creativity…get some

Some History: In the last few months I’ve been coming out of a creative slump…that has lasted about 10 years. In that time I really had no motivation to create anything, I had no (what I thought were) creative ideas, and my overall attitude towards myself and others was poor and I had no motivation. [...]

Something you don’t see every day.

Years ago, Taylor dabbled in making a semi electric acoustic guitar. It was the forbearer to the T-5. The same shape as the Grand concert, only a few were made, we actually called it the “Nut Bowl” guitar because we used the hollowed out bodies to hold nuts and M & M’s at the NAMM [...]

ok so their not identical

one down, one to go

Yesterday I sanded out the body blank and the maple top. A friend of mine has a thickness sander, and he has been nice enough to let me use his tools and machines. After the sanding, I rough cut to shape, and glued the pieces together. With the lack of a real press, I set [...]

Technical stuff: Bookmatching…now shut up and build something

The next step after the wood is dried there needs to be some processing to make guitar parts. I’ll start with electric guitar tops and backs. The first type of match is the traditional version where panels are pealed from a board in sequence, and they are opened like a book to make the match. [...]