James glues the Ebony fretboard to the neck of the Waimea slack key guitar. The neck is Honduran Mahogany and the headstock is slotted. The Madagascar Rosewood headplate is already glued on the headstock, the slots are cut, and the tuner holes are drilled. In the photo below the asymmetrical curve at the end of [...]

The bracing on the soundboard of the Deep Lake is made of Adirondack Spruce and is nonstandard elliptical bracing.  The soundboard is Carpathian Spruce. This particular Deep Lake has a custom elliptical soundhole.

James shows Jeff Cook the progress on his flamed curly Koa “Waimea” slack key guitar. The body is complete and some neck work has been done.  The headplate on the slotted headstock is book-matched Madagascar Rosewood to match the binding, bridge, and end graft.  Now the neck is ready to carve. It won’t be long, [...]