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Necks in Progress

Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Layne

Four guitar necks are in progress. Actually, there are two more that did not make it into the photo.  All the necks are made of Honduran Mahogany.  The first one on the left is the neck for the guitar I am making (with James’ mentoring), a “000.”  Second from the left is the neck for [...]


Slack Key Model: “Waimea”

Posted on February 7th, 2009 by Layne

One of our new models is making headway fast. This is the Russell slack key guitar, a custom version, requested by our customer and friend, Jeff Cook. Jeff wanted two non-round soundholes in an abalone type shape, and so he got them. He also wanted his pickup jack to be around the side a bit [...]