Custom Handmade GUitars

fretted instrument repair

Vintage restoration

in Omaha Nebraska

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Bruce Guitars - omaha, Nebraska

Serving musicians and guitar lovers everywhere, we Build, repair, and restore fretted instruments of all kinds

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Brace carving
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#braces #braceyourself #sitkaspruce #sitka #chisel #woodworking #woodcarving #woodshavings #woodworker #luthier #luthiery #macromonday #loothing #luthierlife #whatsonyourbench #grain #grainy #tonewood #acousticguitar #guitarbuilding

Very honored to see @stevencurtischapman play one of my guitars. ❤️
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I may or may not have illegally pirated the album “signs of life” in 1998... sorry, Steven. The acoustic guitar on the song “lord of the dance” is still on

Sitka spruce back with walnut veneers
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The Jayne getting binding installed. The sides are 5 layers of maple/birch with walnut on the outer layers.
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#crispy #binding #chanel #channel #rabbet #rabbit #groovy #quartersawn #quartered #veneer #trim #tr

OM-28 vintage style, aged nitro lacquer, hot hide glue, baked adi over madi
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Torrefied Adirondack top, Madagascar rosewood back and sides, hot hide glue construction, scalloped Adirondack bracing, 1 3/4” nut and thru cut saddle with 2 3/16&rdq

An interesting modification on this 1870s Martin
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It seems like someone wanted the look of a Stauffer style extension where the frets taper off… but they did it in the wrong direction 😂
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I will be doing a full refret on this guitar, and so

A walnut burl custom Jayne
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Walnut burl back and sides, sunbursted sitka spruce top, walnut neck, walnut burl front and back peghead overlay. High gloss Nitrocellulose lacquer, Curtis Novak gold foil pickups, availible for purchase - $6800 , dm or

0-18sba custom
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Lovely sunburst, marquetry purfling, bound peghead and fingerboard, she’s a beauty. built with hot hide glue & scalloped Adirondack bracing - this 0 sounds really good too. 1 3/4” nut width, satin on the neck, gloss

The Jayne custom built for Tony @tac.guitar ❤️❤️❤️
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This one got a lot of love at the @fretboardsummit everyone seemed to like the wide nut and wide bridge spacing - which was a bit of a surprise to me! (1 3/4” nut width; and 2 5/16” bri

I didn’t have time to take studio pictures of these, but here’s what made it to Chicago:
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0-18 style build, short scale, sunburst, marquetry purfling, Adirondack/mahogany 1 3/4” nut
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Jayne, for @tac.guitar , wide nut and bridge sp

The Jayne in progress for @tac.guitar ❤️
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Reverse x braced top, fully hollow, unique electronics, etc. this one is custom ordered with a wide nut and bridge spacing, I’m very honored and excited to finish this build for you, Tony! See you so

Baked Adirondack + Madagascar RW
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Hot hide glue, scalloped Adirondack bracing, made with love. This OM build will be coming along to Chicago for the @fretboardsummit I think it’ll just make the finish line at this point 🤞🏻
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@fretboardjourn