Acoustic Guitar Construction

Pacific Rim Tonewoods worked with Trevor and is offering Sonic graded tops. They measure density, Elong and Q. They are pretty local to me, but in this case they had a stack of sets at the Guild of American Luthiers and I selected a few sets that were very stiff for their density. I plan to do chec...

Looks and sounds great, What tuners are those. I used Gotoh Midsize 510 for the first time on my latest. I had been using grover or waverly but I am sold on this style of tuner I love how they mount and feel while tuning.

Finally finished. I level sanded and buffed out the finish. I was happy with all but the headstock veneer. It was almost OK but the inlay on one side was just a tad low and I did not get it level properly before spraying. I sanded off the finish and properly leveled the headstock and decided to use ...

Here is a guitar I have been working on for a bit. It is my first guitar after two eye surgeries to get decent vision in one of my eyes. I took off building for nearly a year. Now my vision is pretty good and I am enjoying my time in the shop. Here is the guitar just strung up. It has great tone. On...

I've been using the Assilex lately and recently got a sample set of Buflex (P2000, P2500 and P3000). This stuff is great, finish sanding with no water. Free samples are available, https://eagleabrasives.com/sample/sampler.php?for=assilex, or https://eagleabrasives.com/sample/sampler.php?for=buflex....