November 2012 - Week Three

Jon (Pennsylvania) is building an Acoustic with a florentine cutaway. The sound hole is in the side.

Flamed maple back and sides with a waterfall Bobinga rosette 

Patrick (British Columbia) is finishing up some sanding on the Bass he is building.

The body is Ash 

Kris (Washington DC) is building a custom electric guitar

Ben (California)is working on practice neck #3

JP (British Columbia) is building an electric guitar

Brendan (Alberta) is working on a very labor intensive Koa back strip for the Acoustic he is building

Golden (South Korea) is building an Acoustic Guitar as part of the One Year Master Program

Curtis (Manitoba) is building a jig for his next project an Acoustic

he is also working on bracing material

Dwight (British Columbia) is getting some instruction on his electric guitar neck from Arlen

Steve D (British Columbia) is planing the wood for his practice neck

Justin (British Columbia) is building a tube distortion pedal as part of the Live Sound Course 

Scott (California) is spraying the final coats on his electric guitar

Steve L (New York) has started the CNC course and is building a Santoor / Hammered Dulcimer

Brett (Alberta) is checking out the CNC machine while he is waiting to do another coat of laquer on the Acoustic he is building

November 2012 - Week One

Student dinner

Claude finishes the One Year Master Program

New dust extraction system in the shop



October 2012 - Errington Guitar Show

Students past and present along with other luthiers from Vancouver Island showcase the guitars they have built 

October 2012 -week 1

 Brendan (Alberta) is building an Acoustic made up of Flamed maple binding, rosewood fingerboard,

spruce top, mahogany back - sides - and neck, roasted maple rosette

 Miles (Colorado) and instructor Arlen are working on the binding

of the guitar Miles is building

Claude (British Columbia) is building his 7th guitar here at Summit.

This Acoustic has a Sitka spruce top and Paolo Escrito back and sides

 Jean Paul (British Columbia) is starting in the repair department, working on nuts and saddles

 Ben (California) is starting his One Year Master Program in the repair department

 Steve D (British Columbia) is working on nuts, saddles, and set ups

Patrick (British Columbia) is drafting up his next project, a Bass

 Curtis (Manitoba) is building jigs for his next project a solid body electric

  

 Jon (Pennsylvania) is building a semi hollow body electric guitar

 Steve L. (New York) is building two Acoustics

 Golden (South Korea) is shaping the bracing for the Acoustic he is building

Brett (Alberta) is working on the binding of the Acoustic he is currently building

Scott (California) is making jigs for his next project a solid body electric guitar