Bending Sides The Old Way!
I’ve always loved bending sides, and on the ukulele I’m currently building with my son, I am bending the figured walnut sides in the traditional manner on a hot bending…
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Vacuum Dish for Neck Removal
I’ve performed my last three batches of guitar neck removals for resets on this very nice vacuum dish. Normally the guitar is lying flat on the workbench while the steam…
Ukulele Power
I LOVE ukuleles. They are so misunderstood and can be played so beautifully. Most people don’t get to hear the real stuff…single string work, finger style playing etc…I’ve always wanted…
New SBM Guitar
I just finished uploading the new gallery page on my website featuring the Walnut and Cedar jumbo acoustic guitar I built for songwriter Bill Meehan. Bill is a powerful tenor…
Dirty Pots No More!
Hi everyone, I was working on a 60’s Fender Coronado semi-hollow archtop today…very cool. Ultra-ugly stained green streaks…too cool! It had the typical crackling volume and tone pots (potentiometers) when…
Bending Sides with Mark Yodice
Hi folks, The last couple days have been fun here…I’ve been making guitars! I started three new acoustic projects; one for myself and my clients Mark Yodice and Gerry McKeveny.…
Polishing Your Guitar
People are always asking me what I use to polish and clean guitars in my shop. Most people don’t have a professional buffing machine in their home and it is…
Gig Bag Boo-Boo
I see a lot of damaged guitars that were the results of gig-bag related accidents. Gig bags can fall over, be dropped, stepped on, sat upon, thrown off cliffs, fall…
Bridge Over Troubled Guitars
One of the most critical links in tone for your guitar is the bridge. So many customers come in for a check-up and don’t realize their bridge is lifting slightly…
Why a Custom Made Guitar?
I’ve had many guitar repair customers over the years who thought about having a custom guitar made next time they were ready for a guitar… In a mass consumer culture…