Holger Guitars

Attaching neck and bridge to this baby today.

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For my electric builds, mostly basses, I like to add a little extra details. Like wooden k***s.
This is one way to make them.

Almost ready to start spraying OM #36.
One of the last preparations is to protect the inside of the guitar, which means blocking the sound hole.
I do this with a plastic lid from a yoghurt can.
And a balloon.
But it has to be a pink ballon!

One of my favorite tasks in guitar building is shaping the neck. I do it by hand. It’s about an hour’s work to reshape the square piece of wood into a neck.

On my bench today : a bass that I built a few years ago.
Now in for some adjustments.

Celebrity time. Or time for celebration?

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OM #36 is now released from the mold.
This one is going to be something special.
Carefully selected woods of fine quality.
Simple, but still significant details.

Today I unpacked some wonderful sets of Indian Rosewood.
Next year these pieces will be turned into instruments and create music.

En sådan dag.
Håller verkligen inte på med serietillverkning, men vissa saker är väldigt trevliga att ha klara när de behövs.

New guitar in early stage.

Unpacking some really nice wood tonight.
Indian Ebony from Mr Rahoul Waghmare.
Good quality, very nicely handled and packaged. Perfectly sealed ends.
I’m very pleased with this batch.

What’s next?
Two upcoming builds emerges in the workshop.

Started the build of OM #35 today.
It will have back and sides of Ovangkol and a top made of alpine spruce.
Neck material still to be decided.

Resultatet av två veckor i Simrishamn.

Inne på upploppet nu.
Dag 11 av 12 hos Michael Sandén.
Idag har vi monterat halsar och stall på gitarrerna.

From last summer.
My long time friend Kjelle recorded this “summer pop song”. Using a lap steel guitar from my workshop.

I Know Your Heart A song I Kjellåke Ring wrote in maj 2022 in a bluegrass kind of stile. 152 BPM

Delivery day.
I’m happy to have customers like Johan. A talented player who knows exactly what he wants.
One standard OM (left).
One modified OM for Nashville tuning (right).

You can listen to his playing here:

https://youtube.com/

https://instagram.com/johanguitarlofgren?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Today’s update is something special.
A dedicated guitar for “Nashville high e tuning”.
Only treble strings.
Like a 12-string without the bass strings.
And the first and sixth strings are tuned to the same e.
The purpose for this tuning is to make overdubs to a guitar track with a standard tuning. Studio gadget.
Modifications to nut and saddle are the key to success here.
I will hopefully post soundclips here later.