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

Let's take a bit of a look inside the 'Hog MDc. T

Let's take a bit of a look inside the 'Hog MDc.

The inside is just as important as the outside of a guitar. That's why I put so much effort into it. Components that fit well together, flowing lines, organic curves & shapes, symmetry/non-symmetry, all go a long way to producing great quality & great sounding instruments. So much thought goes into all of this. It all has a meaning & a purpose.
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Obscure shot Tuesday. . . . #steelstring #acoustic

Obscure shot Tuesday.
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Engineering in wood. Cross grain laminated Mahoga

Engineering in wood.

Cross grain laminated Mahogany dovetail blocks. Strength & stability.
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A Hog MDc in the works. . . . #steelstring #acoust

A Hog MDc in the works.
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Side laminating in three steps. Spread glue, wrap

Side laminating in three steps. Spread glue, wrap with inner tubes, into the vacuum bag. Looks easier than it is 😬 Oh and drip with sweat at the end 😅
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This is a sound comparison video between Spruce &

This is a sound comparison video between Spruce & Cedar topped guitars. I built these two guitars this year for a client in the USA. They are both long scale OM's and are identical in all respects, except for their soundboards - one being European Spruce (Picea abies), the other being Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata).

It gave me a really good chance to make such a video, as we are essentially comparing the tops alone. There will obviously be small differences in the other components, as they were handmade by a human (albeit the same human), even though they are the same species of woods. But in saying that, the Indian Rosewood sets are almost consecutively cut pieces (from Stefan Sobell's wood stash) & all other components are from the same supplier/batch, so they should be very similar in that regard.

This video is not to demonstrate my guitar playing ability! These days, my skills lie in the making, not the playing. So, for this demonstration, to the best of my ability & skillset, I tried to play three different styles - fingerstyle, strumming & drop tuning (DADGAD).

The other specs are as follows:

- Model: OM
- Indian Rosewood back & sides
- Ebony fingerboard, bridge, front headplate & truss rod cover
- Mahogany neck w/ carbon fibre inserts & 2-way adjustable truss rod
- Hawaiian Koa tiled mosaic rosette
- Tasmanian blackwood bindings, endgraft & heelcap
- Flamed maple purflings
- English Walnut back headplate
- White MOP headstock inlay & side fret position markers
- Vintage style White MOP diamond inlays - front
- European Spruce internal bracing
- Bone bridge pins
- Unbleached bone nut & saddle
- Gold Gotoh 510 machine heads with Ironwood buttons
- Finish: Gloss lacquer
- EVO gold fretwire
- 25.4" (645mm) scale length

🎵 & 🎥 recording: Jill Ryan (JJ Ryan Mandolins).
🎵 & 🎥 editing: Myself

As always, a good pair of headphones or speakers will do the trick.
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Rosette close-up. Hawaiian Koa tiled mosaic. Red

Rosette close-up.

Hawaiian Koa tiled mosaic. Red Cedar soundboard.
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OM - German Spruce over Indian rosewood, with Tasm

OM - German Spruce over Indian rosewood, with Tasmanian Blackwood bindings.
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The lesser seen bits - the label. Everything (apa

The lesser seen bits - the label.

Everything (apart from the hardware & metal components) on my guitars is designed & made by myself.

There are small details here that one might miss. For example, the serial number & date are stamped with a vintage numbering machine that I found in an antique store in Brighton once. The border is the meander pattern, or greek key, which I became fascinated by when I was making a classical guitar. It was painstakingly drawn up from scratch in CAD by myself too! The paper is even slightly textured & a specific shade of off-white to compliment the whole aesthetic. I'll stop there 😬
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German Spruce over Indian Rosewood OM. . . . #stee

German Spruce over Indian Rosewood OM.
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Indian Rosewood back & sides with a Mahogany neck.

Indian Rosewood back & sides with a Mahogany neck. This Rosewood came from master luthier Stefan Sobell's collection & has some age to it. Lovely pieces of wood.
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Ebony front headplate & truss rod cover. White Mot

The Red Cedar model. . . . #steelstring #acoustic

The Red Cedar model.
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Tiled mosaic rosette in Hawaiian Koa. . . . #steel

Tiled mosaic rosette in Hawaiian Koa.
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Hand sculpted Ebony bridge. Bone saddle & bridge p

Hand sculpted Ebony bridge. Bone saddle & bridge pins.
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Walnut back headplate. Gotoh 510 machine heads wit

Walnut back headplate. Gotoh 510 machine heads with Ironwood buttons.
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Floating wedge end graft & bindings in Tasmanian B

Floating wedge end graft & bindings in Tasmanian Blackwood, with Indian Rosewood sides.
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The Red Cedar model. The other specs are as follo

The Red Cedar model.

The other specs are as follows:

- Model: OM
- Indian Rosewood back & sides
- Ebony fingerboard, bridge, front headplate & truss rod cover
- Mahogany neck w/ carbon fibre inserts & 2-way adjustable truss rod
- Hawaiian Koa tiled mosaic rosette
- Tasmanian blackwood bindings, endgraft & heelcap
- Flamed maple purflings
- English Walnut back headplate
- White MOP headstock inlay & side fret position markers
- Vintage style White MOP diamond inlays - front
- European Spruce internal bracing
- Bone bridge pins
- Unbleached bone nut & saddle
- Gold Gotoh 510 machine heads with Tagayasan (Ironwood) buttons
- Finish: Gloss lacquer
- EVO gold fretwire
- 25.4" (645mm) scale length
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#steelstring #acoustic #acousticguitar #guitarsofinstagram #guitar #luthier #luthiery #fingerstyle #indianrosewood #fingerstyleguitar #madeinscotland #custommade #custom #madeinglasgow #trad #tradisrad #luthiernerd #barclaycurleshipyard #glasgowwestend #oskaburmanguitars #bespoke #unique #oneofakind #handmade #om #folk #folky #flatpicking #fingerpicking

It's been a fairly busy time for me, so I'm just n

It's been a fairly busy time for me, so I'm just now catching up with the "non-building" side of guitar making - namely photo editing atm.

These two guitars were a tremendous milestone for myself. They are my first commissioned guitars to go overseas to a client - the USA in this case. (I do have a guitar in Australia, but it was bought here in the UK & then taken to Melbourne - not commissioned from there). I had never shipped a guitar internationally before, let alone all the way across the Atlantic. I did a tremendous amount of research into the best way to do this & had a great deal of help from a couple of other luthier's. Dermott McIlroy @mcilroyguitars was incredibly generous with his time & information, as was Drew Lowry @lowryguitars in France. With all my combined knowledge, I packed up the guitars last week & bade them farewell. They survived the trip unscathed and I have now commenced breathing again!

Just to re-cap - the guitars are identical in all respects, except for their soundboards - one being European Spruce (Picea abies), the other being Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata).

This is the European Spruce model.

The other specs are as follows:

- Model: OM
- Indian Rosewood back & sides
- Ebony fingerboard, bridge, front headplate & truss rod cover
- Mahogany neck w/ carbon fibre inserts & 2-way adjustable truss rod
- Hawaiian Koa tiled mosaic rosette
- Tasmanian blackwood bindings, endgraft & heelcap
- Flamed maple purflings
- English Walnut back headplate
- White MOP headstock inlay & side fret position markers
- Vintage style White MOP diamond inlays - front
- European Spruce internal bracing
- Bone bridge pins
- Unbleached bone nut & saddle
- Gold Gotoh 510 machine heads with Tagayasan (Ironwood) buttons
- Finish: Gloss lacquer
- EVO gold fretwire
- 25.4" (645mm) scale length
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#steelstring #acoustic #acousticguitar #guitarsofinstagram #guitar #luthier #luthiery #fingerstyle #indianrosewood #fingerstyleguitar #madeinscotland #custommade #custom #madeinglasgow #trad #tradisrad #luthiernerd #barclaycurleshipyard #glasgowwestend #oskaburmanguitars #bespoke #unique #oneofakind #handmade #om #folk #folky #flatpicking #fingerpicking

Shooting an edge on a Macassar Ebony binding block

Shooting an edge on a Macassar Ebony binding block for an upcoming MDC.
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