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red maple back inside profile

1 piece maple neck

bigleaf maple archback

solid rosewood tailpiece

Sunburst color coat

True Blue Red Maple Back

installing side dots

bindings trimmed from sides

Pacific Sun seahorse

Deep Pacific mermaid inlay

gorgeous red maple

binding & purfling routers

True Blue headstock sketch

solid bigleaf maple back

Charlie Christian pickup

gluing tone bars

african blackwood tailpiece

red maple back profile

Binding and purfling ledges

Red Spruce Top Wedges

Deep Pacific fingerboard inlay

Sanding sides flush

shaping top profile

Cobalt steel magnets, CC pickup

fan fret neck

f hole binding & purflings

gold mop seahorse inlay

gluing neck reinforcements

cutting f holes

gluing top to body

cutting f holes

logo stamp

polished kingwood fingerrest

clamping 3 piece neck

gold mother of pearl blanks

fitting neck heel

red and paua abalone blanks

resawing adirondack spruce tops

pernambuco fingerrest inlay

red maple neck pieces

african blackwood finger-rest

String grounds

rough carving inside back

trimming neck set angle

Boulder flatirons inlay

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machining blackwood tailpiece

checking neck set angle

Truss rod cap inlay

top glued to body

gluing neck binding

Charlie Christian pickup

3 piece neck blank

Deep Pacific inlays

gluing neck extension

polished inside, bigleaf maple

Moorish idols gold mop

joining spruce top wedges

Truss cap inlay

one piece maple neck

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