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Waimea Finish Waiting for Rub-Out

Posted on August 6th, 2009 by Layne

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 [...]


Deep Lake Pics, Ready for Neck Carve

Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by Layne

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 [...]