Bookbag Santa and Guitars for Vets guitars

Both are in the finishing (spraying lacquer) process.

Tom Tarlazzi's B string bender

Guest, Tom Tarlazzi modified a whammy bar to flatten the B-string 1/2 step. In open G tuning, this allows you to bar a minor chord.

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Chet Plays Frank's Cherry Guitar

Robbie Plays Larry's first guitar

Larry recently restrung his first guitar, a nylon string with a1-3/4" nut width, with D'Addario Pro-Arte Extra Hard Tension Stings. Robbie's take: powerful and loud.

Labels for our project guitars

Guitars for Vets guitar

In positioning the bridge, we noticed some cracks in the finish. We decided to strip the finish and respray the top. The photo on the right below shows a close-up of the jig to help position the bridge. It allows you to attach the strings and adjust the bridge for proper intonation before gluing it down.

Patrick's uke inlay

Robbie's Dreadnought

Robbie's in the final stages of his Dreadnought kit

Frank's Piano Soundboard Top Guitar

At the last meeting, Frank took the top made from a piano soundboard. We were originally going to use that soundboard in a project guitar but we scrapped that idea, thinking the top was too "floppy." Frank proved us wrong. Not only does the guitar sound great, but he creatively used the crack in the top as a decorative element along with some retro pin-up girl bomber decals.