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Below are the latest images from my workshop, regularly updated from my social media account.

Next guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Swiss Moon Next guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Swiss Moon Spruce and Bog Oak for the one and only @miguel.vz.girao!

Front binding and purfling detail. Tasmanian Blackwood with boxwood and black veneers.

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Rosette: Sheoak radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
Next guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Swiss Moon Next guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Swiss Moon Spruce and Bog Oak for the one and only @miguel.vz.girao!

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Bindings: Tasmanian Blackwood
Rosette: Sheoak radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
Next guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Swiss Moon Next guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Swiss Moon Spruce and Bog Oak for the one and only @miguel.vz.girao!

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Bindings: Tasmanian Blackwood
Rosette: Sheoak radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
Reclaimed Mahogany neck, Bog Oak back & sides, Ebo Reclaimed Mahogany neck, Bog Oak back & sides, Ebony bindings with Yew purflings.

First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian Spruce and Bog Oak, featuring an arm bevel and side soundport.

Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Front headplate: Ebony
Rosette: Flamed Mango wood radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Body join: 14th fret
Scale length: 25.34" (643.6mm)
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
String spacing at bridge: 2.25" (57mm)
Frets: EVO gold
Yew back headplate with Gotoh 510 tuners in Cosmo Yew back headplate with Gotoh 510 tuners in Cosmo black.

First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian Spruce and Bog Oak, featuring an arm bevel and side soundport.

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Front headplate: Ebony
Bindings: Ebony with Yew purflings
Rosette: Flamed Mango wood radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Body join: 14th fret
Scale length: 25.34" (643.6mm)
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
String spacing at bridge: 2.25" (57mm)
Frets: EVO gold
First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian Spruce and Bog Oak, featuring an arm bevel and side soundport.

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Front headplate: Ebony
Bindings: Ebony with Yew purflings
Body join: 14th fret
Scale length: 25.34" (643.6mm)
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
String spacing at bridge: 2.25" (57mm)
Frets: EVO gold
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
Flamed Mango wood radial rosette with Ebony purfli Flamed Mango wood radial rosette with Ebony purflings.

First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian Spruce and Bog Oak, featuring an arm bevel and side soundport.

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Front headplate: Ebony
Bindings: Ebony with Yew purflings
Body join: 14th fret
Scale length: 25.34" (643.6mm)
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
String spacing at bridge: 2.25" (57mm)
Frets: EVO gold
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian Spruce and Bog Oak, featuring an arm bevel and side soundport.

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Front headplate: Ebony
Bindings: Ebony with Yew purflings
Rosette: Flamed Mango wood radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Body join: 14th fret
Scale length: 25.34" (643.6mm)
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
String spacing at bridge: 2.25" (57mm)
Frets: EVO gold
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian Spruce and Bog Oak, featuring an arm bevel and side soundport.

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Front headplate: Ebony
Bindings: Ebony with Yew purflings
Rosette: Flamed Mango wood radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Body join: 14th fret
Scale length: 25.34" (643.6mm)
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
String spacing at bridge: 2.25" (57mm)
Frets: EVO gold
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian First guitar of 2026. This lovely OM in Carpathian Spruce and Bog Oak, featuring an arm bevel and side soundport.

Neck: Reclaimed Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Front headplate: Ebony
Bindings: Ebony with Yew purflings
Rosette: Flamed Mango wood radial rosette with Ebony purflings
Body join: 14th fret
Scale length: 25.34" (643.6mm)
Nut width: 1.75" (44.5mm)
String spacing at bridge: 2.25" (57mm)
Frets: EVO gold
Machine heads: Gotoh 510's in Cosmo black
Here we have another shiny guitar. This time it's Here we have another shiny guitar.

This time it's a Swiss Moon Spruce/Bog Oak OM for @miguel.vz.girao. 

It's getting there Miguel! Not too long now.

Happy Friday 😃
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Thursday evening go-bar decking. Hog OM incoming Thursday evening go-bar decking. 

Hog OM incoming.
Here we have a shiny guitar. I can happily say tha Here we have a shiny guitar. I can happily say that I did some calculations and this is the shiniest that this guitar can be.

Carpathian/Bog Oak OM for Steve. 

Getting there!
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Carpathian/Hog OM underway... ...this could be yo Carpathian/Hog OM underway...

...this could be your next guitar 😀
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A freshly buffed neck 🤤 Never gets old. Reclaimed A freshly buffed neck 🤤 Never gets old.

Reclaimed Mahogany, Tasmanian Blackwood & Ebony.
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Another in-between spray sessions job, whilst the Another in-between spray sessions job, whilst the lacquer cures, is making the bridges. These two are made from (slightly) striped Ebony and will be oiled once they've been glued to the soundboards.
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In-between spray sessions, whilst the lacquer cure In-between spray sessions, whilst the lacquer cures, there are still quite a few jobs to be done in preparation for stringing up the guitar. A nice relaxing one is making truss rod covers. These two are made from striped Ebony and finished with @osmo_uk oil (Satin).
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First shot of lacquer for these two beauties. Off First shot of lacquer for these two beauties.

Off the gun 🔫 

1. Bog Oak OM with a Carpathian Spruce soundboard, Yew  purflings, bound in Ebony with a Flamed mango wood radial rosette. Also an arm bevel & a soundport for this one.

2. Bog Oak OM with a Swiss Moon Spruce soundboard, bound in Tasmanian Blackwood with a Sheoak radial rosette, for @miguel.vz.girao
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Grain filling buddies. Two Bog Oak OM's almost r Grain filling buddies. 

Two Bog Oak OM's almost ready for finish. One with a Carpathian Spruce soundboard & the other paired with Swiss Moon Spruce. 
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It's almost that time of year again, where we once It's almost that time of year again, where we once again open up the doors of our studios here at the Barclay Curle complex to show you, the public, what we do and what our work spaces are like. Come along to see some fantastic work and some amazing studio spaces of a bunch of very talented artists and makers. There will most likely be some things for sale, as well tea, coffee and home baking.

Tell your friends and share this post if you know other folk who might get interested!

Date: November 1st & 2nd
Time: 11am - 4pm
Address: 739 South Street G14 0BX
FREE ENTRY

Hope to see you there 😃

Cheers, 

Oska.
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