July 2009

Niall (British Columbia) has just completed his Mandolin and the Four Month Course here at Summit

Sigmund Johannessen (Instructor at Summit) is showing Doug (Alberta) how to do the recurve on his Archtop.

Tom (Regina, Sask) is a Music Teacher who spent part of his summer holidays learning guitar repairs from instructor Mike Jarvis

Eric (Memphis) is on his way home once this month is up, he has been here for the One Year Master Program and has completed the Buzz Feiton Program.

Jordan ( British Columbia) is doing Buzz Feiton and Repairs.

He is here for four weeks

HS (South Korea) seems happy to be moving on to his Acoustic

HS (South Korea) is working on his solid body guitar as part of the One Year Program

Warren (New York) is doing nut work and a fret dress as part of the Repair Course

June 2009

Willy (British Columbia) gluing the back on his Mandolin

Patrick is checking out the piece of wood he foraged from the woods here on the island

Nick is finishing his Archtop and the 10 month course here at Summit

This is Nicks design for his headstock

Joe (Ontario) has done Four Months of Repair

Eric (Memphis) working on his Archtop. He is in the 11th Month of the One Year Master Program.

Darryl is carving the back of his Archtop, He is in the 10th month of the One Year Master Program

H.S. (South Korea) is starting the one year master program

Doug (Alberta) is in his last month and is finishing up his Archtop

May 2009

Nick (California) is wet sanding his Acoustic. He is finishing up the One Year Master Program here at Summit. He will do his final month in Japan, at Atsushi' shop.

On a personal note** Thank you for rescuing those wonderful kittens, we have two of them and they are great. You are very kind Nick.

Side view

Back view

Front view

Jeff (Ontario) is just about finished his Acoustic. Jeff will be finished the Five Month Guitar Building and Repair Course at the end of this month.

Nick has been busy carving his Archtop

Kjel has finished the program and returned to Alberta, but I liked this picture of him fitting the dovetail

Eric (Memphis) doing some finishing work on his electric guitar

Stephen also finished up the program last month, but I thought this was a good picture of him shaping the body of his neck through Bass

This Acoustic Guitar in process belongs to Doug
(Alberta)

Arlen (Instructor at Summit) hand built this solid body electric:
It has a Spalted Maple drop top, Alder body,
Maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard, Hand wound bridge pickup and a TV Jones Filtron neck pickup

another pic of Arlens Electric Guitar

April 2009

Dave happy about the outcome of his practice guitar

Kjel (Alberta) measuring for his fingerboard

Nick (California) with his Jig for his Acoustic

Darryl (Ontario) is working on the bracing on his Acoustic

Jeff (Ontario) with his guitar in progress

Joe is finishing his Acoustic and the six month course here at Summit

Doug is sanding the rosette on his Acoustic

Alan is working on his Acoustic as part of his nine month course

Cory is finishing up his Archtop and also finishing the One Year Master Program

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