What's In a Name?
The back and sides of this guitar are of narra, which is an alternative name for a wood that's most often marketed in this country as New...
Wow Factor - Australian Blackwood
I couldn't wait to see the grain of this Australian blackwood come to life when epoxy was applied, so I didn't! This wasn't a...
Winter Is Coming!
As I immersed myself in the task of designing my workshop a few years ago, I looked into the possibility of dedicating a corner of the...
A New Tool
After gluing purflings to these ebony bindings the other day, I used this scraping tool to clean up and precisely thickness the strips...
The Other End of the Workshop
It's only natural - and advantageous - that guitar builders develop some skills where playing the guitar is concerned. Frankly, I'd love...
A Problem Solved
As I dicussed in my previous blog post, some years ago I placed recently sprayed guitar bodies in new guitar cases before all the solvent...
Disaster, or Temporary Setback?
Finishing problems!
Manchinga/Engelmann Spruce OM - Update
With the top attached, I now have four guitar bodies ready for binding. Something to look forward to (said nobody, ever!) Cheers Pete
Progress: Manchinga/Engelmann Spruce OM
I've made some progress with this guitar over the past few weeks; however, I was hampered by the manchinga sides that rippled badly...
Next Cab Off the Rank? A Manchinga OM.
A Manchinga OM.
