TOUR DU JOUR: WINTHROP UNIVERSITY

We were delighted to have longtime BG Artist L.H. Dickert and his students tour BG today (after driving four hours in the rain that I'd hoped would be snow!). L.H. (kneeling on left, in green shirt) is the longtime Professor of Jazz Guitar at the esteemed Winthrop University in South Carolina. Thanks for making the trip!

JAZZ TRIO

A trio of exotic BENNY One-offs in the works... l to r: bookmatched curly Bubinga (with Birdseye maple centerpiece)/Cocobolo with Birdseye maple centerpiece)/Camphor Burl.  :-)

OUR POINT OF HUE

WE BRIM WITH RIMS

   ANDY rim sets in the works in White Wood for our ever-popular Travel Guitar!

WE REPEAT ANDY ELITE

Our first Andy Elite ("Andrew") was a big hit and sold so we thought we'd try a second one, this time in our popular Honey Blonde...here 'he' is, shown in our Finish Dept. and waiting for his glamour shots for the Boutique Page  :-)

YOU'D 'B'  SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  :-)

Bob reviews the custom 16-B 7-string in the works for Clint Hasse.

 HE SETS THE FRETS!

BG's Jeremy doesn't sweat the frets as he works on a custom BRAVO neck with wooden binding.  :-)

MAPLE: IT'S A STAPLE

Evan Ellis inspects a maple top for a new custom BENNY

   SMILE

(Right): Belated posting of Clint Hasse from St Louis, from late December!...Bob had made him a custom guitar years ago and he couldn't resist ordering another one while in 'Suh-vannah". (he's shown with the Demo archtop Bob made years ago for an archtop clinic...)

SHAPING UP

   BG's Pat shapes a Benny neck...

TAKE FOUR

Just another Fun Day at BG...Feb 1st: Ed Benson, Just Jazz Guitar magazine, Howard, Bob and 'Captain Dave' Stoner

WE KEEP PRESSING ON!

(Left): Closer view of the custom Benny tops being laminated with our press.

(Right): Evan Ellis points to a mahogany and maple Benny top; above that is cocobola and maple; the "top" top (below the mold used in the lamination process) is flamed maple. Each of those tops in turn has a decorative veneer. And that's just the top!

IT'S OUR CUSTOM

Center of photo: Custom Benny tops being laminated with decorative veneers for some cool custom BENNYs!

JAZZ SPRINGS ETERNAL

I love this Jazz portrait; the original hangs in our Savannah shop. Shows dear friend and jazz great Jack Wilkins (on Fratello) with Derek Smith (piano) and Harvie Swartz (bass) at Zinno's, February 1996.

A BENE BENNY TO BE!

   Laminating decorative veneers to the underside of a bookmatched Curly Bubinga slated to be a carved BENNY top.

Translation: Soon to be a gorgeous BENNY on Bob's Boutique!

EVERYBODY LOVES MY 'BAMBINO'   :-)

We have some gorgeous Bob's Boutique guitars in the works...

Shown here: BG's Production Manager Extraordinaire Evan Ellis gluing together One-off BAMBINO tops (made of Camphor Burl).

(alternate caption: Everybody Loves Evan!)