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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Disaster, or Temporary Setback?
Finishing problems!
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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
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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...
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Next Cab Off the Rank? A Manchinga OM.
A Manchinga OM.
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What's on the Bench?
As many of my blog posts hereabouts will attest, construction of my workshop occupied me for the best part of four years; even now there...
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The Bubinga Lottery
The task of bending the sides gave some cause for concern when I decided to use my one and only set of Bubinga recently. I was already...