Trio

Brand

Branding iron carve by hand from brass.

Dash

Looks like a walnut burl with some really flaky finish. This is what I'll be working on. New finish onto what looks like some nice walnut veneer, in good shape still.

Austin Healey

My latest project. 1966 Austin Healey.

Finishing

Finishing a butcher block top for a friend's project, with homemade food grade wood finish.

Butcher Blocks

Butcher Blocks made from the old shuffleboard out of the Morgan Hill Tavern.

Pickup

1/4 inch mono jack, and volume control.

Kalimbas

Kalimbas

Two new Kalimbas, tuned and ready for sale.

Cutting boards

becoming a popular item. Here are more cutting boards, i'm also selling food grade finish for seasoning you new board or butcherblock.

New Kalimbas

Two new kalimbas for the first friday show downtown.

Fingerboard

I've finished all the staining, Frank pinstriped, and now I'm glueing the fingerboard back down to the neck. A little more touch up to the finish around the neck, and it'll be ready for re-assembly.

SJ Jazz Fest

Erik and Pat playing on two of my kits with Jazz Mofia's- Brass, Bows, and Beats at the San Jose Jazz Fest's Repertory Theater.

Pinstriping

Just got some awesome samples back from my buddy Frank. Can't wait to see what this Bass will look like finished...

Finishing

Dieing and finishing the bass, this is only the second coat on the back so far.

Finishing

first coat applied.

Bridge

now completed, the side rails have been attached. Next will be a layer of finish.

Headstock

It had been dropped at one time and the spiral head peace broke off. Here, I've just carved down the jagged piece and made a new spiral.

Bare Naked Bass

I've stripped off all the old finish and sanded away all the dents and scratches. Now it's ready for some new finish.

Sanding

Here, I've sanded most of the finish off.

Neck

I straightened/ leveled the neck.

Bass

fingerboard

Bass

Finger Board removed.

Bass Repair

My friend Clint brought his Bass by for repair.

Bridge

Bridge supports

These are the supports for the bridge. They're sitting upside down right now. I cut an arch into them and then rounded over the edges. Now they'll get coated with copper green.

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Bridge

I notched the beams that will support the deck and set them into the railroad ties that flank the drainage canal.

Desk

Here's the final desk piece ready for install into the existing structure.

Desk Glue up

This is the front and top of a reception desk. It's been prefinished and is now glued and clamped.

Bridge

Workin' toward a new bridge...

Yay for a new assistant

This is Crystal, sanding away at cutting boards.

Cigar Boxes

Stopped at my local cigar shop and picked up more boxes. These are the same as the last one I got, but in different sizes.

Another delivery

Delivering the wine barrel to a trucking service in Salinas. it's now on it's way to Louisiana.

Shipping

Needed a big box to ship the wine barrel out. Here it is in a 3' box, ready for peanuts...

In place

Delivery

Crown

Crown molding installed.

Library shelves

New project

Got a great new gift from my local music store. Can't wait to fix it up and start playing:)

Face frames

Getting the frames ready for finish.

Library shelves

3 large cabinets as library shelves.

Bracing

Here's the inside of the Kalimba. I had to add extra support under the sound board to stop some of the feedback. It ended up adding more definition to each note, as well as projection. It also stopped the feedback issue. It's readdy to secure the back, and give it a final tuning.

Electric kalimba

I just made this electric kalimba from a cigar box, an old rake, and some parts from radio shack. It's an alto in g major.

Clinic

Kevin playing with the Lee Pardini trio in clinic, on my bop kit.

Finished

Unfortunately for me, this is where I have to stop work. Someone else gets to have the fun of finishing up this instrument.

New Neck

Well, here's the second try. This one came out really nice. And, it went pretty quick too.

F@CK...!

Routers happen... The bit grabbed and ate the end of the neck :( this was one of the last cuts... Now I've got to start all over on the neck. Damn...!