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Custom, hand-built guitars and mandolins, restoration, repair and consignment for collectors and Bluegrass and acoustic musicians by Chris Oliver in Springfield, Illinois.
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More work completed.
We are still waiting for our newest shipment of river-recovered mahogany to be released at the port. In the mean time, we got a sunburst shot on the archtop restoration and have bound and been pore filling the mahogany project.
Visit to Belize
Already, it has been a very busy new year at Infinity Luthiers. The River-recovered Honduras Mahogany guitar is taking shape, but most important this year is that we have spent some time in Central America touring the areas that the … Continue reading
Honduras Mahogany Project 3
This is sapodilla. This is also old growth sinker lumber from Belize. We will be testing this lumber for back and side sets after the current Old Growth Honduras mahogany build is complete. It certainly has potential to be a … Continue reading
Old Growth Mahogany vs. C.F. Martin’s
Take a look at the Reclaimed Mahogany compared to a neck blank recently purchased from Martin 1833 shop. The Martin blank is on the top. Notice the tight grain and great color in the old growth mahogany compared to the … Continue reading
Honduras Mahogany Project 2
I was able to get up to the shop this weekend and complete some more of the guitar using the River Recovered Honduras Mahogany. Bending the sides was a tricky process. I had to thin the sides down to just … Continue reading