Custom Guitars
Designing and building guitars is a passion that combines equal elements art, design, music, and woodworking. It represents the culmination of all aspects of my creative interests and skillsets, and ultimately the thing that would likely sustain me if money was no object.
“The Blue Dragon”
This guitar is a fully custom design that represents years of trial and error, learnings, and refinement. The body is hand-carved solid black walnut with a beveled curly maple topsheet and pickguard. The treatment is a two-step dye process (black and blue) for grain contrast with a hand rubbed satin topcoat finish. The neck is hand-carved hard maple with a Bolivian rosewood fretboard and abalone inlays. It pairs an unpotted PAF humbucker in the neck position with a potted overwound humbucker in the bridge, for a range of vintage and modern voicings.
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This guitar is a fully custom design that represents years of trial and error, learnings, and refinement. The body is hand-carved solid black walnut with a beveled curly maple topsheet and pickguard. The treatment is a two-step dye process (black and blue) for grain contrast with a hand rubbed satin topcoat finish. The neck is hand-carved hard maple with a Bolivian rosewood fretboard and abalone inlays. It pairs an unpotted PAF humbucker in the neck position with a potted overwound humbucker in the bridge, for a range of vintage and modern voicings.
“Lestrat”
This is a custom designed, contoured solid body crafted from 100% bookmatched black walnut with an antiqued tobacco burst stain and nitro finish. The pick guard is curly maple, and is fitted with a PAF humbucker and single coil pickup for a range that covers vintage Les Paul and Strat voicings. The neck is hand carved maple with a Bolivian rosewood fretboard and abalone inlays.
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This is a custom designed, contoured solid body crafted from 100% bookmatched black walnut with an antiqued tobacco burst stain and nitro finish. The pick guard is curly maple, and is fitted with a PAF humbucker and single coil pickup for a range that covers vintage Les Paul and Strat voicings. The neck is hand carved maple with a Bolivian rosewood fretboard and abalone inlays.
“The Sunset”
This is a custom profile solid body proportioned to a Tele but with Strat style front and back contours, contoured cutaways, and Les Paul sound thanks to dual PAF humbuckers. It is a laminate of maple, birch, cherry, and black walnut finished with nitro, a CBS neck, hard tail bridge, standard Tele controls, and a walnut pickguard.
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This is a custom profile solid body proportioned to a Tele but with Strat style front and back contours, contoured cutaways, and Les Paul sound thanks to dual PAF humbuckers. It is a laminate of maple, birch, cherry, and black walnut finished with nitro, a CBS neck, hard tail bridge, standard Tele controls, and a walnut pickguard.
“Twinline”
This is a semi-hollow body based on the Thinline Tele, but has a custom profile with dual cutaways, a Rickenbacker slash-style f-hole, and a hand-rubbed urethane finish. It is made from 100% black walnut with a bookmatched top sheet, uses Fender wide-range humbuckers, ‘72 reissue Fender hardware, and a CBS neck.
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This is a semi-hollow body based on the Thinline Tele, but has a custom profile with dual cutaways, a Rickenbacker slash-style f-hole, and a hand-rubbed urethane finish. It is made from 100% black walnut with a bookmatched top sheet, uses Fender wide-range humbuckers, ‘72 reissue Fender hardware, and a CBS neck.
