I was still able to...
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More of the same. Kind of.
Finished the kerfing on the first after planing the back to a taper. The tail is 4 1/8″ deep, tapering to 3 1/4″ at the heel. Thicknessed and bent the sides on the second. Did a much better job...
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Got some exciting mail today…
The tops for the Gibson build arrived. I got three sets of Lutz spruce for these, though I will only use two. This comes from British Columbia. The supplier I bought from gives a name to all the...
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Sides are caught up to each other…
Second set for the GIbson OOs got its heel and tail blocks, kerfing on the front, a taper on the back, and kerfing on the back… just like the first one. I kind of had to figure out how to do the...
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Well, enough with the sides already!
They are as done as they are going to be until I get ready to fit the tops and backs. Two sets of flamed maple and one cherry. This is what I’m going to do with them: Guitar #3- Flamed maple back...
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