Guitar Workshop Gallery
Lineage Guitar
A visual look at the craft behind Lineage Guitar.
Workbench shots, completed instruments, and the details that make each guitar unique.
First coats of lacquer
two necks- one on the left is about to get first coat of lacquer and the one on the right has been sprayed
neck carving
freshly routed neck pocket. First time the neck was joined to the body
acoustic soundboard getting ready to get cut
gluing the neck on
acoustic guitar body all glued together
matt holding a freshly completed lap steel before finishing with danish oil
precisely routed electronics cavity
stained neck. stain will be sanded off until it's only in the flamed figuring.
x brace and transverse brace glued on
final assembly before stringing up for the first time
six hard trucker style speaker cabinets in process
teasing the beautiful grain
scarf joint glue up
acoustic guitar sides in the mold while gluing in kerfing
fretboard details
gluing on the fretboard
freshly carved braces
glue up
inside the acoustic guitar
Lineage logo inlaid with abalone
after a few coats of lacquer
finish sanded acoustic guitar body back and sides made from rosewood with bubinga binding
engleman spruce top that has been finish sanded
aligning the neck on an acoustic guitar build
shiny guitar after more coats of lacquer
an abalone 13 point bolt inlay on a lap steel
lap steel after multiple coats of danish oil and buffed out with steel wool
Lineage Mystic headstock with Lineage abalone inlay
completed lapsteel
carving a mahogany acoustic neck
flamed maple guitar neck after sanding off brown stain. The stain is now only in the figure
electric guitar approaching the finish line
completed Lineage Mystic ready for customer
back of Lineage Mystic headstock with volute for added strength
three guitars I built alongside the guitars of some friends who are excellent builders
me playing my acoustic for the first time