Bob Tucker Walnut OM

It's always fun when a customer finds a set of back/sides that speaks to him (or her), and then sends it to us! Bob found this lovely set of Claro walnut and fell in love with it. Next he knew, he was sending it our way, dreaming of the future guitar. On top of that, he fell in love with this highly figured piece of bearclaw Sitka spruce. Well, it seemed appropriate to turn this lovely stash into a deep-body OM, complete with a cutaway.

In these shots, the neck and bridge are pinned on, in preparation for sending to the finisher. The body is in real need of finish sanding, so don't judge the walnut too harshly...it really is beautiful wood. Won't be too long now, Bob!

New Electric Guitar

To keep things interesting, from time to time we build something different.Here is a guitar requested by our dealer Danny Brevard at Acoustic Pro Musician.
Though not an acoustic, we feel this is  "Pro" grade instrument!
It follows the lines of a Fender Telecaster pretty closely, a shape we love for its simplicity/honesty.
This guitar has a body of Honduran mahogany, with a top piece of quilted maple in a rather rare stair-step pattern.
Neck is curly maple, and the fretboard is bird's-eye maple.
Oh yes, Lollar pickups round out the sound with a coil-splitting 5 way switch.

New Fan-Fret Baritone

Here is a new model from our shop. It uses an interesting concept, that of a multiple scale format. The nut is slanted upward, and the bridge is slanted downward. This in effect creates six different scale lengths, one for each string. The point is to optimize each string's mass in relation to its length: bass strings sound better if longer...treble strings sound better if shorter. And as you can see, fret placement becomes something of a challenge!

This guitar was built using Claro walnut back and sides, and a nicely figured bearclaw Sitka spruce top. Rosette and bindings are quilted Sapele, a mahogany-like wood from Africa.

This guitar sounds incredible--deep and thunderous. There is a richness and complexity to the sound we haven't heard from other guitars. It is tuned from B to B, a full 5 semitones lower than standard.
So, is the fan-fret arrangement hard to play? You might think so just looking at it. But it falls under the fingers nicely and feels just fine. If anything seems different it's the larger strings: .070" in the bass to .015" for the top string.
This instrument is currently at our dealer, Acoustic Pro Musician: www.acousticpromusician.com

New Cases

Here's the new case we offer as an option. It is made by Ameritage cases, and really is quite nice.
As a plus, they embroider our logo on the lid (2 color) so there is immediate name recognition.

On top of that, these cases come in several different colors, as well as interior fabric choices.
A nice compliment to your fine hand-built instrument.

Another Instrument at "Your Perfect Guitar"

And here is the second guitar we sent Bob Singer. It is a deep body OM, built of Honduran rosewood and Adirondack (Red) spruce. Check out this short video clip:

Video clip of FS guitar at "Your Perfect Guitar"

Here's a video clip of our Blackheart Sassafras FS guitar at Bob Singer's shop,  "Your Perfect Guitar".

It is played by Aaron Stang, who does a fine job. Give a listen:

 

Kelobra guitar

Here's a new guitar with an interesting story. The owner approached us and asked if our shop would be interested in some "old growth mahogany" he had on hand. We agreed to look at his wood and do some sort of swap if we liked what we saw. After journeying to his home in the Florida Keys we realized it wasn't mahogany he had, but some mystery species. The wood lab in South Carolina verified that it was in fact Kelobra, aka Guanacaste-- the state tree of Costa Rica. By the time they reported back, we had already fallen in love with the look of the wood, and construction of this guitar began.

This wood is new to us, and to most guitar builders as well.

It has a lot going for it: the trees grow fast, becoming massive; the wood is beautiful and light weight. The resulting tone of this instrument is somewhere between mahogany and Koa. Crisp, balanced, full.

If you like the sound of a mahogany guitar, or one of Koa, we're sure you will like Kelobra.