so just to bring you up to speed. i took a break from the exciting world of guitar building to really focus on the CMG record. i made a chart to track the progress. here it is like 4 months ago.
and here it is from june. 
and here it is as of last night. it coming along. just a few more squares left. oh my god i'm excited.
a few months ago i had the privilege of contributing a small part to this record. it's called 'reading's from wheeling motel.'
let me try to explain this.... it's poet franz wright reading from his new book 'wheeling motel' set against the gentle groove of michael rozon and joining them together is longtime friend and lover daniel ahearn. here's a taste. but i suggest you download the whole thing here.
cmg and the we are the night band doing what they think they know how to do best.
just in case you need a late pass. buy this record now or regret it for the rest of your life. 
here are some pictures of my first re-crown. there were a lot of loose frets and buzzing so i went in for the kill.
taping up a neck is pretty fun.
here's the full tape job. from here i glued all the loose frets down and took a flat file upside the whole front of the guitar.
after that we start reshaping the frets. i was nervous. 
boom! sand all the frets. 400 grit up to 2000 to get all the scratches out.
polish them up good.
it is on.
we had a party over at the haystack a few months ago because naim amor was coming into town. here's the first of many video's of that night.
when i wrote this song, i had been sick for sometime and took too much thera-flu. from there i started having waking dream visions and my spirit animal came to me. it was randy newman and he told me i could bite his style circa 'sail away.' when i awoke from my fever dream, this song was done and ready to be someday covered.