Kragenbrink Guitars Building Blog!

Been a long long times since I have posted on this blog, So I will update it with a current picture from my work bench. 4 piece cocobolo dr...

Since returning from the Montreal show I have been putting the finishing touches on Mark C's Cat guitar and getting it ready to finish. ...

My good friend John Creech was set to do my mini concert for the Montreal Guitar show. Unfortunately Johns plane was late getting to his air...

Well, we are back home now and getting back to normal life after a week in Montreal! What a great town and what a fantastic guitar show! Kud...

Here is Marks special headstock overlay glued down and profiled. Here is an overview of the guitar.

The body and bindings are done for Marks guitar. Its on to the neck, and then off to finish. Once this one is off I will be working on a pai...

Here are a few updates on Marks E2. For this pic the neck is just sitting in place, the mortise has not been cut yet. But it sort of gives y...

This guitar will be off to finish before I leave for the Montreal Guitar Show. Here are a few images of the back being glued to the rims, pl...

UPS dropped off a nice surprise today at my door :) A Master set of Koa! This will make one very fine geetar!

Always a bitter sweet time, as I have said here before. I grow to love these guitars as I build them. Once done, they are like grown kids an...

I had a chance to process a few more videos, this time off my camcorder, so they should have a little better sound! Both are of John Creech ...

The show was great, I had a blast! Got a chance to hang out with some guitar building buddies, made a few new friends and had the pleasure o...

Well, its finally here! The Newport in Miami guitar festival! I will have John Creechs spectacular Brazilian rosewood D-14. This guitar cam...

Starting Midnight on Friday, March 28th 2008 (ie. early Saturday morning). For a period of 24-48 hours my main site will be down as the comp...

Strings this week! And then its off to my good buddy Craig Lavin where it will wait for me to arrive in Miami for the show!

Always a bitter sweet time when I drop one of my babies in the mail to head off to there rightful owner for the rest of there days :( After ...

An update from the paint booth. John's brw dreadnought getting a nice tobacco burst.

My good friend and fellow guitar builder Stephen Ziegenfuss is blessed with the camera, he came over last night and took these pictures for ...