Chris Cliff playing his custom fretless bass, made by Warwick Stevenson. Thanks to Jake Leff for animating the sound track. Go to u tube Skutch Manos to hear more of Chris Cliff. Silver Arrows!

The TEG Custom acoustic finished this week. Ziracote back and sides. Sitka spruce top. Bound in rosewood. Ebony fingerboard on mahogany with maple wedge splices. Custom inlays. L R Baggs Anthem. Thanks to Kirk at Exotic, and Mike Reid at Small Wonder. D J Dyke.

The TEG Custom acoustic. Collected this week. Ziracote back and sides. Sitka spruce top. Mahogany, maple wenge neck with ebony fingerboard. Bound in Rosewood. Custom inlays. L R Baggs pickup system. Gotoh machine heads. Thanks to Exotic Hardwoods. Small Wonder Music.

Al Baileys 70th birthday present! Mahogany, Wenge, Ash body wings topped with Spanish Olivewood. Wenge,Maple,Ovankol neck through body with Padauk fingerboard. Abalone inlays. Woods from Exotic Hardwoods. Pickups care of Kent Armstrong. Warwick Hardware. Strings by Newtone.

The top goes on. Last job done before i left tonight.

The hi tech way of clamping the linings to the sides for extra area for the top and back to attach to. Also glued little strips to reinforce the sides, to protect lateral cracks in the event of any problems. Don't normally do this but i have 2 Martin acoustics in for repair where they have split all the way from the heal block to the waist. Nasty!

Braces being glued on and then shaping and ready for the final assembly.

Glueing the sides to the heal and end blocks!

The top finished and ready to glue in place.

The saga continues. You have to put the braces on in the correct order, or they are difficult to carve. This is where the magic happens to get the sound you want from the finished instrument. Later.........

Finished this week. Delivered today. A Ukulele in steamed pear. Mahogany neck. In the style of an early Martin no1. Ebony nut and saddle. Custom inlays (By Bryn for his Lin) A birthday present!