Monday, April 29, 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

Sunday, April 21, 2013

maple


bookmatched fully quilted maple guitar top
intended for the ricky pictured below


sid - one of two guys older than I am - w/ his blue psuedo les paul

blue in a lighter shade is definitely an option for the top
should look like water

Saturday, April 20, 2013

under the quilt

so I've got this bitching piece of bookmatched quilted maple
and thinking of using it to do something like this...


Friday, April 19, 2013

wrock school again


doing a lion tamer in the squirrel cage
removing glue
fun stuff
we fought with this for daze...


look at the loony tune in the background


in the booth

shooting a guitar


Thursday, April 11, 2013

an axe and a label evolved and evolving


getting this ready to shoot
gonna paint it wet fart brown w/ a dookie burst
note the coolasfuck von zipper shades
and hat hair


the final and hundredth iteration of this thing
it's done and glued into the back of the acoustic

which means the acoustic box is going together soon
should be gluing the back to sides en la manana

wrock on

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

as usual more pics than words


ready to carve braces


go bar deck gluing
last two braces glued in place


fitting the back inlay is a pita


another instructor extraordinaire
steve ("steve-o"- I don't call him that) davis
demoing gibson neck joint
bore epoxy and carbon fiber rod reinforcement


bound guitar dry fit for neck glue
everything must be dressed right dressed and covered down
dotting i's and crossing t's
before venturing into one of the bermuda triangles of luthiery