Late September

Just a couple of update pictures of what has been going on.

My awesome daughter...so happy to be in the shop with me :)

 Rob's back and fretboard...nice color palate

 Feldman's OM - a closeed box!!!

 Here is a sample of his binding scheme.

 And a couple of pictures of rosettes...for Rob's and Jake's guitars.

 I also glued up the primary x-bracing on Rob's top...

I promise she was so much happier than these pictures suggest.  She loves being in my shop with me...I will get some better pictures to prove it...

A Smattering of Work

I put the backstrap in on Jake Rye's Coco Grand Auditorium.  Now it will be much more stable to work with and will be mated to the sides very soon.

 I simply have to finish sand and prep Goodrich's Bryliegh, and it will be ready for finish!

 I also pretty much worked out Feldman's soundport, so I am ready to close the box...hopefully tonight

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This is Jake's back with the backstrap installed. 

 And finally, I put the back strap in on Vischers Bryleigh.

Hollowbody ALS

And...I glued and jointed and glued wood for Seth's Hollowbody ALS.  Just the body will will composed of 5 nice layers of wood...Beautiful  stuff though.  You cannot really tell from the pictures how nice the maple is, and how QRTSWN the mahogany is.  I cannot wait to start putting this thing together.

OH yeah, and here is my awesomely messy shop.  I actually thought it looked clean...

Goodrich Bryleigh

These are a bit out of order, but I got Dave's neck flossed in, fretted the FB, and finished up the assembly.  Not long now!

Feldman OM Progress

Well, it has been a hectic and exciting week.  I have been focusing on efficient workflow...i.e. continuing to work on other projects while waiting for glue to dry on current projects.  Hence, I have a lot of progress to show.  Beats picking my nose.    Here are some shots of the Feldman OM.  I got the soundport patch in, and roughed in the sound port.  Now I need to clean it up and close up the box!

Lee Roessler

Another shot of Lee at a show with his / my sweet baby...

Stephen

Well,  for all intents and purposes, my wife and I have completed the new room!  Now I can lug some furniture into it and get back to building guitars.  I am really proud of it, and love that I do not have to spend countless hours filling every crack and void in the woodwork :)

The new baby is very soon in coming, any day now!