Shop Pics  Here are some pictures from the shop. There are many steps to making an Excelsior Guitar. From its Spanish Luthier neck joint to its 3d body.

This picture shows the spanish Luthier neck joint. In this way the wood grain is at the same angle as the headstock, thus making it stronger. An 11 degree headstock angle is used. Getting everything lined up can be a little bit tricky !

Here the fingerboard is being glued and clamped in place. Alignment is critical !

Here is how the bodies are cut out. After the body blanks are laminated together they are rough cut on a bandsaw. Then using a router, guided by hand, (seen in lower left hand corner) an approximate shape of the guitar body is shaped. As you can see the cuts are extremely rough !

Here is the hard part....the Finish Work. Hours and hours are spend finish sanding the block of wood into the final shape. All the curves and contours must be painstakingly carved in by hand. Pickup cavities and neck pockets will be added at this time.

After this comes the Painting part. I'de love to show you this part ...but ...well...I'de be giving away too many secrets....hope ya understand ...Tony DeLacugo