Qualicum Car Show - Fathers day

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

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

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

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

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