Monthly Archives: March 2021

About five years ago I had an idea to build an acoustic guitar from “local” wood – from California. I live in southern CA, and instead of going on a hunt for usable lumber in Los Angeles, I was happy to learn that Luthier’s Mercanitle, up in Healdsburg in Sonoma County, had just what IContinue reading ““California” Guitar”

The customer at first requested that I level the existing frets, but after closer examination we determined there were several frets in the first and second position that were too dented. Leveling the frets would shave too much off, so he opted for a refret, or replacement of the frets. This is a custom guitarContinue reading “Custom Anderson Archtop Refret”