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Round 2 - Fight!
12/30/2025

Round 2 - Fight!

Getting the side dots in on both and the rough (~90%) carve on one of the twins for
12/29/2025

Getting the side dots in on both and the rough (~90%) carve on one of the twins for

Finally getting around to making some progress on the Chuggernaut for - got the fretboard tapered and radiused
12/22/2025

Finally getting around to making some progress on the Chuggernaut for - got the fretboard tapered and radiused

A trio of gorgeous 35” necks all radiused and fretted (two of three at least!) up. Really happy with how the fretted and...
12/14/2025

A trio of gorgeous 35” necks all radiused and fretted (two of three at least!) up. Really happy with how the fretted and fretless twin boards look side by side

Really happy with how the radius and look of this padauk fretboard with buckeye plug came out for
12/10/2025

Really happy with how the radius and look of this padauk fretboard with buckeye plug came out for

This post serves as a shout out to String Pluckery for doing the right thing for their customers. When I first got my fr...
12/09/2025

This post serves as a shout out to String Pluckery for doing the right thing for their customers. When I first got my fretboard radius from them, I was stuck by just how well-designed it was and couldn’t wait to get it into my build process. Just before putting it away after getting things all dialed with a test piece, I noticed a small rock to the router carriage and reached out and they shipped me a new one no questions asked and no cost to me. A huge thank you goes out to Brandon, Garrett, Zach, and the whole String Pluckery crew - keep doing what you guys do.

has this DOWN. Finally getting around to getting my jig setup and it took all of ~3 minutes to get this 20” radius on t...
11/30/2025

has this DOWN. Finally getting around to getting my jig setup and it took all of ~3 minutes to get this 20” radius on the piece of bubinga. I can’t wait to get this thing dialed and get it integrated into my process.

A little work in the shop today - thinned all the neck blanks to the final target thickness.
11/10/2025

A little work in the shop today - thinned all the neck blanks to the final target thickness.

The twins 👯
10/26/2025

The twins 👯

Mapping out some neck contours with and this morning.
10/26/2025

Mapping out some neck contours with and this morning.

Truss rod access for done!
10/15/2025

Truss rod access for done!

Sometimes…things don’t end up going the way you’d originally planned. I really try to stand by what I do and even when t...
10/12/2025

Sometimes…things don’t end up going the way you’d originally planned. I really try to stand by what I do and even when things are out of my control, I’m gonna do the best I can to make things right for the instrument. That being said - pulling a fretboard is an experience and no more wenge fretboards

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