"Wet Sanding the Russell Deep Lake guitar"
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’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 Madagascar back and sides are a beautiful red-brown with nice grain lines. The back strip is Herringbone as is the purfling around the soundboard and around the elliptical sound hole.

This guitar is being custom made for Anchorage singer-songwriter Gene Anderson.

 

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.

Carving the Bracing on a Russell Deep Lake

Deep Lake Bracing Close-up
Russell Deep Lake Bracing

 

Deep Lake "boat"
The Madagascar Rosewood Deep Lake model is now a “boat.” The Deep Lake is our largest acoustic steel string guitar; it’s a jumbo size with a 16″ lower bout.  In this photo you can see that the linings and side braces for this guitar are made of Mahogany.  You can also see some of the beautiful grain in the Madagascar.

Work has already been started on the neck and headstock for this guitar and the Carpathian Spruce soundboard is bookmatched, glued, and ready for the eliptical rosette work, so it’s coming along nicely. Soon the end graft will be put in, and at that point we’ll put up a photo showing that.

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