New wood just in!

Stickered and stacked away for future guitars are these two stunning sets of wood. First is a gorgeous set of Macassar Ebony, next, a very nice set of Madagascar rosewood, large enough for my 0-12 model.

Some weekly progress!

Here we have Mark Cashmans E2 sides getting there linings.




Next, Jack Wills back is sized up to match the sides.



Lastly, John Creech's 14 fret Brazilian/Carpathian Dreadnought gets its linings.

John Creechs Brazilian Dread

One of the five guitars I have going right now is a Brazilian rosewood dreadnought for John Creech. Here are the bent sides and the back, which has been braced.






Also, Jack Wills second OMFS sides were bent today. As of today, All the sides for my Miami & Montreal show guitars have been bent as well as both of Jacks. After all the rims are blocked and kerfed I will be moving on to the tops.

Some New amazing Cocobolo!

I recently got ahold of these two very fine sets of Cocobolo. Both are large enough for my OM Fingerstylist model.
They are both four piece back sets. Please inquire if interested!

Check out John Creech playing his LS Redwood/Indian E2

Just listen to that VOICE! Oh, John sings nice too ;-)

Update on Mike Crixells Rosette

Its done!

Mike Crixells Brazilian Rosewood Rosette!

Here is the rosette Mike and I picked for his guitar, its a very slender piece of figured Brazilian rosewood framed with a black/koa/black purfling.

Setting up to cut the ring from the rosewood blank.



Here you can see the outside diameter has been cut.



Next the inside cut is made.




Here we have the ring after its been cut from the blank.




Next I cut the channel in the top to fit the ring into.




Now the Brazilian rosette is in, with the inner and outer purflings, next I will flood it with Cynoacrylic glue, and then level.





Tonight I will level the rosette and get some finished pictures up!

As always, thanks for reading my blog!

Back and side assembly complete!

This last few days I was able to complete the back and side set assembly for Mike Crixells 000-FS, that's right, a 000. This will be the first ever OMFS with a 24.9" scale. Should be sweet. Here are a few pictures of the back and sides. Also on the bench is the completed rim set for Jack Wills #1 of 2 OMFS and Mark Cashmans completed rim set.. Pictures forth coming.

More progress on Mike Crixells LS Koa OMFS

This weekend saw Mikes Koa rims get the top kerfing added and the back side bowl sanded. The back kerfing will be added today and the back should be on some time this week. Then its on to Mark Cashmans Mahogany and Jack Wills Cocobolo rims!

Some shop progress

The last few weeks have been mostly consumed with family obligations but I did manage some shop time!
Here are a few of the things I have going..

More progress on Mike's Koa cutaway OMFS.


Mark Cashmans Carp/Hog E2.



Jack Wills Cocobolo twins.


More later!

Tops backs and sides!

This weekend was quite productive! I have parts for three more guitars started. The top and back to John Creech's Carpathian/Brazilian dreadnought have been joined, plus Mike Crixells NEW Koa sides are bent, and finally JimS' Addy top is joined and ready for profiling, also SteveOs top for his upcoming Euro/Madrose E2 has been joined and ready for profiling. That's all for now.

Update on Paul F's OMFS

Here is a little update on Pauls guitar!

Photo shoot and a visitor!

This evening I had two visitors, SteveZ came over and spent the evening shooting dozens of pictures of two guitars that I have here right now. My other visitor was a local guitar player and friend named Bernie.
I have had the good fortune of having Bernie come over and test drive my last two guitars. It is great to get a chance to hear a real player play them!
So here are two impromptu pictures Steve got of Bernie testing driving DavidR's new LS Coco OMFS. This thing has sustain for days!

David Rs OMFS heads home tomorrow

David will be here tomorrow to personally pick up his OMFS. I hope he likes it!
If he will let me, Ill try to sneak a few pictures and post an update.

Just a refresher, LS Redwood, Cocobolo with sapwood accents, Brazilian rosewood fretboard, bridge, headstock overlay, bindings and Rosette.

Here she is!

Post Healdsburg progress.

Since getting back from the Healdsburg guitar festival I have officially cleard my plate of all the guitars that I had started prior to the show. As of today I am working on a new batch! Yeah!

Here are the last two "Post HGF" guitars

Davids Raacks LS Redwood Cocobolo OMFS.




And here is Paul Fs LS Redwood Cocobolo OMFS that went to finish yesterday.

Several more lovely sets of Cocobolo acquired!

Just in, more stunning cocobolo! Actually, four sets! Two are of the "unbelievable" nature! Much like the set used on the "Little 0-12". And two are just plain fantastic. They are large enough for my OMSF model, possibly my E2, I haven't measured for that yet, and are clearly big enough for my 0-12. They are available now for future guitars. I suspect they will all be spoken for shortly though.

Moving forward! Back in the shop!

This week has been somewhat productive.
I will have DavidRs OMFS back from finishing on Saturday, the same day PaulFs OMFS goes to finish.
In the interim, I have gotten some more work done on the Brazilian Addy 0-12 for the Miami show, as well as Mike Crixells LS-Koa OMFS, I have the sides bent and blocked as of last night.

Also on my bench is a pair of OMFS' for Jack Wills. The backs are done and I am working on the tops now. Not a lot in the way of images to show, ill try to snap some tonight....

Im back, some what adjusted to the Eastern time zone.

Although, id have no trouble getting use to the Pacific time zone out there in Northern California, man what a great place!

I had a great "first" Healdsburg show, took two sold one (the little 0-12) and have several people very interested in the MBW E2 contact me since returning home. Below are a few select images from the show, and a slide show of over 200 random images. Enjoy!

Time for me to get back in the shop! David R's guitar is two weeks out and Paul F's first of 3 is headed to finish now. Next on the build list is a pair for JackW, Mike Crixells LS Koa OMFS and RayB's LS/Coco OMFS. More on them later!

Last note, Id like to thank Chris and the Luthiers Mercantile Int staff for putting on a show that exceed all my expectations! What a great bunch of folks! Good work guys!

Me and my table.

A long time friend from the 13th fret days

Marc Durso playing the 0-12.

A very nice fella who is also on my build list Jene

testing driving the MBW E2. This guy can play!

Slide Show of the weekend!