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Some better pics of my rube goldberg side bending hot pipe. It starts with an LMI aluminum pipe, packed with foil, hole drilled for heater element, connected to a variac as temp control (approx 45 volts=300 degrees) multimeter temp probe to verify temp,

10/27/2015

Here are some very nice pics taken in Portland of the guitar with Rocker Greg and Andy. Click pics to enlarge.

10/24/2015

Brownie II a hint of things to come. The top will be made from reclaimed Red Cedar called "sinkers". 30 grain lines per inch , old growth , pulled from a river in the pacific north west in the 90s ,over 130 years old. The back is curly walnut.

9/24/2015

Wow what a wild ride. This has been a great project start to finish. I hate to say Its over so I wont. New beginnings are all about exceling to the next level, making and improving and growing. So Its done, but not over. New pics , New build!!!-------

9/24/2015

And a couple more

9/24/2015

Here are some new pics.Ill be packing and delivering this very soon

9/24/2015

A couple of the newer jigs made for this arch top build. A clone of Stewmacs neck jig and a neck glue up jig.

9/1/2015

We are wrapping this build up quickly now. I just got the Jumbo TKL case, Its a nice case and I only had to adjust the neck support a tad. Ill be string it up with stainless flat wounds 11-52, in a day or 2. the compensated brass nut is being fine tuned

8/28/2015

Im nearing the end of this build now. Minor finishing and polishing, some work on the frets, a setup and intonation coming up.

8/21/2015

What a great day, exciting , scary, satisfying all at the same time. After much fitting the neck is glued on and is one with its body---whew !!! I imagined complicated jigs and clamps, but in the end 2 clamps a couple of cauls and a web clamp did the j

8/14/2015

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Author Greg Martin

I’m a self-taught guitar maker with 20+ years experience on top of a lifetime of woodworking knowledge. This blog documents the creation process of some of the guitars I have built.

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