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 purfling and binding in place, he will then wrap the body with his truck tire tube rubber band and start the gluing process.  Both purfling and binding are glued at the same time. We will post photos when we get to that point.

This is the custom Russell Deep Lake being built for a singer-songwriter in Anchorage, Alaska. The Deep Lake is our 16″ jumbo model.  Our customer wanted an elliptical soundhole and he loves herringbone. There is also a herringbone back strip on this guitar. The body is Madagascar Rosewood and the soundboard is Carpathian Spruce.