Maingard Guitars

"The Luthier at the Tip of Africa"

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The following photographs show a giant Sitka log being sawn, split and sawn again to make Sitka guitar tops.


The beginning of cutting guitar top billets from a Sitka log	More cutting	Almost done	Moving the giant biscuit	Placing it on the hydraulic wedge cutting table


Preparing to wet the surface for cutting	Wetting the surface	Preparing to cut low grade stock	Wedging procedure	Getting the billets out


Top suitable for low grade factory guitars	Average billet	Cutting Pine tops	Cutting more pine tops	The bandsaw


	Bandsaw blade sharpening at Pacific Rim tonewoods		Coco Bola…Tropical hardwoods, San Diego

The rest of the trip was spent visiting agents and friends, such as Richard Hoover SCGC, Jeff Traugott, Kevin Ryan, and Roy MacAlistair to shoot the breeze and talk guitars, our great favourite subject.