Custom Guitars
Designing and building guitars is a passion that is rewarding in that it combines equal elements art, design, music, and woodworking. All examples here use black walnut wood sourced from a family farm in Iowa, originally milled during WWII.
“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.
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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“Lestrat”
This is a custom profile contoured solid body crafted from 100% bookmatched black walnut with an antiqued tobacco burst stain and nitro finish. The pick guard is flame maple, and is fitted with an overwound humbucker and single coil pickup for a wide spectrum of tones. It is finished with a CBS neck with mother of pearl block inlays.
This is a custom profile contoured solid body crafted from 100% bookmatched black walnut with an antiqued tobacco burst stain and nitro finish. The pick guard is flame maple, and is fitted with an overwound humbucker and single coil pickup for a wide spectrum of tones. It is finished with a CBS neck with mother of pearl block inlays.
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“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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