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Handmade from the finest select woods and materials
Acoustic Archtop Guitars
by Master Luthier
Tad R. Brown
Workshop
Inside The Workshop
Sunburst color coat
Red Spruce Top Wedges
joining maple back wedges
chainsaw carving maple back
f hole binding & purflings
solid rosewood tailpiece
Boulder flatirons inlay
bigleaf maple archback
binding & purfling routers
Fitting the dovetail
Charlie Christian pickup
gluing f hole bindings
trimming neck set angle
routing neck extension rabbit
bending sides
joining red spruce top wedges
checking neck set angle
Adirondack spruce archtop
micro ground lapis lazuli gemstone in nitrocellulose lacquer
african blackwood finger-rest
gluing the neck joint
rough carving neck profile
Thickness sanding sides
Bigleaf maple back and sides
Truss rod cap inlay
Binding and purfling ledges
body shape form
Moorish idols gold mop
Arm rest contour
dovetail body mortise
F hole bindings
gluing back to sides
Cutting the headstock
F hole binding & purfling
planing neck thickness
Soundport inside view
Neck shaping
inside body of sound-box
String grounds
shaping back profile
Rough carving maple archback
gluing bindings
gluing top to body
carving and graduating top thickness
back rough carved
Pacific Sun neck
Sanding sides flush
routing dovetail neck joint
True Blue Red Maple Back
Charlie Christian pickup
shaping top profile
ready to bend
armstrong p-90, high/low coil tap, low profile volume & tone controls
top glued to body
Truss cap inlay
routing binding channels
routing dovetail mortise
gold mother of pearl blanks
polished interior
adjustable tailpiece
bending venetian cutaway
bindings trimmed from sides
bindings glued tight
neat and clean
gluing kerfed lining
top ready to join sides
resawing adirondack spruce tops
Cobalt steel magnets, CC pickup
dovetail neck tenon
signature f hole binding & purfling
cutting f holes
gorgeous red maple
dry pigments
african blackwood tailpiece
sanded and prepped for finish
Deep Pacific mermaid inlay
3 piece neck blank
gold mop seahorse inlay
joining maple archback
shaping rib contour
gluing tone bars
gluing neck reinforcements
solid rosewood finger-rest
seahorse inlay gold mop
carving tone bars
red and paua abalone blanks
shaping armrest contour
blackwood tailpiece, buffed and polished
solid bigleaf maple back
gluing f-hole binding & purfling
adjustable rosewood bridge
gluing endblocks
red maple back profile
5 gram ultra-light bridge & saddle
maple body
gluing neck binding
installing side dots
fan fret neck
Pacific Sun seahorse
deep pacific inside body
body binding
reconstituted stone inlays
armrest binding ledges
fret press
thickness calipers
rib contour bevel
joining spruce top wedges
logo stamp
workshop
gluing neck extension
bound tight, no masking tape!
gluing fingerrest mount
Deep Pacific fingerboard inlay
ready for sealer
scraping down to final thickness
polished inside, bigleaf maple
string ground, titanium tailgut
neat kerfed linings
inlay shell blanks
machining blackwood tailpiece
rough carved back
neck set alignment jig
red maple neck pieces
fitting the neck
True Blue headstock sketch
clamping 3 piece neck
red maple back inside profile
rough carving inside back
cutting f holes
fitting neck heel
pernambuco fingerrest inlay
1 piece maple neck
carving inside back
side & bindings ready to bend
one piece maple neck
Deep Pacific inlays
polished kingwood fingerrest
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