Sunday, March 27, 2011

C-3 Red spruce / sapele

















25.6" scale
1 25/32" nut width
2 3/8" bridge string spacing

Red spruce top
Sapele back & sides and neck
African blackwood bridge, headplate, backplate, end wedge and heel cap
Ebony fretboard
Ivoroid bindings
"Multicolour" custom rosette and backstrip
Ivoroid (Galalith) bridge & end pins
Grover Sta-Tites nickel tuners w/ ivoroid buttons
Oil varnish finish

A-1c German spruce / Malaysian blackwood













25.6" scale
1 3/4" nut width
2 5/16" bridge string spacing

German spruce top (Hazelfichte)
Malaysian blackwood back & sides, backplate and heel cap
Laminated curly maple / black walnut neck
Macassar ebony fretboard and bridge
Ziricote headplate and tuner buttons
Bloodwood bindings
Black walnut/curly maple purflings
Custom multicolour backstrip
Framed curly maple end wedge
Bone nut, saddle, bridge & end pins
Gotoh 510 gold tuners
Oil varnish finish

Particularities:
Cutaway, double sides (EIR), laminated braces (bloodwood / red spruce)


This guitar is available for sale at The Acoustic Music Co. in the UK.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Sideports

A Carpathian spruce / Pau rosa D-5 in construction:



A German spruce / Macassar ebony D-3 in construction:



And both in different varnishing stages. Binding on the D-5 is Angélique, the D-3 has bloodwood:



And I included this shot because I rarely have as many instruments in process in the shop. From left to right: Carpathian / Pau-rosa D-5, German / Macassar ebony D-3, red spruce / sapele A-3 and a German spruce / Honduran Mahogany concert uke.

B-3can All Port Orford cedar





25" (635mm) scale
1 25/32" nut width
2 1/4" bridge string spacing

Port Orford cedar top, back & sides and neck (laminated)
Black walnut cutaway, fretboard, headplate, backplate & bindings
Gold Hipshot open back tuners
Oil varnish finish

Particularities:
Double sides (POC inside), fully adjustable neck, POC from Les Stansell.

Currently with Terence Tan at Good Acoustics

"The Essential" A-2 Western red cedar / Black walnut







25.6" (650mm) scale
1 13/16" nut width
2 3/8" bridge string spacing

Western red cedar top
Black walnut back & sides and backplate
European cherry neck (laminated & stained)
Macassar ebony fretboard
Honduran rosewood bridge
Madagascar rosewood headplate and end wedge
Tortoise celluloid bindings
Ebony bridge & end pins
Chrome Hipshot open back tuners
Oil varnish varnish

Particularities:
Double sides (WRC inside), sideport.

This guitar is in the capable hands of Dennis Czech at Good Acoustics.



# 203 "The 28" red spruce / Brazilian RW