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Herringbone Purfling

Morning Swallowtail in Flight

The herringbone purfling, already bent to shape with heat, is fitted to the purfling slot routed in...

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Uploaded on Jul 2, 2009

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A Swallowtail butterfly visits our Wallflowers in the front yard. They love purple flowers and visit...

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Uploaded on Jun 27, 2009

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Slack Key Guitar in Progress

Custom Soundholes on "Waimea"

It's time to glue on the fingerboard and carve the neck! Jeff Cook, slack key guitarist, holds his...

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Uploaded on Jun 11, 2009

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Jeff Cook, slack key guitarist, checks out the Madagascar Rosewood purfling on the custom soundholes...

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Uploaded on Jun 11, 2009

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Slack Key Guitar in Progress

Glued and waiting to be sanded

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Uploaded on Jun 11, 2009

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The 000 guitar headplate with cut, inlaid, and glued abalone diamond inlay in the Russell Guitars...

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Uploaded on Jun 1, 2009

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Gluing the Fretboard to the Neck

≈ Unimaginable Balance ≈

The Ebony fretboard is glued onto the uncarved Honduran Mahogany neck and will be clamped overnight....

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Uploaded on May 12, 2009

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As we walked along the beach and played with our dog, Tashi, I came upon this wonderful rock stupa...

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Uploaded on May 8, 2009

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Rosette

Herringbone Rosette

James gets into his work. Here is the elliptical herringbone rosette he has inserted ring by ring...

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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James is working on an elliptical herringbone rosette for a custom Deep Lake guitar. In this photo...

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Uploaded on Apr 20, 2009

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April Tiger Swallowtail

Pink Dogwood

A Tiger Swallowtail visits our front yard Wall Flowers each morning. Here she is!

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Uploaded on Apr 18, 2009

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The Pink Dogwood burst into bloom just a few days ago. The blooms open fairly small and grow a...

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Uploaded on Apr 6, 2009

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Painted Lady

Gluing the Binding

The lilacs are in full bloom and the butterflies and bees have become frequent visitors....

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Uploaded on Apr 6, 2009

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Gluing the binding and purfling into the binding slot on the body is quite a process. Here the...

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Uploaded on Mar 24, 2009

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Fort Bragg Evening

~ roses ~

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Uploaded on Mar 8, 2009

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roses from my daughter just because ~

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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2009

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Headplate

Russell Nouveau Nylon

This will be the Madagascar Rosewood headplate for my 000 guitar I'm making. I created the bookmatch...

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2009

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A Russell Nouveau Nylon, a custom amplified nylon string hybrid guitar. This Nouveau Nylon has a...

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Uploaded on Feb 20, 2009

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