..., founder of Lakewood Guitars

Takes care of:

• He is the CEO and leads the company
• Co-ordination
• Developement
• Customer service
• Telephone service

Special skills: keeps clear sight at all times and has always an open ear for problems

..., the drawer and planner

Takes care of:

• Planning and scheduling
• Facility developement
• Workshop co-ordination
• CAD/CAM drawer and CNC programmer

Special skills: always exact on a tenthousandth of a millimeter

..., the router

Takes care of:

• Handling of all material orders
• Body making
• Routing of binding and purfling channels
• Dressing and fitting bindings

Special skills: keeps calm and relaxed in any stress situation

..., the distributor

Takes care of:

• Distribution in domestic market and is retailer contact
• Advertising & Marketing
• Press contact
• Artist relation
• Lakewood web site

Special skills: Multi tasker

..., the planner and workshop coordinator

Takes care of:

• Scheduling and coordination of internal work flow
• Jig and facility developement
• Quality management

Special skills: assesses issues impartially and makes rational decisions

..., the figure juggler

Takes care of:

• Accounting
• Staff issues

Special skills: alway ready to help and especially friendly

..., the bender and joiner

Takes care of:

• Planning the pre-production
• Pre-production of all parts that are required in the later body making processes, such as tops, backs and sides, braces, kerfings and many more
• Wood storage and wood selection
• Cutting and joining
• Bending sides and bindings

Special skills: knows all the pitfalls when it comes to wood

..., the neck specialist

Takes care of:

• Pre-production of neck parts
• Making the necks
• Pearl inlay work

Special skills: doing the machines

..., the sound maker

Takes care of:

• Preparing tops, backs and sides
• Inlaying rosettes
• Carving the braces
• Assembling the bodies

Special skills: tonewoods and guitar construction

..., the completer

Takes care of:

• Preparing the bindings, purflings and other decorative accessories
• Gluing bindings and purflings
• Body sanding
• Neck fretting and dressing
• Neck sanding

Special skills: focus on the very small details

..., the classic guy

Takes care of:

• Material selection for Khaya Classical Guitars
• Body making of Khaya guitars

Special skills: steadiness

..., the learning one

Takes care of:

• wanders through all parts of the workshop during apprenticeship
• Going to guitar making School in Mittenwald, Germany
• Planning work experiences at different guitar makers

Special skills: are just about to be discovered

..., the lacquer expert

Takes care of:

• Lacquering bodies and necks
• Sanding lacquer coats
• Final sanding before polishing

Special skills: does a meticulous job

..., the polisher

Takes care of:

• Final polishing before the guitar is entering the setup department

Special skills: can polish for hours

..., the setup expert and repair man

Takes care of:

• Guitar setup, everything that follows the lacquering
• Repairs

Special skills: is super effective and knows att the repair tricks

..., helper when things get tight

Takes care of:

• Assisting in pre-production
• Pre-sanding of tops, backs and sides
• Preparing pearl inlays

Special skills: Flexibility