
Symmetrical 7 fan construction
Open lower harmonic bar, made with European Spruce for a classical guitar.

Spartan Model with Uprades
This guitar got a complete french polish on the back and sides with a matte finish on the neck only. Torrefied Western Red Cedar top with East Indian Rosewood back and sides, 20th fret and sound port.

Torrefied Cedar Top
Torrefied Cedar top with the Spartan rosette and Honduran Rosewood binding.

Spartan Headstock with Gloss Finish
Gloss lacquer finish on the front face of the headstock, Gotoh 35G510QC machines with ivoroid buttons

New Standard Concert Headstock

Cedar and Ziricote
Cedar and Ziricote with a sound port and 20th fret

Cedar "Wave" Rosette

v joint detail

Three Piece Ziricote and Ebony Back

20th Fret

custom buckeye burl and black mother of pearl rosette
custom buckeye burl rosette with black mother of pearl inlay

Ebony, Maple, & Padauk Rosette

Heel Detail

Elevated Fingerboard

Standard Six Hole Bridge

Bearclaw European Spruce & Rosewood

Rosette in Pearwood and Dyed Green

End Graft Detail


mosaic log

wave rosette

Engraved black mother of pearl inlay

engraved black mother of pearl inlay


Myrtlewood

burmese rosewood with rosewood binding

claro walnut sides with ebony binding

Claro Walnut Back and Sides

Myrtle & Sinker Cedar

Western Red Cedar and Ziricote

Concert pau ferro with african blackwood

Natural Sound Hole Tenor Ukulele

Natural Soundhole Tenor Ukulele

Natural Soundhole Tenor Ukulele Soundport

Koa natural sound hole tenor

Parlor guitar with Rainbow Cedar Top

bloodwood, dyed maple and curly maple rosette

Flamed Mrytlewood



Washburn Size Parlor
Flamed Myrtle Back and Sides



dynamic symmetry mosaic idea

"Spartan" model classical guitar
640mm scale Cedar top with Myrtlewood binding and headplate

Spartan
Matte finished back and sides

African Blackwood

Claro Walnut with Black Walnut Binding
Claro Walnut with Black Walnut binding end graft detail

African Blackwood Back

Multi-scale European Spruce and Ziricote
Multi-scale fretboard with custom inlay, an arm bevel and sound port in European spruce and Ziricote; a very fun and different project for me.

V Joint

Ziricote back

Ziricote heel and cutaway detail

Western Red Cedar
Dynamic symmetry rosette on Cedar

Sound Port on Brazilian rosewood
2015 brazilian rosewood and European spruce with elevated fingerboard and sound port, 640mm scale length

elevated fingerboard

Long scale european spruce and east indian rosewood

Gluing Braces
Gluing braces using go-bars to apply pressure.

"Wave" Rosette in Pearwood and Green

3 Piece Back
Gluing up a 3 piece back in the jointing fixture.

Burmese Rosewood and Engelmann Spruce

Mosaic Log
"Wave" in pearwood, hand dyed green and maple.

Spartan headstock
"Spartan" Headstock in matte finish with individual Gilbert Tuners with ebony buttons, abalone dots and black rollers.

Black Mother of Pearl buttons
Here are some nice black mother of pearl buttons on a set of Rodgers tuning machines that this customer opted for as an upgrade.

Spartan
Minimal decoration with a matte finish and an added sound port and elevated fingerboard with a 20th fret.

Cedar and East Indian Rosewood


Western Red Cedar and East Indian Rosewood
This is a unique looking cedar top with east indian back and sides with ebony bindings

brazilian rosewood with honduran mahogany binding and curly maple purfling

"D-28"
Traditional Martin Copy

"D-28"
Heel/neck detail

"D-28" style copy


"D-28" style copy

Redwood and Claro Walnut


Cedar and Indian Rosewood

Italian Spruce and African Blackwood

brazilian rosewood back and sides



Rosewood bridge
Myrtlewood Back
Myrtlewood back with ebony binding
Myrtlewood and Western Red Cedar

Two V Joint Necks
Mock up of V joint
doing the final test fit before glue

Cedar and Indian Rosewood

D-18
This is a D-18 style guitar with flamed mahogany and a Lutz spruce top

D-18
This is a D-18 style guitar in flamed mahogany and Lutz spruce

headstock with waverly tuning machines

D-18
Lutz spruce and flamed Mahogany

Spartan Style Engelmann Spruce and EIRW

Cedar & East Indian Rosewood

Custom Spalted maple tail block inlay for a Spartan Style guitar

Custom rosette of Spalted western maple burl for a Spartan Style guitar

Spartan
Honduran rosewood headcap with Gilbert tuning machines with ebony dots and buttons

Spartan
Colorado Engelmann Spruce with East Indian back and sides and Honduran Rosewood binding

Euro spruce and EIRW

New Standard Concert Headstock
Oiled finish

Spartan
Colorado Engelmann Spruce with a custom spalted maple rosette


mitered purfling detail

Spartan Model as base with upgrades
This guitar takes the spartan aesthetic of minimal decoration but dresses it up with stunning ziricote wood and a gloss finish with added black mother of pearl accents

Upgraded Spartan Model Guitar
This guitar takes the spartan aesthetic of minimal decoration but dresses it up with stunning ziricote wood and a gloss finish with added black mother of pearl accents

Spartan Headstock with Ziricote




Signature Bridge Design








Arm bevel in the white

Custom Small Jumbo
African blackwood and Redwood small jumbo with custom inlays and flamed maple binding

flamed maple headstock veneer with asymmetrically carved neck

African Blackwood back

custom flamed maple arm bevel


Sipe 2014 Indian Rosewood and Euro Spruce


custom pinless bridge

inlay of buckeye burl

v-joint, headstock is veneered with ebony


Simple lined Rosette
Rosette in Black, pearwood, and maple.

Bridge

Spartan Model with Sound Port
East Indian rosewood with flamed maple binding


Bridge Blanks
For classical bridges I can do most of the roughing out on a table saw.

classical bridge construction

Bridge Shaping


bridge construction
wing detail

unfinished bridge
raw bridge pre finishing with oil or buffing and waxed or shellaced

"Wave" Rosette in Spruce

Bloodwood and Blue "wave" rosette

Headstock Detail

V-Jointed Headstock Detail

Finishing
Both bridges are East Indian Rosewood. The Bridge on the left is buffed and the bridge on the right is oiled.

Oiled and beveled ebony headstock

Simplified Bindings in a Matte Finish

Simple Line Rosette on Cedar

Triple 0 Shape
Spartan style 000, European Spruce

000 Size Guitar
East Indian Rosewood back and sides and flamed maple binding

000 Headstock
Flamed Maple on the back of the headstock.

8 String Tenor Ukulele
Oregon Walnut and Western Red Cedar with custom abalone shell inlays

Walnut Back and Sides
Flamed Oregon Walnut

Headstock Detail
Mahogany Inlay on back of walnut neck.

Spartan with Cutaway and Bevels
Engelmann Spruce top with Honduran Rosewood Bindings and Arm Bevel

Spartan Headstock
Headstock in East Indian Rosewood with a Honduran Rosewood Accent

Back Bevel and Sound Port
East Indian Rosewood Back and Sides with Honduran Rosewood Bindings and Bevel.

Florentine Cutaway
Large cutaway to enable easy access to beyond the 12th fret. East Indian rosewood with Honduran rosewood bindings

18 Hole Tie Block

Finished 18 Hole Bridge


D-18 Style Dreadnought


Martin Style Dreadnought



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