And associates too... Gus playing his new LP type with P90 pickups wound here in the Shop. Sounds Great! Nice Job Gustavo!!!

Finished top bracing of the 7 string.Sometimes I wonder why I was driven to save this guitar. I guess I like doing things the hard way. Potting an old tele pickup.Fender potted it when it was made, but you can see by the bubbles coming out that they didn't do it very long. It spent about an hour in the bath before the bubbles stopped. No more microphonics!! After all that, a break at my favorite outdoor bar, drinking a vermouth. Ahhhh

Finally, a few minutes to update things. We are a Cultural Organization! Artesans de Fusta i Corda! More photos of members. Tony building a double cutaway LP, laminated linings for David's acoustic, Ander working on his Strat style neck. more coming when I can. Thanks everybody!

Getting There

Finally starting to put things together on the 7 string. I put lower 'kite' braces. Although not original, the top is Very thin and needs more support. Also a bridge patch, not original either. This guitar has to resist 7 strings. Custom bent and laminated the missing piece of lining, and the top is now reglued.

Back from vacations, and back to work with the 7 string. Latest updetes, shortend up the sides a little for a better fit for the back and top bindings. And with a soft brush, I was actually able to clean off the paper repair over the lable. More coming soon......Also a photo of Sebastian with his newly finished classical. Nice Job!!!

You can see here what I found when I took off the tap plate. And a photo of it cleaned up. also the back is about ready to get to work. Sure looks alot differnt. Glad epoxy didn't exist back then.

Restoration Time

A real mess in here. Just about cleaned up. First repair is to glue up this split cross brace