Finish

Finish

Finish what you start. ...
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Customer Pickup

Customer Pickup

A joy of this work is seeing he look in a customer’s face when they open the case. A real treat though is seeing the look on his son’s face. ...
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Certificate

Certificate

The most intense joy of making instruments-seeing someone use what you’ve made to do something you could never do yourself. Perhaps play something that would not have been had it not been for the combination of two people’s...
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Perfection/Connection

At the NAMM show I stumbled across a guitar company's sign. In bold letters it said "THE AUTHORITY ON ACOUSTIC SOUND". It was even all capitalized.  It continued: "The pursuit of acoustic perfection is the driving force...
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NAMM

NAMM

I was invited to be part of the Boutique Guitar Showcase area NAMM. I’m here.l and happy. This will be intense. “The early settlers took up land they didn’t need and couldn’t use; they tool up worthless land just to own it....
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Mulecaster for Jason Momoa

Mulecaster for Jason Momoa

Not every day you get to build a guitar for Aquaman. ...
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Torrefied maple

Torrefied maple

Figured Woods, exotic wood, sapwood all have their place. But what do you get when combine an awesome North American hardwood + technology + an expert Canadian? This. This is perfectly quarter sawn torrefied hard maple. The...
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Joey Landreth Mulecaster

Joey Landreth Mulecaster

This past week a friend and I traveled to the barren tundra of Ontario to visit our friend and hand plane-maker extraordinaire Konrad Sauer. Oh, and JL stopped by to pick up his Mulecaster. https://youtu.be/eD7FaZQXCl8...
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Work

Work

If you want to get paid $20 an hour, do work worth that when getting $10.  -Matt...
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Reinvented Expectations

Reinvented Expectations

The purpose of making an instrument is to be inspirational and transparent and a component of that is building what people expect.  A guitar should guide players to new songs while also getting out of the way.   A three...
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