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fitting neck heel

Charlie Christian pickup

one piece maple neck

Red Spruce Top Wedges

gluing neck binding

gold mother of pearl blanks

logo stamp

joining spruce top wedges

f hole binding & purflings

binding & purfling routers

gluing tone bars

Deep Pacific mermaid inlay

african blackwood tailpiece

polished inside, bigleaf maple

trimming neck set angle

Sunburst color coat

Deep Pacific inlays

gold mop seahorse inlay

Binding and purfling ledges

african blackwood finger-rest

3 piece neck blank

Truss cap inlay

Deep Pacific fingerboard inlay

machining blackwood tailpiece

Pacific Sun seahorse

red maple neck pieces

gorgeous red maple

Truss rod cap inlay

polished kingwood fingerrest

rough carving inside back

solid bigleaf maple back

fan fret neck

String grounds

solid rosewood tailpiece

resawing adirondack spruce tops

clamping 3 piece neck

installing side dots

Cobalt steel magnets, CC pickup

cutting f holes

red maple back inside profile

True Blue Red Maple Back

Moorish idols gold mop

True Blue headstock sketch

shaping top profile

gluing neck extension

bigleaf maple archback

1 piece maple neck

cutting f holes

red and paua abalone blanks

red maple back profile

Boulder flatirons inlay

Sanding sides flush

Charlie Christian pickup

top glued to body

bindings trimmed from sides

workshop

gluing top to body

gluing neck reinforcements

checking neck set angle

pernambuco fingerrest inlay

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