A couple more

This is a shot of Dave Goodrich's granadillo back. Though he does not want a high gloss finish, and oil/ shellac application really brings out the warmth in this wood. In my humble opinion, it sounds 10 times better than it looks.

Then it occurred to me that the ziricote twins were inhabiting the molds that I need to move forward with Dave's guitar, so they have been getting some attention again as well. I glued up the back on #2, and am working on their tops now.

Goodrich's Bryleigh Series

Well, this is an order to be finished sometime in the summer, but I have been getting a head start because I really just felt like working on it. It is a Bryleigh Series for a close friend, with granadillo back and sides and a carpathian top. I used granadillo for both rosette rings as well, and will be using a mixture of sitka and carpathian for the bracewood.

Pete's Finished Bass

Just a couple quick pictures.

Halloween Weekend

Look at that curly maple. CV tonewoods gave me some seriously special wood for these 2 special guitars that I am building.

I had a clamping war with myself. I won.
The neck joint on Ziegenfuss set necks is a bit complicated. Basically, I key it into the back, as well as the top plate, so that I can get the heavy neck to body carve without giving up too much structural integrity.

Some recent work

Well, I have a list of things I need to get done and soon, including 2 new builds, 1 refinish, 1 new finish, and 1 repair - then I can get back to relaxed acoustic building. Regardless, here are a couple of pictures of the recent work around the shop.

Jung DoubleCut

Well, this bass is a bit of a long time coming, but she is just about done and ready for finish. Enjoy the pictures:

Finally - Back in the Shop

Well, first, I would like to say please visit my full website at ziegenfussguitars.com. Though it links to this site as my blogging page, once I get the full blogging setup going at that site, I plan on transitioning over.

Anyway, here is some recent work in the shop. The first couple pictures are of twin doublecut electrics that are going on consignment to a very special music store. More on that later. Below that, you will see a couple pictures of Pete Jung's Custom Tradition 35" scale 4 string bass. I finished the inlays and just finished the neck bolting scheme last night - so we are pretty close to going to finish. Hopefully very soon.

Also, I would like to let everyone know that Lynn Burke at Blues City Music will be selling guitars for me, and he has two available right now.

Thanks so much!

Stephen