I was hoping to get back to making banjos this time around, but I don’t think I’ll have the time before my job starts up again. Maybe next Winter I’ll concentrate on that.. My Winter projects have been four Hawaiian steel guitars, or Weissenborns as they are commonly known as. Two are made with theContinue reading “Winter 2025-26 – #2”
Category Archives: NorthWest Woods
New Guitars & Laminated Sides – April 2025
These guitars have been done for a little while now, but I just got around to taking pics and posting them. They’re both made with Oregon myrtlewood back and sides and Port Orford cedar tops. Both great tone woods, from southern Oregon, where those trees are native. Above is a Weissenborn type. More info onContinue reading “New Guitars & Laminated Sides – April 2025”
Persimmon 1
When I began making guitars about ten years ago, besides being very enthusiastic about it all, I was trying to figure out which local woods would work as replacements for traditionally used tropical woods. For most of the material used in guitars, i.e the back, sides, neck, bracing and soundboard, domestic woods work well, thinkContinue reading “Persimmon 1”
December 2024
I’m back in my shop and starting to get into a bit of a rhythm there. It was a busy farm season even though there wasn’t much soft fruit due to a January freeze (-10F). Garden vegetables, apples and various other fruits, nuts and honey carried us through the market season. I’m enjoying the WinterContinue reading “December 2024”
Hampel Guitars 