Leonardo Guitar Research Project

Almost there! - week 6 of 2017 with LGRP

It's been about a year and two weeks since I started to work on the pair of acoustic guitars to take part in the Leonardo Guitar Research...

So the belated deadline for our acoustic guitar course is here. Naturally the Leonardo pair will be what I will be showing. The last few...

For those of you not yet familiar with the term Töpex it is used when one out of carelessness or bad fortune makes a move which causes...

General feeling Various things going on and time is just flying this time things are not in any specific order because I have been either...

There are quite many things to consider while making a slotted headstock with bindings. So I made a list of things to do in order not to...

Hello again! So summer break ended two and a half weeks ago. Let me tell you there's a good buzz at the Ikata department of luthiery with...

The sun is shining the weather is sweet! Before quieting down for the summer one last glance to see what will be waiting when after 71...

Dovetails, fretboards, bridges & bridge pins so much to do and so little time.. I kind of wish there was no such thing as summer holiday...

Amazing luthiers, big trees, sustainable forest management, good beer, smurf ice cream, french polishing, 538 steps of stairs to carillon...

Most of this week actually had very little to do with the Leonardo Guitar Research Project. Mon through Wed we had Mikko from Uraltone to...