Simcoe Guitars

Simcoe Guitars Classical 6 and 7 string guitars, bandolims and cvaquinhos by Luthier Alan Simcoe.

Holiday repairs..........delaminated side/neck block and side/back seam glue-up.
12/17/2025

Holiday repairs..........delaminated side/neck block and side/back seam glue-up.

Spending a rainy afternoon in the shop carving braces on a Euro spruce top. Time to stop, take a break for the day, post...
10/28/2025

Spending a rainy afternoon in the shop carving braces on a Euro spruce top. Time to stop, take a break for the day, post a photo, and go find a cognac.

Putting those lutherie skills to other uses; a tiller for the sailboat, for instance
07/06/2025

Putting those lutherie skills to other uses; a tiller for the sailboat, for instance

Just wanted to acknowledge two unsung heros of my workroom: my Ulmia smoothing plane and my E.C. Emmerich block plane.Ta...
12/15/2024

Just wanted to acknowledge two unsung heros of my workroom: my Ulmia smoothing plane and my E.C. Emmerich block plane.
Take a bow, lads
Notice the nice chocolate shavings, I mean ebony shavings.

A run of bandolim necks. Putting to use my cutting edge skills acquired in 9th grade woodshop class making laminated ska...
10/10/2024

A run of bandolim necks. Putting to use my cutting edge skills acquired in 9th grade woodshop class making laminated skate boards. Who knew that was going to come in handy?

Today's chaos!
07/25/2024

Today's chaos!

Roughing out headstock and heel of a Simcoe concert 6-string. Note my standard graphite/epoxy neck reinforcement. In the...
07/16/2024

Roughing out headstock and heel of a Simcoe concert 6-string. Note my standard graphite/epoxy neck reinforcement.
In the background: some s/b sets of zircote

A new 6-string concert guitar in progress.
05/06/2024

A new 6-string concert guitar in progress.

Hey Bainbridge! The Whammy Bars are @ Eleven Winery on Day Road, Sunday, April 28. Be sure to join us for some rootsy bl...
04/24/2024

Hey Bainbridge! The Whammy Bars are @ Eleven Winery on Day Road, Sunday, April 28. Be sure to join us for some rootsy blues and Caribbean grooves from 2-5PM. No cover.
Tasty wine and cool music; another reason to say "Life is good".

Two newly completed 7-string concert guitars; I'll be taking these with me to the Centrum Choro Workshop next week to p...
04/17/2024

Two newly completed 7-string concert guitars; I'll be taking these with me to the Centrum Choro Workshop next week to pass around.

Address

8168 High School Loop
Bainbridge Island, NE
98110

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

206 842 4120

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