Wednesday, February 2, 2011

February 2011 - week one

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


Thursday, January 27, 2011

Live Sound Course - January 2011

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


Sunday, January 16, 2011

January 2011 - Week Two

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


Thursday, January 6, 2011

Student Dinners

Locally caught fresh crab was on the menu tonight

January 2011 - Week One

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