Mike Schiff's Deluxe Koa Sopranino

bent the koa sides on the hot iron today. installed the blocks and solid linings.

i made quick work with gluing the mahogany linings using Beau Hannam's Hyde glue recipe.
aside from the blocks, i use Hot hyde glue 89 % in all of my builds.

Gramil and exact blade Shank in the morning

i got to cut the binding ledge on this cherry style B nano first thing in the morning. what better way to go about it than my homemade Gramil. too noisy in the morning for a handheld router .

TIWI Soprano 8-string body shape

IN Living Color

..taking you all the way back to 1991....coloful wax rosette. a TIWI original concept.

Closing the box on this Ugly Rainbow Cherry style B

im not aiming for beauty on this one...more on re-creating the loud sound

a 6.5" scale mahogany neck step-by-step