Author Archives: Chris Oliver

Adding a butt wedge

Here I am adding an ivoroid butt wedge to a 1949 D-28. This is the final step before beginning the binding process.

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Guitars, Tone and Value

Here is a photo of my first guitar. It is a 1985 Dauphin Classical. I purchased this from my first guitar teacher, Pauline Cormier, who was stabbed in her home on Spring Street, just blocks from my own home, over … Continue reading

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Work and work

Didn’t get any work done at the new building or on instruments during the long weekend (sorry Earl). As a consolation, here is a snippet of Fisher’s Hornpipe played on an Infinity A mandolin. I recorded this on a work … Continue reading

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Mahogany…finally

Hello all, We have been working hard, and most times with futility, to get some reasonable mahogany to market. With setbacks at the milling operation and drying operations, our time frame was blown way out of range. The mahogany logs … Continue reading

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Blog update.

As it turns out I have found a way to bring the old blog into this new content editor. It will take a little time, but will allow you to search by tags and categories as well as a regular … Continue reading

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