As the sun rises on a crisp clean new day here in New Hartford, we're busy building as usual. The NAMM show is behind us now and as the din of the hype-fest recedes into memory we quietly get on with the business of making individual guitars by hand. This is how we step up in a world of mass-produced appliances marketed as the latest-thing-that-the-world-has-been-waiting-for.
Quilt maple, Brazilian rosewood, abalone inlay and yards of stacked cellulose binding painstakingly being crafted into an instrument.
A duo of quilt-topped guitars (one Talladega and one Talladega Pro) had been commissioned by a loyal customer—a man of taste and a collector of fine things who knows the difference between good and great. We took some photos of the guitars while they were in progress, but to add a little value to his experience we decided to send them to the NAMM show. Here's a few of the construction photos. Così bella!


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