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The tools essential to creating beautiful guitars were stolen. Please share & donate to help.
08/05/2024

The tools essential to creating beautiful guitars were stolen. Please share & donate to help.

Hello, I'm fundraising to replace some very important tools that were recently… Jeff Snell needs your support for Help Jeff Snell Replace Stolen Luthier Tools

11/29/2023

I'm doing a combination of dots and flowers on this guitar.
11/18/2023

I'm doing a combination of dots and flowers on this guitar.

So... here is the second one of my latest guitars. Crafted from East Indian Rosewood with a Carpathian spruce top, 400 y...
08/16/2023

So... here is the second one of my latest guitars. Crafted from East Indian Rosewood with a Carpathian spruce top, 400 year old sinker spruce braces in a modified dreadnought shape.
Complete with an arm bevel, crazy abalone inlay on ebony fretboard and cherry neck.

I want to share with you... my two newest guitars. This one is Walnut with a Sitka spruce top, "standard" body shape.Arm...
08/08/2023

I want to share with you... my two newest guitars. This one is Walnut with a Sitka spruce top, "standard" body shape.
Arm bevel, crazy abalone inlay on ebony fretboard and cherry neck.

A new instrument was just brought onto this crazy world. I'm proud to introduce this walnut and sitka OM complete with s...
08/03/2023

A new instrument was just brought onto this crazy world.
I'm proud to introduce this walnut and sitka OM complete with super detailed animals and flowers on a bound ebony fretboard. Black Abalone surrounds the top and an arm bevel and Gotoh tubers make it a dream to play.! (Better pics to come.)

I made this simple jig for cutting bindings/ purflings. Works great and cost me a total of 50 dollars. Two rails with tw...
05/11/2023

I made this simple jig for cutting bindings/ purflings.
Works great and cost me a total of 50 dollars. Two rails with two bearings each- 20.
12 inches of aluminum- 20.
Miscellaneous hardware etc. 10. (Materials found on Amazon)
No mill or drill press needed..
The upright and vertical mount is flat stable cherry I had in my shop. Aluminum is for Porter Cable laminate trimmer mount and also for the adjustable shoes that hold the guitar body.
I used a piece of cherry saturated in CA glue for the round router guide.

Arm bevel veneer.                 
04/23/2023

Arm bevel veneer.
 

A Standard and a Dread just before I put the tops on. Walnut and rosewood. Sinker spruce beachwood.  Arm bevels are buil...
04/14/2023

A Standard and a Dread just before I put the tops on. Walnut and rosewood. Sinker spruce beachwood. Arm bevels are built in to the lining.

Nothing dramatic going on here, linings going in to the rim. Geometry of silly clothes pins dancing in the air is kind o...
04/06/2023

Nothing dramatic going on here, linings going in to the rim. Geometry of silly clothes pins dancing in the air is kind of delightful.

Inlaid shell all in place.Next up is a whole lot of carving. Shaping a guitar neck adds some more personality to an inst...
03/27/2023

Inlaid shell all in place.
Next up is a whole lot of carving. Shaping a guitar neck adds some more personality to an instrument.

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