pete brown guitars

The lighting in my workshop is a stand-out feature I notice and appreciate every day. Banks of LED strip lights supplement the natural light available through several large windows, making woodworking a much more pleasant pursuit and reducing my propensity to screw things up from time to time. One downside is that photographing my work is frustrating to say the least, with reflections on glossy finished instruments very hard to eliminate entirely. A pair of LED movie lights i

Here are some more photos of this 00 model guitar in East Indian rosewood and Engelmann spruce. I expect to be in a position to pore-fill and apply lacquer top coats within the next couple of weeks. I'm very happy with the guitar up to this point, and I'm confident that finishing will present few challenges other than it being the usual long, drawn-out process! Cheers, Pete

With a lower bout width of 14.5", a 12th fret body join, and a 24.9" scale length, what else could I call this new model but a "00"? It's a relief to see the body emerging from its unavoidable ugly phase. The bindings have been levelled and the Engelmann spruce soundboard and East Indian rosewood back and sides have been cleaned up a little for this initial photo shoot. With plans for an oil-finished neck, I've been able to install frets; the headstock face and heel cap will

It's taken so long to complete this guitar that it features a body shape I've long since modified. The shape of the heel is very...

With this - the first of a batch of five guitars - now strung up, I can begin to relax a little and allow myself a moment to enjoy the...

I had some spare time recently as I waiting for the lacquer I'd sprayed on my current batch of acoustic guitars to cure in readiness for...

I put this East Indian rosewood/European spruce guitar to one side as I proceeded with my usual process of wet sanding and buffing four...

I'm definitely not the most experienced finisher around, and thought it wise recently to undertake something of a personal refresher...

It's a fact of life that events and circumstances can conspire to delay and reshape our plans, and this has certainly been the case where...

I'm still chasing rogue sanding scratches and polish residue on this Claro Walnut/Port Orford guitar body, but I'm calling it "done" for...