by admin | Nov 13, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Other News
…..Now you see them, now you don’t….. Jul 9, 2009 @ 11:48 Removing the mother of pearl inlays on Martin Taylors guitar ‘The Chet’ While I was waiting for a reply from Martin about whether or not he liked the inlay design I decided to...
by admin | Nov 11, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Other News
….nothing to see here…..at least that is the plan….. Jun 8, 2009 @ 11:44 Replacing the inlay on Martin Taylor’s guitar signed by Chet Atkins. Sometimes I even impress myself….I had been worrying about how I was going to remove the old...
by admin | Nov 9, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Other News
…..for the resting of the fingers on……or ‘Ebony and Irony’ Jun 7, 2009 @ 11:39 Work continues on Martin Taylor’s guitar….The finger rest is made from two pieces of ebony – one for the mounting block and one for the...
by admin | Nov 7, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Other News, Repairs
Making an ebony bridge for Martin Taylor’s guitar Jul 6, 2009 @ 11:36 Back in my comfort zone after making the celtic knots in the last part – can’t wait to see what it looks and sounds like. The old bridge had a pieze pickup under the saddle which...
by admin | Nov 5, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Other News
…How I made the Celtic Knot lattices for Martin’s guitar… Jun 5, 2009 @ 11:32 Martin liked the pics of the test pieces I sent him and chose the Koa over the ebony for the lattices to replace the original nasty plastic cover plates. That decision made...
by admin | Nov 3, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Other News
Starting work on Martin Taylor’s guitar signed by Chet Atkins! Jun 4, 2009 @ 11:29 The first task is to remove all the old parts – easy enough. After 1/2 an hour I was left with the skeleton of a guitar and a large pile of scrap. Now all I have to do is...
