The Growth of an Inlay

A nice little inlay for my parents SJ.

Last Week of Progress

I have been getting a few things done. Here area couple of shots of the latest in the que. First is the Honduran SJ, with amazon accents. I need to bind it up, clean up, and get it ready for finish. Then there is a shot of one of the Ziricote twins, looking very nice IMHO. I am excited about these guitars as they are meeting my expectations as I am building. Also, there is a shot or two of Pete Jung's doublecut Ziegenfuss bass. The body is together and will be carved this weekend - Then on to the neck.

Enjoy,
Stephen

Yeah, that's mine on the left. This ad is posted in the May issue of Premier Guitar Magazine. I am pretty stoked.

Getting The Macassar Done

First, a note of safety: At Ziegenfuss guitars, we take safety very seriously - even the new assistant came to work on her first day fully decked out in the proper safety attire.

Then, you can see some pictures of the last of the Montreal offerings - the Macassar ebony doublecut 6 string. I am trying something new with the binding, where I used curly aspen as a solid laminate layer under the macassar. Then during the carve, I will come down precisely to the aspen to make it look like a full binding.

Stephen

Well,

It has been a little while. I have been busy recently, traveling most weekends - and now that I have an 8 mo. old in the house, running machines past 8 PM has been unnacceptable, laving me exactly 1 hour each night to get anything done - if I can spend all my free time guitar building. Regardless, We'll get these worked out. Below you will see a couple pictures of the maccassar ebony doublecut 6 str. that is slated for the Montreal Guitar show - provided I can get it done. As well you will see a couple pictures of Jung's doublecut bass, which will be sweet. I am hoping he likes the two tone coco for his fretboard. I think it really catches his vision.

Stephen

Some March Work

Here is a quick shot of the solid linings I made for the Feldman OM I am working on...

All the rest of the shots are a Honduran rosewood E2 with all amazon rosewood (macacuaba)appointments. I think this guitar is heading to my parents, If I can make it flashy enough for their tastes...The honduran is just so elegant, relatively straight grained. Nice stuff.

Grace and Peace.

Solid Linings for the Feldman OM

Well,
I am finally finishing up the solid cedar linings for the Feldman OM. They are 4 ply 0.050", and are laminated around a male mold. Then I clean them up, route a roundover and glue them in...

Pretty nice looking. smell good too.

Stephen