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rough carving inside back

Truss rod cap inlay

joining spruce top wedges

Deep Pacific mermaid inlay

binding & purfling routers

resawing adirondack spruce tops

Moorish idols gold mop

Sanding sides flush

String grounds

Charlie Christian pickup

solid rosewood tailpiece

african blackwood finger-rest

bindings trimmed from sides

cutting f holes

logo stamp

trimming neck set angle

polished kingwood fingerrest

one piece maple neck

polished inside, bigleaf maple

gluing top to body

bigleaf maple archback

red maple back inside profile

solid bigleaf maple back

Binding and purfling ledges

1 piece maple neck

red and paua abalone blanks

fan fret neck

Charlie Christian pickup

gorgeous red maple

cutting f holes

3 piece neck blank

Red Spruce Top Wedges

installing side dots

True Blue Red Maple Back

shaping top profile

Cobalt steel magnets, CC pickup

gluing neck reinforcements

gluing neck extension

f hole binding & purflings

Truss cap inlay

Deep Pacific fingerboard inlay

pernambuco fingerrest inlay

clamping 3 piece neck

gold mop seahorse inlay

top glued to body

red maple neck pieces

african blackwood tailpiece

Boulder flatirons inlay

machining blackwood tailpiece

Pacific Sun seahorse

Deep Pacific inlays

gluing neck binding

red maple back profile

gluing tone bars

gold mother of pearl blanks

checking neck set angle

fitting neck heel

Sunburst color coat

True Blue headstock sketch

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