instruments

Mini Guitars*

In standard E-Tuning ...

Acoustic - Classical Custom Nylgut Strings

  • tenor ukulele and guitalele style

  • rosettes in progress

*New Project - August 2023

Archtop Classic Nylon*

An attempt to blend two different worlds of sound and construction into one instrument.

Acoustic - Classical Archtop

  • Spruce top

  • Flamed Maple back & sides

  • Cedar neck

*French Polish almost finished

Martin Concert Ukulele 1

Slightly adapted body with salvaged Cuban Mahogany

Acoustic - Classical Nylgut String

  • all Cuban Mahogany

Friederich 1969

Using the Esteso contour with a specific 1969 Friederich soundboard lay-out

Acoustic - Classical

  • Spruce top

  • Indian Rosewood back & sides

  • Cedar neck

Esteso 1925

A Flamenco guitar is light, very light ...

Acoustic - Classical Flamenco

  • Spruce top

  • Cypress back & sides

  • Cedar neck

Martin 1 - Didactic Guitar

This guitar makes it easier to explain how a steel string is build

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • Spruce top

  • Ash back & sides

  • Cedar neck

RedCaster Special

Based on a renowned brand and a famous artist

Electric - 6-String

  • chambered Sapele body

  • Hardmaple neck

Red Violin Guitar

Build with certain aspects of a violin in mind

Archtop - Acoustic

  • Spruce top

  • Flamed Maple neck, back & sides

PLY#002

Going out of the box in blue

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • all Birch plywood

BlueByrd

Make it anyway you want, but make it blue (S.C.)

Interpretation of the D'Aquisto Centura Deluxe & the 'Blue Guitar' collection.
links: the blue guitars

ES-Archtop

  • all Flamed Maple

  • and in Blue

Flow

Attended a workshop "Voicing a top"
with Dana Bourgeois.

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • Sitka spruce top

  • European Flamed Walnut back & sides

  • Cedar neck

PLY Banjolele

A tambourine becomes a ukulele ...

Acoustic - Classical Nylgut String Banjolele

  • Readymade tambourine with plywood neck

  • Typographic print

Resophonic Radiotone

A plywood interpretation of a very well known resonator brand

Acoustic - Resonator

  • Plywood top, back & sides

  • Cedar neck

Octave Mandolin

An archtop inspired by a folk artist's song

Acoustic - Archtop Octave Mandolin

  • Spruce top

  • Flamed Maple neck, back & sides

PLY#001 Plywood

Thinking out of the box

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • all Birch plywood with typographic print

Gibson L-0

Down in the blues with a wink to Flamenco

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • Spruce top

  • Cypress back & sides

  • Cedar neck

Martin 00 Local Wood

Local tonewood version build for the LGRP*

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • Spruce top

  • Oak back & sides

  • Chestnut neck

*Leonard Guitar Research Project

Martin 00 Tropical Wood

Tropical tonewood version build for the LGRP*

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • Spruce top

  • Zebrano back & sides

  • Cedar neck


*Leonard Guitar Research Project

Martin Tenor Ukulele 2

Yes, a ukulele will bring a smile to your face.

Acoustic - Classical Nylgut String Tenor Ukulele

  • all Mahogany

Martin Tenor Ukulele 1

A gift from far or a jumpin' flea?

Acoustic - Steel String Tenor Ukulele

  • Spruce top

  • Indian Rosewood back & sides

  • Cedar neck

United Fingers

You think you hear a 12-string ...

Acoustic - Flattop 8-String Steel String

  • Sitka top

  • Flamed Maple neck, back & sides

  • 6+2 strings: E-A-dD-gG-B-E

Martin 1

I build my first real six string.

Acoustic - Flattop Steel String

  • Spruce top

  • Indian Rosewood back & sides

  • Cedar neck

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