Top: Port Orford Cedar Back/sides: Honduran Mahogany Neck: Honduran Mahogany w/ black fiber center stringer, soft V profile Fingerboard/Bridge/Peghead Overlay: Indian Ebony Rosette: African Blackwood Binding: Ebony Body dimensions: Upper bout width: 9 3/8″ Waist width: 7 5/8″ Lower bout width: 13″ Thickness: 3 1/4″ – 4 1/4″ Scale length: 25” Fingerboard [...]
One piece unchambered Honduran Mahogany body” One piece Honduran Mahogany neck, 50's carve” Indian Ebony fingerboard w/ medium jumbo frets” African Ebony peghead overlay w/ Mother of Pearl inlay” Pender AlNiCo 4 Soapbar P90s, unpotted” CTS Potentiometers” Sprague "orange drop" capacitors Scale length: 24.75” Fingerboard radius: 12″ Hot hide glued neck tenon [...]
Top: Engelmann Spruce Back/sides: Honduran Mahogany Neck: Douglas Fir with Black Walnut center stringer Fingerboard/Bridge/Peghead Overlay: Indian Rosewood Rosette: Tortoiseshell celluloid sound hole binding Binding: Rocklite Sundari w/ red/white/green rope purfling Body dimensions: Body Length: 13.5″ Upper bout width: 8″ Waist width: 6 3/4″ Lower bout width: 11 1/8″ Thickness: 3″ – [...]
Top: Engelmann Spruce Back/sides: Black Walnut Neck: Douglas Fir with Black Walnut center stringer Fingerboard/Bridge/Peghead Overlay: Indian Rosewood Rosette: Tortoiseshell celluloid sound hole binding Binding: Rocklite Sundari w/ white/black purfling lines Body dimensions: Body Length: 13.5″ Upper bout width: 8″ Waist width: 6 3/4″ Lower bout width: 11 1/8″ Thickness: 3" - [...]
Body: English Walnut Neck: English Walnut Peghead overlay, fingerboard, and bridge: Indian Rosewood Tailpiece, pickup cover, and backplate: Bocote Scale: 17" Tenor, Electronics: Soapbar-style pickup, made in house 500k master volume 500k master tone w/ .022 microfarad capacitor Switchcraft jack Hand rubbed French Polish finish * * [...]
Restoring a non-functional truss rod to working order can be one of the more complicated jobs that a luthier specializing in repair may have to undertake. In many cases, replacing a broken truss rod will require removal of the entire fingerboard, which is a costly and invasive procedure. On the more simple, single [...]
Repair and restoration work on vintage instruments can pose certain unique problems. Sometimes, restoring an instrument to playable condition while staying true to the original specs is not always possible, and compromises have to be made. Occasionally, the problem is the result of a design flaw on the manufacturers part (such as the plastic [...]
This Tacoma bass was in the shop recently for a broken headstock repair. Someone already attempted a repair, but the glue up failed. This makes fixing it properly a bit more difficult the second time around, as the glue residue left over from the previous attempt can weaken subsequent glue ups. Whoever attempted [...]
A refret is a serious undertaking on any instrument. On some vintage instruments, however, there are factors at play that make an otherwise routine job far more complicated. This late 1920's Regal tenor banjo has what is affectionately referred to as a 'Mother of toilet seat' fingerboard. The fingerboard itself is maple, but it's [...]
* * * * Available - Contact for purchase details * * * * This is the second of a pair of concert size ukuleles that I built in 2017. Both instruments are concert scale, although with soprano body dimensions, for a more traditional soprano ukulele tone and feel. The styling and [...]
