All of my guitars utilize scalloped X Bracing, arched fingerboards, solid wood sides and backs. I use Alaska Sitka Spruce and Cedar Soundboards. To ensure my instruments have a long playing life I build them so that they can be repaired in the future if ever necessary. that includes using protein based glue for attachment of the back and top, bolt on necks, and two way adjustable truss rods on laminated necks. While I have designed my own Parlor guitars which include both pin bridge and floating bridge styles, I also do more standard sized models including 0, 00, 000 guitars as well as slope shouldered dreadnaughts.
Dreadnoughts
This is a Slope Shoulder Dreadnaught. It features a very old sinker Cedar Top from Alaska
and Pau Ferro back and sides. This guitar features a compound radius fingerboard of ebony,
a bolt-on neck, two way adjustable truss rod accessed through the sound hole, and a laminated
mahogany and purple heart neck. To contrast with the lovely dark cedar top, I used mountain
hackberry for the rosette. The guitar features holy/mahogany rope purfling and
Rosewood bindings.
and Pau Ferro back and sides. This guitar features a compound radius fingerboard of ebony,
a bolt-on neck, two way adjustable truss rod accessed through the sound hole, and a laminated
mahogany and purple heart neck. To contrast with the lovely dark cedar top, I used mountain
hackberry for the rosette. The guitar features holy/mahogany rope purfling and
Rosewood bindings.
- Drop Shoulder Dreadnaught, 14 frets to the body
- Scale Length 25 11/32"
- Back and Sides Pau Ferro
- Top Sinker Cedar
- Neck Laminated Mahogany and Purple Heart
- Headstock overlay Pau Ferro
- Tuners Gotoh Sealed Tuning Machines
- Nut and Saddle Bone
- Neck Width at Neck 1 11/16"
- Overall Length 40"
- Lower Bout 15 1/2"
- Upper Bout 11"
- Bindings Rosewood
