Sitka spruce top
walnut sides
Walnut back
martin style size 0 custom acoustic guitar with pyramid bridge
Handmade Guitar built by luthier Aaron Foster sits in a room with hardwood floors.
French polished guitar hanging out
black guitar with french polished top hangs in the Queen City Guitars shop waiting to be finished with finishing. Theburst on the custom guitar top is hand rubbed with lamp black and aqueous shellac.
Multiline purfling and walnut binding
Binding and purfling detail on handmade custom guitar made in Oakland California by luthier Aaron Foster of Queen City Guitars.
Acoustic guitar rosette
bespoke rosette inlaid into the top of a Queen City Guitars rb-0 model. The rosette features sand shaded Spanish cedar ringed by rectangular purfling and bold line purfling, both also of spanish cedar.
figured walnut guitar back
custom acoustic guitar back made of figured walnut with a decorative center seam inlay made of sand shaded Spanish cedar. The back is bordered with multi line Spanish cedar purfling in graduated thicknesses and walnut binding
walnut and sand shaded Spanish cedar end graft inlay
handbuilt walnut guitar sits on a futon a wide inlay of walnut and Spanish cedar cover the joint where the sides of the guitar meet.
Acoustic guitar headstock
Acoustic guitar headstock with multi line decorative purfling
Spanish cedar veneered acoustic guitar headstock
Acoustic guitar peghead made of Spanish cedar. the headstock features multi line violin style purfling which together with the headstock veneers creates the appearance of Spansh cedar binding. the headstock also features a sculptural cutout in the center and a sort of simplified art nouveau inlay scheme
custom guitar headstock
Acoustic guitar peghead made of Spanish cedar. the headstock features multi line violin style purfling which together with the headstock veneers creates the appearance of Spansh cedar binding. the headstock also features a sculptural cutout in the center and a sort of simplified art nouveau inlay scheme
Walnut and Sitka spruce parlor size 0 guitar
a simple and small handmade acoustic guitar at the place of its creation in Oakland California
Acoustic steel string guitar headstock
Acoustic guitar peghead made of book matched Spanish cedar. The headstock features multi line violin style purfling which together with the veneers create the appearance of Spansh cedar binding. The head stock also features a sculptural cutout in the center and a sort of simplified art nouveau inlay scheme
birds beak guitar neck joint
a slightly modified birds beak joint viewed from the back. The bridle joint is rough fit in this guitar neck mock up.
acoustic guitar bridle joint
birds beak or bridle joint viewed from the top in a mock up guitar neck. The neck sits on a workbench in the Queen city guitar shop just after rough fitting
birds beak joint and tools
woodworking tools surround a rough fit and disassembled birds beak jointed headstock and neck mocked up for practice and as a test of the joint which is slightly modified for a thicker headstock and for a neck through truss rod.
