Summit School Luthier Journal

December 2012 - Week Two

2011-12-08T17:02:00.001-08:00

Claude (British Columbia) is working on practice neck #4

Leo (British Columbia) is getting ready to spray his Acoustic

Angus (British Columbia) has just finished his electric guitar

Desiree (British Columbia) and Gavin (Ontario) jamin' with their newly finished guitars

Desiree (British Columbia) playing her finished solid body electric guitar
Gavin (Ontario) is playing the Selmer style Acoustic he built

Shane (New York) next step, routing the saddle slot

Matt (British Columbia) is working on a fret dress on an Acoustic guitar as part of his Two Month Guitar Repair Course

Felisinado (Ontario) is slotting a nut on an electric guitar

Justin (British Columbia) is just finishing his second year of building and is going to start the Live sound course in January

Warren (Ontario) is sanding the finish on his electric

December 2011 - Week One -Lars Graduates

2011-12-05T07:53:00.001-08:00

Lars (Norway) finishes his Course and is off to do a Two Month Apprenticeship

November 2011- Week Four

2011-11-27T12:06:00.000-08:00

Leo (British Columbia) is alighning his jig to make a route for the Dovetail

Warren (Ontario) is drafting a Parlor style Acoustic

Steve (New York) is sanding his solid body electric

Angus (British Columbia) is working on the Rosette of his OM style Acoustic

Gavin (Ontario) is french polishing his Selmer style Acoustic

Shane (New York) is oiling his Acoustic

Matt (British Columbia) is working on repairs as part of his 2 month course

Claude (British Columbia) is working on a fret dress

November 2011 - Gavin

2011-11-17T07:49:00.001-08:00

November 2011 - Lucas finishes the 3 month Live Sound Course

2011-11-16T08:18:00.000-08:00

Lucas and Randy (Instructor)

Cable repairs

Speaker re-coning

Repairing a snake

Adding grills to speaker cabinets

November 2011 - Week One

2011-11-16T07:58:00.000-08:00

Restoration of an old Silvertone

Broken Headcap - After repair

Happy Hallowe'en everyone

2011-11-03T11:22:00.001-07:00

October 2011 - Last Week

2011-10-24T15:02:00.000-07:00

Lars (Norway) is finishing his parlour style Acoustic

Glen (British Columbia) has finished the Two Month Repair Course here at Summit

Steve R (Alberta) is installing frets to his electric guitar neck

Leo (British Columbia) is working on the Rosette for his Acoustic

Angus (British Columbia) is shaping the body for his electric guitar

The hardware looks great on Justins guitar

Justin (British Columbia) is winding pickups for his current project, another electric guitar

Gavin (Ontario) is wet sanding his electric guitar

Shane (New York) is gluing on the fretboard for his Acoustic guitar

Warren (Ontario) is going to start working on fretting his Electric guitar neck

Steve L. (New York) is working on his practice neck

Steve Franco finishes the Master Program

2011-10-24T14:38:00.001-07:00

Michael Dunn visits Summit

2011-10-18T08:37:00.001-07:00

Thank you Michael, It's always a pleasure having you visit our School

October 2011 - Live Sound

2011-10-11T08:42:00.003-07:00

Live Sound Students Jessica (Connecticut), Lucas (Ontario) and Nathan (British Columbia) work in a variety of settings as part of the Live Sound Course

Workshop

Our Studio

October 2011 - Student Dinner

2011-10-11T08:42:00.001-07:00

Thank you Michael for making us this authentic First Nations Salmon Feast

September 2011 - Live Sound

2011-10-11T08:24:00.001-07:00

Randy (Instructor) and Lucas working on a club PA install

End of September 2011

2011-09-30T07:43:00.001-07:00

Phil (British Columbia) has completed his Acoustic Guitar

September 2011- week 3

2011-09-26T09:37:00.001-07:00

Starting in Repairs:

From Right to Left

Simon, Glen, Angus, Warren, Desiree, and Steve L

Instructor: Mike Jarvis

Phil (British Columbia) ready to add the finishing touches to his Acoustic

Gavin (Ontario) working on the sides for his Archtop

Justin is kicking back at the student accommodations over lunch

Live Sound - Week 3

2011-09-24T12:49:00.001-07:00

Lucas and Instructor Randy are working on an install at a Local night club

September 2011- Week 2

2011-09-23T13:07:00.000-07:00

Glen (British Columbia) setting the height of the nut

Angus (British Columbia) filing a nut

Desiree (British Columbia) working on a fret dress as part of her six month course

Steve L. (New York) is starting in the repair department as part of his One Year Master Program

Simon (Saskatewan) is finishing up a two week custom repair course

Phil (British Columbia) is level sanding after seven coats of laquer, he is almost ready to polish

Leo (British Columbia) is doing a final sanding before he starts spraying

Justin (British Columbia) is working on an electric lap with added drum components

Steve R. (Ontario) is working on practice neck #2 for his solid body electric

Gavin (Ontario)is working on the curfing for his Maccaferri style guitar

Lars (Norway) is leveling frets on his Maccaferri style guitar

Steve F.(Alberta) is starting to carve the back for his next project, an Archtop

September 2011 - Week One

2011-09-06T14:35:00.000-07:00

Leo (British Columbia) working on his electric guitar neck

Gavin (Ontario)shaping his bracing

Phil (British Columbia) shaping his neck for his Acoustic

Steve L. (New York) studying repairs

Live Sound - September 2011

2011-09-06T13:27:00.001-07:00

Lucas (Ontario) has just started the Live Sound Course......

On his first day he found himself at a 3 day music festival getting hands on training as part of the Live Sound Course .

Randy (Live Sound Instructor)

End of August 2011

2011-09-01T17:12:00.000-07:00

Terry (British Columbia) finishing his One Month Repair Course

Steve R (Ontario) making jigs

Lars (Norway) getting ready to cut his Dovetail in his Maccaferri style guitar

Gavin (Ontario) is working on Bracing next on his Maccafarri style guitar

Phil (British Columbia) is gluing dots on the fingerboard of his Acoustic

Leo (British Columbia) is finishing the neck for his solid body electric

Shane (New York) is fitting bracing on his Acoustic

Justin (British Columbia) is about to route the drum cavities in his Electric Lap Slide

August 2011 - Ben completes Six Month Course

2011-08-17T19:55:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Leot and his band The Sheepdogs

2011-08-05T14:34:00.000-07:00

From all of us at Summit School, we would like to say way to go Leot (Former student from Saskatewan).

The Sheepdogs Choose the Cover Contest Winner Revealed
Sheepdogs become the first unsigned band on the cover of Rolling Stone

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By Rolling Stone
August 1, 2011 3:50 PM ET

The Sheepdogs on the cover of 'Rolling Stone'.
Photograph by Danny Clinch for RollingStone.com
After months of competition and over 1.5 million votes cast online, the wait is over: The Sheepdogs have become the first unsigned band ever to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone. The Canadian boogie rock revivalists, who have been touring relentlessly throughout North America for six years, beat out 15 other bands for the grand prize, which includes a contract with Atlantic Records along with their faces on the cover of the August 18th issue of the magazine.
Photos: How The Sheepdogs Became Rock StarsThough the Sheepdogs' groovy, harmonic, neo-psychedelic sound is easy-going and relaxed, the guys have struggled in their quest to break out of their native Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and into the big time. "Shit was bleak," frontman Ewan Currie tells Austin Scaggs in the issue of Rolling Stone that hits newsstands this Friday, August 5th. "I saw high school friends get jobs and get married and become adults, and I'm still pursuing this artistic dream where I have no money, no assets and a shitty car I can't even afford to register."
The band's luck changed when a Canadian music manager submitted their demo for this contest, which put them on the path to visiting New York City, performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, rocking out at the Bonnaroo festival, getting mentored by Kid Rock and now, appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone. Now that the Sheepdogs have won the contest, it's time for the band to take their victory lap. First up, the band will return to Late Night on Tuesday night, where they will be formally announced as the winners by host Jimmy Fallon. After that, the quartet will head out on tour in Canada with Kings of Leon. "They have a timeless sound, and you can hear their influences from song to song," says Kings frontman Caleb Followill. "I can't wait to hear those harmonies live." In the video clip below, you can watch as the Sheepdogs learn from Rolling Stone publisher Matt Mastrangelo and managing editor Will Dana that they have won the contest, and that their photo shoot at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was, in fact, the actual cover shoot. As you can imagine, the guys were thrilled. "We fucking did it!" Currie shouts as he reached out to embrace his bandmates.

Boys from my old neighborhood in Saskatoon! I live in Madison WI now, but couldn't be prouder to be from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. Go Sheepdogs.
Dawn Marie Anderson Yesterday, 3:04 PM EDT
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Congratulations to The Sheepdogs including my son, Leot, Ewan, Sam and Ryan on making the cover of The Rollingstone! Congratulations to Lelia Broussard, a talented lady, and all of the other contestants!!!!
Karen Holenstein Yesterday, 1:29 PM EDT

Ross completes the One Year Master Program

2011-07-30T15:43:00.002-07:00

Ross (Alberta) completes the One Year Master Program

Nice work Ross!!!!

Classical - Primavera with black water base stain, Spanish Cedar neck, Ebony binding, fingerboard and headstock veneer

The Electric -

F-Style Mandolin (Left) - Sitka Spruce top, Curly Cherry back and sides, Koa neck, Ebony fingerboard and headstock veneer, beechwood and ebony bridge

A-Style Mandolin (Right) - Flamed Maple back, sides and neck, Sitka Spruce top, Ebony fingerboard and headstock veneer and Bloodwood binding

July 2011 - Week Two and the GAL Convention

2011-07-30T15:43:00.001-07:00

Sean (Completed the One year Master Program at Summit 8 years ago) came back for the GAL Convention in Tacoma and showed us the guitar he made using a star wars lunch kit

Pizza night, just before everyone left for Tacoma for The GAL Convention

Ross (Alberta) is finishing the One Year Master Program, check back for the finished instruments

Phil (British Columbia) is bending sides for his next project, an Acoustic

July 2011

2011-07-17T16:05:00.000-07:00

Nathan (British Columbia) is finishing off his Arch top. Nathan will be taking the Live Sound Course in October

Leo (British Columbia) is making a jig for building Acoustic Bridges

Steve (Alberta) is thicknessing headstock veneer

This is Steve' resinator guitar in progress

Gavin (Ontario) is fitting a control plate on his Semi-hollow body electric

Congratulations Sandra and Darryl

2011-07-08T16:28:00.000-07:00

Qualicum Car Show - Fathers day

2011-06-20T16:25:00.000-07:00

June 19, 2011

The car show was huge this year, with over 700 vehicles

and about 20,000 people

June 2011 - Week Two - Kjel' travel guitar

2011-06-20T16:15:00.000-07:00

Kjel, a former student, came back for a visit to show

us his custom built travel guitar

(He is taking orders)

June 2011 - Week one

2011-06-07T08:49:00.000-07:00

Lars (Norway) is finishing his electric guitar

Steve (Alberta) is in the process of making a sound well jig for the resonator guitar he is building

Nathan (British columbia) is building an Archtop

Arlen (instructor at Summit) is shaping the neck on a guitar he is building

Ben (Ontario)is working on the neck for his electric

Gavin (Ontario) is working on his custom semi hollow carved neck electric guitar

Shane (New York) is marking for his control cavity route

Mike (New York) is finishing his Acoustic and his 10 week custom course

Phil (British Columbia) is working on his final neck for his electric guitar he is building

Dylan - May 2011

2011-06-07T07:16:00.001-07:00

Dylan (Nova Scotia) has completed another 2 1/2 month course here at Summit and has gone home with a couple of nice hand built Basses

Four string Bass with Alder body, Maple neck and fingerboard

Five string Bas with Maple top, mahogany with wenge laminates, ebony fingerboard, wenge racing stripes in neck

End of May 2011

2011-05-31T17:05:00.000-07:00

Steve ( Alberta) is winding pickups

Ross (Alberta) is french polishing his Mandolin

Ross (Alberta) staining back and sides of his classical

Troy (Alberta) preparing fretboard on his final neck for his electric

Lars (Norway) is dry clamping his cross bracing

Justin (British Columbia) is oiling his pickguard

Jiordi (California) is waiting for the glue on his Butt Wedge to dry
(Arlen says "End Graph")

Gavin (Ontario) is drafting out his next project - An electric guitar

Ben (Ontario) is redesigning his headstock for his electric

Phil ( British Columbia) is making a nut

May 2011 - Week Two - Featuring Steve' Electric Guitar

2011-05-18T10:33:00.000-07:00

This is Steves hand built electric guitar.

Steve is working on the One Year Master Program

May 2011 - Week One

2011-05-06T15:00:00.001-07:00

Mike (New York) is in his second month of repairs. He is repairing cracks today

Ben (Ontario) is designing his custom four string Bass

Phil (British Columbia) is making a neck jig

Steve (Alberta) is building an OM style Acoustic as his next project

Nice inlay!!!!

Dylan (Nova Scotia) is working on the radius of his five string Bass neck

Shane (New York) is on practice neck number 2

Justin (British Columbia) is sanding his rock and roll electric guitar

Lars (Norway) is bending sides for his Parlor style Acoustic

Ross (Alberta) is working on the neck for his Mandolin

Jiordi (California) is notching the bracing on his Macaferri style guitar

Troy (Alberta) is working on a practice neck

April 2011 - Week Three

2011-04-12T10:39:00.000-07:00

Mike (New York) is removing a Bridge plate

Ben (Ontario) filing frets

Shane (New York) is making a nut

Mike (Instructor at Summit) teaching in the repair department

Jiordi (California) is working on his Acoustic

Check out the headstock and inlay below.......

Kevin (British columbia) is shaping the body on his solid body electric

Bill (British Columbia) is winding pickups for the electric guitar he is building

Steve (Alberta) is working on the Acoustic he is building here at Summit

Ross (Alberta) is starting an A Style Mondolin as his next project

Mike (South Korea) making a nut

Lars (Norway) routing the pick up cavity on his electric

Dylan (Nova Scotia) working on the Bass he is building

April 2011

2011-04-07T07:37:00.001-07:00

Kevin (British Columbia)sanding his electric guitar body and his finger

Ben' (Ontario) solid body electric is constructed from Alder with a Rosewood fretboard

This is Nathans electric guitar

Bill (British Columbia) is shaping the neck for his electric

Steve (Alberta) is working on an Acoustic as part of his One Year Program

Lars (Norway) is building his first neck

Troy (Calgary) is starting in the Repair department

Mike (New York) is making a nut

Shane (New York) is starting on Repairs as part of his One Year Course

Mike (South Korea) is working on a solid body electric

Ross (Alberta) is building an Acoustic as part of the One Year Master Program

Jimmy Wing - completes One Year Master Program

2011-03-17T09:32:00.000-07:00

Nice Acoustic Jimmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out Jimmys (Birdman General ) Electric Guitar

March 2011 - Week Two -Jeff Rossi

2011-03-15T08:20:00.000-07:00

Jeff Rossi has finished the One Year Master Program here at Summit School

March 2011- week one

2011-03-07T07:54:00.001-08:00

Lars (Norway) is building an electric guitar as part of his One Year Course

Dylan (Nova Scotia) is building an electric Bass

Gavin (Ontario) is making a neck pocket jig for the electric guitar he is building

Ross (Alberta) is ready to do a french polish finish on his Flamenco guitar

Ross is working on the bridge placement on the Acoustic he is currently building as part of his One Year Course

Jeff (Minesotta) is finishing up his Archtop and the One Year Course here at Summit

(Check out next weeks blog for a picture of all his guitars)

Mike (South Korea) is shaping the bracing on the Acoustic he is building

Justin (British Columbia) is working on the headstock inlay for his electric

Kevin (British Columbia) is thicknessing the body for his electric guitar

Here is Nathans guitar after the finish was applied

February 2011 wraps up....

2011-02-24T08:58:00.000-08:00

Matt' (Ontario) seven string Parlor Guitar is finished and so is his One year master course here at Summit

Bruce (British Columbia) has completed building his Acoustic in a very quick four weeks

Steve (Alberta) is working on the bracing for his Acoustic

Ross (Alberta) is cleaning up the binding on his Acoustic constructed with Zebra wood

Gavin (Ontario) is working on practice neck number 4

Reid (Saskatewan) is working on electronics and has wound his own pickups (below)

He is just completing his two month course

Jiordi (California) is drawing up his Acoustic and working on bracing

This is Nathans Acoustic

Justin (British Columbia) sanding his electric guitar

Jimmy (Ontario) carving his Archtop back for his Bass

Justin (Oregon) carving a fiddle

Ben (Ontario) working on repairs as part of his six month course

Jeff (Minesotta) carving the top for his Archtop

Jeff (Minesotta) gluing the bridge on his Flamenco style guitar

Kevin (British Columbia) is jigging up for building an electric

February 2011 - week one

2011-02-02T08:50:00.001-08:00

Mike (South Korea) winding pickups for his electric guitar

Justin V (Oregon) in the repair department as part of his One Month Course

Benjamin (Ontario) starting on repairs as part of his Six Month Course

Jeff (Minesotta) carving his Archtop

Kevin (British Columbia) has just replaced the nut and saddle

Gavin (Ontario) is working on shaping a practice neck for his electric

Steve (Alberta) is making a rosette for his Acoustic

Bruce (British Columbia) is cutting curfing for his Acoustic

This is the Acoustic Guitar Nathan (British Columbia) is building

Justin (British Columbia) is sanding his electric guitar

Jiordi (California) is sanding his wood pick guard and then moving on to pickup winding

Matt (Ontario) is working on his Archtop

back view of Matts Archtop

Reid (Saskatewan) is working on his solid body electric

Live Sound Course - January 2011

2011-01-27T13:22:00.001-08:00

Jeremy (British Columbia) and Live Sound Instructor Randy learning about this Soundcraft series K2 board as part of his one month Live Sound Course

Speaker re-coning 101

Checking connections and learning about maintanance of different speakers

Maintanance of a powered board

Jeremy spent time in our studio setting up various mic placements and stage rigging for local bands

January 2011 - Week Two

2011-01-16T11:37:00.001-08:00

Steve (Alberta) is trying out different finishes for his electric and below are the pickups he wound and pickguard he made......

Jiordi (California)

"In glue and dust we put our trust"

Kevin (British Columbia) is finishing up a fret dress

Jimmy (Ontario) is working on a fret dress

Gavin (Ontario) is making a nut for his electric

Matt (Ontario) is shaving away the excess after gluing the body together

Justin (British Columbia) is working on the neck for his electric guitar

Reid (Saskatewan) is starting the neck for his electric guitar

Ross (Alberta) is working on his bracing for the acoustic he is building as

part of his one year course

Jeff (Minesotta) is cleaning up the binding on his flamenco style guitar

Adrian (Norway) is working on fret dressing

Student Dinners

2011-01-06T09:06:00.001-08:00

Locally caught fresh crab was on the menu tonight

January 2011 - Week One

2011-01-06T08:55:00.000-08:00

Justin (British Columbia) has come back for additional training

Ross (Alberta) is working on a modified version of a Solera Jig

Jeff (Minesotta) is shaping the heel on his flamenco guitar

Steve (Alberta) is doing the final sanding on his electric

Jiordi (california) is working on practice neck #4

Jimmy (Ontario) is sanding the heel cap on his Acoustic Cutaway

Gavin (Ontario) is starting in the repair department

Kevin (British Columbia) is working on repairs as part of his training

Reid (Saskatewan) is also starting on repairs

Matt (Ontario) is shaping his Archtop

Matt always makes time for our new puppy "Stanley"

Mike (South Korea) is working on the neck for his electric

December 2010 - Second Week

2010-12-18T10:08:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to all.............................

December 2010

2010-12-13T08:01:00.000-08:00

Matt (Ontario) is carving the back for his Archtop

Jiordi (California) is on his second practice neck, for the solid body electric, he will be starting as part of his three month course

Steve (Alberta) is working on his final neck for this project

Jeff (Minesotta) is working on the binding of his flamenco guitar

Adrian (Norway) is working on his solid body guitar - the wood is Walnut

Jimmy (Ontario) is working on a repair

November 2010 - Week Three

2010-11-20T09:16:00.000-08:00

Ron (California) working on Buzz Feiten to finish his eight week course

Sigmund (Instuctor at Summit) is doing a Neck reset

Mike (Instructor at Summit) is showing Matt how to square up irregular stock

Adrian (Norway) is working on a practice neck

Joel (England) is working on his Blue on Blue electric guitar

Brian (Pensylvania) is working on his Acoustic guitar neck

Here is the body for Brians electric classical guitar

Brian with our shop dog Stanley

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on his Flamenco Guitar

Dwayne ( Manitoba) is working on the recurve of his Archtop

Matt (Ontario) is working on the radius for his Acoustic
below is Matts guitar ready for hardware....

Steve (Alberta) is working on practice neck number 4

Ross (Alberta) is doing some sanding on his Acoustic

November 2010 - Week Two

2010-11-10T17:00:00.001-08:00

Matt (Ontario) is cutting inlay

Christopher (British Columbia) is working on re - finishing

Brendan (Ontario) is finishing up the three month course and his 3rd and 4th guitar

Ron (California) is finishing his eight week repair course with some re - finishing work

Joel (England) is working on his electric bolt on neck guitar with Sepele body and Rosewood neck

Ross (Alberta) is waiting for some glue to dry so he is making an order for parts

Jimmy (Ontario) is working on the butt wedge for his Acoustic

Steve (Alberta) is carving a practice neck

Jeff (Minnesota) has finished his rosette for his Flamenco style guitar

The rosette: walnut, maple, ebony, Rosewood,Purple heart , chakot akohc, and shell found on our local beach.

Brian (Pensylvania) is working on his guitar neck for his electric classical.

Brian is also finishing up the One Year Master Program

November 2010 - Week One

2010-11-09T07:39:00.001-08:00

Steve (Alberta) is starting an electric guitar

Ron (California) is working on repairs

Brian (Pensylvania) is cutting diagonal fret slots for his next project an electric classical

Mike (South Korea) is working on repairs and a practice neck

Jimmy (Ontario) has finished his Acoustic and is moving on to a new project

Tyler (TJ) (Saskatewan) is doing two weeks of repairs

Ross (Alberta) is about to glue the back on his Acoustic

Here are three views of Matts (Ontario) Acoustic

Jeffs Bass

2010-11-02T11:43:00.000-07:00

Jeff (Minnesota) has completed his Bass

End of October 2010

2010-10-28T13:40:00.001-07:00

Joel (England) has completed the One Year Master Program

and the following guitars.......

October 2010 - Week 3

2010-10-22T08:34:00.001-07:00

Adrian (Norway) is about to remove a bridge from this acoustic

Steve (Alberta) is checking the nut he just replaced

Ron (California) has built a new bridge for this acoustic

Dwayne (Manitoba) is working on an Archtop and an Acoustic seen below...

Brian (Pensylvania) is getting some instruction from Arlen

Finally the finished electric violin built by Brian

Jeff (Minnesota) is sanding the laquer finish (Custom Fire Glow) on his Bass

Joel (England) is working on another series of inlays for his custom guitars

Ross (Alberta) is working on the electronics of his electric guitar

Jimmy (Ontario) is working on the rosette for his acoustic

Matt (Ontario) is doing the final sanding on his Acoustic

October 2010 - Week Two

2010-10-12T10:57:00.000-07:00

Steve (Alberta) is starting in the repair department as part of his one year master program

Mike (S. Korea) working on repairs, he is also starting the one year master program

Ron (California) is concentrating on repairs during his eight week course

Adrian (Norway) is here for nine months and is starting in the repair department

Dwayne(Manitoba) is working on the curfing for his Archtop

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on the body and neck for his Bass

Brian (Pensylvania) is drafting up his last guitar and working on the acoustic below

Joel (England) is setting up his 7 string electric

Matt (Ontario) is working on the binding of his Acoustic

Jimmy (Ontario) is making a Rosette for his Acoustic

Brendan (Ontario) is routing for pickups on his Bass

These are the pickups Ross (Alberta) wound himself for his electric guitar

End of September 2010

2010-09-22T09:20:00.000-07:00

Jong (South Korea) is doing the last of the sanding on his electric before spraying

Brian (Pennsylvania) is working on the bracing for his acoustic

Joel (England) is doing an oil finish on his seven string electric

Ross (Alberta) is leveling frets for his Electric guitar neck

Matt (Ontario) is figuring out the bracing for his parlor
style guitar

Jimmy (Ontario) is sanding his acoustic for a lacquer finish

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on the neck for his new project, a Bass

Dwayne (Manitoba) is ready to add hardware to his batman guitar

September 2010 - Week Two

2010-09-11T12:04:00.000-07:00

Joel (England) is finishing up the One Year Master Program and three more guitars

This is his set through electric

A seven string with a quilted maple top

And a hollow body baritone with a flame maple top

Ross (Alberta) is working on the neck for his electric guitar

Matt (Ontario) is sanding his Acoustic

another nice angle on Matts Acoustic

Jong (South Korea) is working on a practice neck for his Electric Guitar

Brendan (Ontario) is working on a practice neck for a Bass

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on a repair

Brian (Pennsylvania) is finishing up the chin rest for his electric violin

Justin (British Columbia) is showing us his finished electric guitar.
Justins next project is going to be another electric guitar

Jimmy (Ontario) is working on the neck for his Acoustic

Summit Extras

2010-09-10T16:43:00.001-07:00

Meet Stanley, our newest edition

CJ and Stanley

Mike, Leif and Maurice jamming on the porch

September 2010 - Week One

2010-09-09T10:23:00.000-07:00

Jong (South Korea) is chambering his electric guitar

Matt (Ontario) is shaping the neck for his Acoustic

Ross (Alberta) is working on a practice neck

Justin (British Columbia) is ready to put on his hardware

Justin wound his own pick ups

Jimmy (Ontario) is joining the fret board on his Acoustic guitar neck

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on the finish on his Acoustic

Brian (Pennsylvania) is testing the pick up for his electric violin

Brendan (Ontario) is starting to draft up his electric guitar

August 2010 - Week Three

2010-08-18T09:02:00.001-07:00

Ross (Alberta) is building a redneck neck simulater

Kerry (Montana) is doing a fret dress on a 1954 Martin

Matt (Ontario) is finishing the bracing on his Acoustic

Jimmy (Ontario) is filling and working on his binding on his Acoustic

Tyler (Alberta) is finishing up the One Year Master Program and will be on his way to Sweden for the one month work program.

Check out his steel string Acoustic......

Paul (Manitoba) is gluing the top and back of his Acoustic.

He is in the final month of his Six Month Course here at Summit

Dwayne (Manitoba) is working on his Acoustic neck

This is Dwaynes new project, a Green Lantern Bass

(Patent pending)

Brian (Pennsylvania) is putting the finishing touches on his electric violin

Jeff (Minnesota) is gluing the rosette for his Flaminco guitar

This is Justin' (British Columbia) electric guitar, he is ready to do an oil finish

Neil (Phillipines) is gluing the heal and tail block on his Acoustic

Devon (Alberta) is gluing laminates for his Acoustic Guitar neck

August 2010 - Week One

2010-08-04T13:24:00.001-07:00

Devon (Alberta) with his finished Electric Hawaiian Lap Guitar

Joel (England) is finishing his 7 string guitar. Joel is also bending the sides and working on the bracing for the back of his acoustic

Jeff (Minnesota) is starting a new project, a flamenco style acoustic

Matt (Ontario) is working on the curfing and then will glue the back and sides

Matt and Arlen discussing the next step

Ross (Alberta) is starting in the repair department

Kerry (Montana) is doing the one month repair course

Dwayne (Manitoba) is considering a green lantern bass as his next project

Brian (Pennsylvania) is assembling the hardware on his acoustic

Jerome(Ontario) is working on a solid body electric

Paul (Ontario) is preparing the fret slots

Jimmy (Ontario) is gluing the curfing on his acoustic guitar

Justin (British Columbia) is finishing up the neck for his electric guitar

3rd week of July

2010-07-21T13:14:00.001-07:00

Brian (Pennsylvania) working on his electric violin

Christopher (Alberta) has completed his solid body electric guitar

Christopher (Alberta) is gluing the Rosette on his Acoustic

Dwayne (Manitoba) is working on his Acoustic guitar

This ones for you Louis.........
Matt (Ontario) has finished his solid body

Matt-O-Caster guitar.

Nice side view of Matts guitar

Devon (Alberta) is drafting up his next project an Acoustic guitar

Jerome (Ontario) is making a saddle for an Acoustic guitar

Jacques (Quebec) is working on Fret work as part of his one month repair course

Neil (Phillipines) is winding a pickup for the electric guitar
he is building

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on the headstock inlay on his all Mahogony Acoustic Guitar

Jimmy (Ontario) is gluing bracing on his Acoustic guitar

Justin (British Columbia) shaping his guitar neck

Joel (England) is working on the mother of pearl inlay for his guitar

Tyler (Alberta) is adding hardware to his Acoustic Guitar

Paul (Ontario) is working on his five piece neck for his Acoustic guitar

Housing at Summit

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above the shop

sleeps four, shared kitchen and livingroom

sleeps three, shared kitchen

sleeps two
shared kitchen and living area

sleeps four

shared kitchen and living area

July 2010

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Matt (Ontario) is starting to put hardware on his electric guitar

Justin (British Columbia) drafting up new plans for his Acoustic

Jaques (Quebec) is doing the one month repair program here at Summit

Jerome (Ontario) starting on repairs

Dwayne (Manitoba) is working on the neck for his Acoustic

Brian (Pennsylvania) is gluing the sides on his acoustic

Chris (Alberta) getting some instruction from Arlen while working on his electric guitar neck

Joel (England) with his original set neck seven string electric guitar

Tyler (Alberta) is working on his Acoustic as part of his One Year Master Program

This is CJ, the resident dog

Summit Pictures 2010

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Randy (Live Sound Instructor here at Summit) doing live sound for Trooper

on Canada Day 2010

Adam and Marti get married, July 3, 2010

A trip on BC Ferries

A trip to Ukuelet on the west side of Vancouver Island to a gig

Deer in our back yard

Mike, Sigmund, Leif and Atsushi meet here on the Island July 2010

Local car show in Qualicum draws thousands of people

Michael (British Columbia) has built this Archtop in One Month

Brian (Pennsylvania) spraying his Solid Body Electric Guitar

Warren (New York) spraying his guitar

Third week of June 2010

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Jimmy (Ontario) is working on his guitar neck

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on his solid body Acoustic

Paul (Ontario) is getting some instruction from Arlen while working on his Acoustic Guitar

Dwayne ( Manitoba) is getting his Batman guitar ready for spraying

Neil (Phillipines) is cutting out his guitar jig

Christopher (British Columbia) doing some repairs

Joshua (California) is doing the Buzz Feiten certification and then is heading to Japan to do one month of work experience

Jim (Washington) is building a classical guitar

Matt (Ontario) is making a jig for his acoustic

June 2010

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Josh (California)is finishing the One Year Master Program here at Summit and will then travel to Japan for his one month practicum.

Neil (Phillipines) is working on his solid body electric

Matt (Ontario) is ready to do some finishing work on his solid body electric

Jimmy (Ontario) is shaping the neck on his Bass

Leif is here from Sweden hanging out in the shop

Tyler (Alberta) is working on his Acoustic

Brian (Pennsylvania) is working on his Acoustic as part of the One Year Master Program

Jeff (Minnesota) is working on his solid body electric

Joel (England) has finished this electric guitar and has moved on to an Acoustic seen below

Paul (Ontario) is working on his Acoustic and below are two pictures of his finished electric

Devon (Alberta) is ready to finish his electric Hawaiin Lap guitar

Justin (British Columbia) is finishing his Electric Guitar

Christopher (Alberta)is getting ready to place his hardware on his electric guitar

May - Week 3

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Devon (Alberta) working on his solid body electric and showing us the wood for his next project, an Acoustic

Paul (Ontario) starting an Acoustic as his second instrument

Christopher (Alberta) sanding his solid body electric

Michael (British Columbia) is making great progress on his Archtop

Neil (Philippines) is getting some instruction from Arlen on fret slotting

Dwayne (Manitoba) is almost ready to spray his Batman guitar

Joshua (California) is working on the inlay for the headstock of his neck through Bass

Brian (Pennsylvania) is working on his Acoustic and starting to draw up plans for an Electric Violin

Tyler (Alberta) is radiusing the bracing for his Acoustic Guitar

Matt (Ontario) is working on his solid body electric

Joel (England) is almost ready to spray. What color do you think it should be????

Second week in May

2010-05-24T18:48:00.000-07:00

Mike (instructor at Summit) is showing the guys a photo album of past students and talking about what they have gone on to do..

Michael (British Columbia) is sanding out the sides of his Archtop

Josh (California)

Great action shot!!!

Brian (Pennsylvania) sanding the sides on his Acoustic