RSSJames does the wet-sanding process on the Deep Lake guitar. It is wet sanded after receiving several coats of finish each day. The guitar hangs overnight, then the process is repeated. It’s almost ready for curing. The neck is already done. Here you can see this Deep Lake’s flamed Koa end graft and binding. The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]