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Cygnus
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Fatboy
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Jumbo

the Guitars

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I also build some electric guitars, and as there are so many types of electric guitars I will say that I build with a vintage design in mind and I prefer not to use tremolo bridges. I like to use chambered bodies, and I wind all my own pickups. Active electronics are also an option, I have a specially designed on-board preamplifier and this was professionally designed only for my guitars. Most players ordering an electric guitar from me will have specific needs so feel free to contact me and we'll see what can be done. Starting price for an electric guitar is 2000.00
Electrics
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L-00
The L-00 is a smaller Concert-sized guitar. It's very balanced, and can be built with a 24.75 or a 24.9 scale length. The body is 15 inches wide at the lower bout, and the neck joins the body at the 14th fret. Wood choices are many, and if you'd like to know any more please email me and we can talk. Starting price is 2500.00
This is a new design of my own. It has a body 16 inches wide at the lower bout, and a slightly offset body shape- why do acoustic guitars always have to be perfectly symetrical? it features many modern design ideas, such as an elevated above the body fingerboard, an adjustable Doolin-style neck joint, rear access panel, specially-designed bracing, soundholes in the upper bout and a soundport in the side. This is my favorite to play. Starting price on the Cygnus is 3000.00
I affectionately call this the "Fatboy" guitar. That's because it's short and fat, having a scale of 24.25 and a body that is a full 16 inches across at the widest. It is a robust sounding guitar, the shorter scale makes it very easy to play while the bigger body produces a lot of big round tone. I've built these with a standard center soundhole, or the two smaller upper bout holes. It is based upon a guitar that was made in Chicago in the 1940's. Starting price for the Fatboy is 2500.00
This is my largest guitar, and is a full 16 inches wide, with a large body similar to the J-185. I build it with a 24.9 or a 25.5 scale, with or without a cutaway (all my guitars have that option). It's a big boomy guitar and it works well with just about any combination of woods. A very versatile guitar, the starting price is 2500.00
Have a look at the newest of my designs, a Parlor sized guitar. This is a small guitar with a 13 inch body at the widest point, and 12 frets to the body. I have long admired and collected the old guitars of this era, and this guitar is closely modeled after them after much study. A classic vintage design. Starting price on a Parlor guitar is 2500.00
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Parlor
Scroll all the way down to see photos of the newest design, a Parlor-sized guitar.