Waimea Slack Key Guitar Gets Lacquer

The Waimea slack key guitar has been sprayed and is hanging in the shop to cure.  The Koa is starting to show off its depth and flame under the finish. It is just a taste of what it will look like after it is wet-sanded and buffed out.  In this photo you can see the hole for the jack which will be flush mounted. The K&K pickup system is already installed.

The Russell Deep Lake, our 16″ jumbo size guitar, is ready for its neck carve. In these photos you can see updates of the completed herringbone purfling, end graft, headstock, fitting the fretboard to the neck, and working on the fretboard end curve. The fretboard is made of figured Madagascar Rosewood. The first photo shows a mock-up of this Deep Lake before the neck carve and the fretboard end curve.

Russell Deep Lake Guitar in Progress
Fitting Neck and Fretboard
Marking the Fretboard End Curve
Russell Deep Lake Headstock
Deep Lake End Graft

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