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’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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

An elliptical herringbone rosette on the custom Deep Lake has been glued and sanded. In the photo above, James is applying glue with a pipette to the purfling strips seated in the rosette grooves. Below, James shows us the completely glued rosette; he has not sanded the rosette flat yet. In this last photo, the [...]