Snell Guitars

08/05/2024

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11/29/2023

11/18/2023

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

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.

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.

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.)

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.

04/23/2023

Arm bevel veneer.
 

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.

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.

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.