The Waimea slack key guitar is almost ready for the spray booth where it will get its lacquer finish. It now has two coats of sanding seal and one coat of pore fill. It will be sanded back and then head into the spray booth. Its flamed curly Koa back and sides will pop under [...]

The herringbone purfling is being fitted to the perimeter of the Deep Lake soundboard. First the purfling slot and binding slots are routed.  The flamed Koa binding and the herringbone purfling are bent to shape, then James tapes both purfling and binding in place as he prepares to glue them to the body. With the [...]