Author Archives: LuthierMan

Today I tapered the sides so the body will be shallower near the neck and deeper near the tailpin, by marking the sides and cutting this slice away.  I love the weird looking objects one generates as a biproduct of … Continue reading →

Tonight I put linings in the first side of the guitar. I do this differently than anybody else I know: I use bent wood strips, instead of saw-kerfed linings like the big makers. The big names all use those notchey … Continue reading →

I need to buy more walnut tomorrow before I can do the maple one. These things are curvy. Nice deep indent at the waist.

Here’s a picture of the two guitars hanging up to dry, base blocks installed: I’m going to run fast with these while the magic is happening. I only bent the sides yesterday… and I’m already gluing the parts together. I … Continue reading →

Time was, I’d bend the sides for my guitars using (1) a steam chamber, and (2) a metal form that had about 3000 Watts of incandescent bulbs inside, and (3) a lot of luck, and usually not enough of that. … Continue reading →

I used to show off my guitar builds to friends on Facebook. Because of Facebook’s  arrogance and carelessness, and the fact they allowed the private information of millions of people to be compromised, I am deleting my account there. This … Continue reading →