I Went to the Shop...

for about 15 minutes, so I didn't get to work. Don was so busy getting ready for the Chicago Guitar Show that it felt like I had jumped into a tornado. I got some pics, though, and will be working on the Bell-a-Blaster after the guitar show. Sorry for the absence of posts, but I'm still trying to get the groove back.


More pics of the process of the JBs sometime next week, but didn't want to keep these to myself.

Holding Pattern

Still can't break away from home. Typing with Cam in my hands!
Don's taking pics of the process for me, so I will post up some guitar pics when I get 'em.
Meanwhile, thanks to Scott at B&S signs for the graphic help on the amp.

Sounds pretty good so far, but I've still go to put the back on it. Head cover, too.

Bell in the Telegram

The Star Telegram, that is.

OK, so it's not a front page full feature spread with interview, but there is a photograph!
Here's the link: http://www.star-telegram.com/408/story/600131.html

A little over half-way down the page. Travis Hensley is the kiddo rocking the V.

Photo is on this page: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/photos/gallery/600132.html

5th photo in the slideshow.

Thanks, Fort Worth Star Telegram!

Cameron's here...

and doing fine. So far he prefers sound of the bass to the guitar.

He's keeping me quite busy, so I haven't been able to work at the shop at all.

Don's been doing lots of repairs and marketing for BCG. The JazzBlaster made it's first live appearance at the Green River Ordinance show at the Dallas HOB this month...


I've been working on an amp project to keep my production skills sharp. It's a 1 12" combo using a custom cab, a Sovtek tube midget 50w head and a 60 watt Hellatone Celestian. I have no idea what I'm doing, so it should sound interesting. Many thanks to my dad and his tools & skills with lumber manipulation.


I hope to get out to the shop soon and get back into some sort of groove. We'll see...

Preparing for my son...

to come into the world so updates to the blog will be taking a hit for a while. Although I'm not counting it out, mind you, they are just gonna be slim for a while.

March 16 Update...

Not the most exiting job, but necessary none-the-less. Adding the dots to the fretboard. I never really thought about how this happened until I had to do it. One of those, "Ohhhh, so that's how it's done." moments of discovery. I think I did about 10 or so yesterday.

This is the CNC machine routing out the cavities for the controls. The programs are created in a 3D modeling software and then exported to the CNC's routing software. The CNC is also used to create the relief in the bodies. Basically it does the rough cuts and the rest is finished up by hand.

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No progress on the Bell-a-Blaster, but I am hoping to have some work done this week.

A little progress...

Routing the bodies to a half inch radius causes a mess when routing plex.

That was just the fourth one out of ten. At the end of the run it was a winter wonderland.

Routing for the control plates and cavities is next, then necks.

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New headstock for the Bell-a-Blaster.

Zoomed out


Here's the art for the 12th fret. It's meaning is two-fold. BAB for the name of the guitar and for the initials of it's future owner