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		<title>Russell Portland Semi-Hollow Body Electric</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new model semi-hollow body electric, called the Portland, is well on its way now. In design stages for a couple years, the  Portland is now entering the physical realm! This first Portland has a Honduran Mahogany chambered body and a flamed Redwood top. The flame will pop with finish.  The neck is also in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2010/08/portland/</link>
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		<title>Galiano Shaped Acoustic for Schoenberg Guitars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 1920&#8242;s Galiano shaped and inspired guitar is in process. It is being custom made for Eric Schoenberg  of Schoenberg Guitars in Tiburon, California. The shape of this Madagascar Rosewood guitar is traced from a 1920&#8242;s Galiano that was in Eric&#8217;s shop for some time. Eric asked James to make him a Schoenberg Galiano inspired [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2010/06/galiano/</link>
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		<title>Russell Telemark, Our T-Style electric, in the Spraying Stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Russell Telemark, a custom T-style guitar, is in the spraying stage. Only about four coats of spray have been applied so far. The body is made of lightweight Swamp Ash and the neck is made of thirty-five year old Honduran Mahogany. This is the new, updated prototype for this model. There are many wood, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2010/04/renegade-t-spraying-stage/</link>
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		<title>Deep Lake Guitar &#8211; Curing Stage &#8211; Ready to Rub Out!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Deep Lake guitar is at the end of the curing stage after all finish has been sprayed. In fact, at this point, after a couple weeks of hanging and curing, it&#8217;s time to start rubbing out the finish. This weekend! These photos are mock-ups taken on the kitchen table; the neck is sitting in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2010/03/deep-lake-curing/</link>
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		<title>New Guitar Model: Sweetbriar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sweetbriar parlor guitar is a new Russell guitar model. It has a 13 1/2&#8243; lower bout and a long vintage-style body similar to some of the original parlor guitars. This Sweetbriar has Madagascar Rosewood back and sides and a cutaway. The cutaway is optional on the Sweetbriar model, and the headstock can be slotted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2010/02/sweetbriar/</link>
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		<title>Wet Sanding the Deep Lake Guitar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James 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&#8217;s almost ready for curing. The neck is already done. Here you can see this Deep Lake&#8217;s flamed Koa end graft and binding. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2010/01/wet-sand/</link>
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		<title>Waimea slack key guitar complete!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are three photos of guitarist Jeff Cook with his new Russell Waimea slack key guitar.  These were taken when Jeff came over with his brother Jim to see his completed guitar and to play it for the first time.  There were lots of ooh&#8217;s and ahh&#8217;s that day!  James ordered heavier gauge strings that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/10/waimea-complete/</link>
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		<title>New addition to line: Russell ukuleles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ukuleles are the newest addition to the Russell Guitars line. The first three are in process now.  The one pictured here will most likely be the first of the three to be completed.  These first three are all concert ukuleles. James plans to focus on concert, tenor, and baritone ukuleles. The back and sides on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/09/russell-ukuleles/</link>
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		<title>Waimea Finish Waiting for Rub-Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/08/waimea-curing/</link>
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		<title>Deep Lake Pics, Ready for Neck Carve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Russell Deep Lake, our 16&#8243; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/08/deep-lake-update/</link>
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		<title>Waimea Is Heading to the Spray Booth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/07/waimea-heads-to-spray-booth/</link>
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		<title>Herringbone Purfling Fitted to the Deep Lake Soundboard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/07/deep-lake-gets-herringbone-purfling/</link>
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		<title>Slack Key Guitar &#8211; Neck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/06/slack-key-guitar-neck/</link>
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		<title>Deep Lake Bracing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/06/deep-lake-bracing/</link>
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		<title>Slack Key Guitar Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James shows Jeff Cook the progress on his flamed curly Koa &#8220;Waimea&#8221; 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&#8217;t be long, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://russellguitars.com/rgblog/2009/06/slack-key-progress/</link>
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