This is my fifth archtop guitar and 17th acoustic guitar overall.  This is my first archtop guitar with a one-piece back. It has about a 17” body width and is built mostly following the design in Bob Benedetto’s excellent book on archtop guitar construction.  The scale length is 25”, the nut width is 1-3/4”, and the fretboard … Continue reading Acoustic guitar #17, walnut archtop-$1400

This is another parlor guitar loosely based on the Martin I-17 plan from Guild of American Luthiers. The body shape is taken directly from that, but the depth is increased to 4-1/4″ throughout. The scale length is 24-3/4″ and the nut width is 1-13/16″, or 45mm. The back, sides and neck are local curly maple … Continue reading Guitar #16, curly maple parlor size-$1160

This is my sixth resonator guitar and fifth squareneck.  This one is made from solid African mahogany with walnut binding, fretboard, and overlay, and a maple/mahogany soundwell.  The finish is Tru Oil.  The cone and spider were both made by Paul Beard, the tuners came from Stew-Mac and the rest of the hardware is of … Continue reading Resonator guitar #6, mahogany squareneck-$1200

This is my fourth archtop guitar and 14th acoustic guitar overall.  It has a 17” body width and is built mostly following the design in Bob Benedetto’s excellent book on archtop guitar construction.  The scale length is 25”, the nut width is 1-3/4”, and the fretboard has a 12″ radius. The back, sides, and neck are … Continue reading Guitar #14, cherry archtop-sold

This is my third archtop guitar and 12th acoustic guitar overall.  It has a 17” body width and is built mostly following the design in Bob Benedetto’s excellent book on archtop guitar construction.  The scale length is 25” and the nut width is 1-3/4”  The back, sides, and neck are cherry, the linings are walnut, … Continue reading Guitar #12, cherry archtop-sold

This is my second archtop guitar and 11th acoustic guitar overall.  It has a 17” body width and is built following the design in Bob Benedetto’s excellent book on archtop guitar construction.  The scale length is 25” and the nut width is 1-3/4”  The back, sides, blocks and neck are cherry, the linings are walnut, … Continue reading Guitar #11, cherry archtop-sold

This is my fifth resonator guitar and fourth squareneck.  This one is made from cherry with curly maple binding and maple soundwell.  The finish is Tru Oil.  The cone and spider were both made by Paul Beard, the tuners came from Stew-Mac and the rest of the hardware is of overseas manufacture.  The nut is … Continue reading Resonator guitar #5, cherry squareneck-sold

This is the third parlor guitar I have built to this design, but the first two were custom instruments and are shown in the Shop News from May 2018 and November 2019 instead of here on the Guitars page.  This guitar has curly maple back, sides, and neck, with walnut binding, headstock overlay, truss rod … Continue reading Acoustic guitar #8, curly maple parlor size-sold

This is my fourth resonator guitar and third squareneck.  This one is made from walnut with curly maple binding, cherry blocks and maple soundwell.  The finish is Tru Oil.  The cone and spider were both made by Paul Beard, the tuners came from Stew-Mac and the rest of the hardware is of overseas manufacture.  The … Continue reading Resonator guitar #4, walnut squareneck-sold

This is the first walnut guitar I have built, and the third OM size.  It has a slightly deeper body than a standard OM size would have.  The back, sides, linings and neck are walnut, the binding is cherry, the headstock overlay is curly walnut, the fretboard and bridge are persimmon and the soundboard and … Continue reading Acoustic guitar #4, walnut OM size-sold

This is my third acoustic guitar and first archtop.  The back, sides and neck are cherry, the soundboard is douglas fir, the fretboard and bridge are jatoba, the tailpiece is beech and the peghead overlay is cherry burl.  I used Robert Benedetto’s book for the design.  The lower bout is 17″ wide, the scale length … Continue reading Archtop guitar-cherry and Douglas fir-sold

I completed this guitar in March 2015.   The back, sides and neck are cherry, the soundboard is spruce, the fretboard and bridge are jatoba and the bindings and other trim are maple. This guitar has traditional spruce X bracing. The bridge pins are ebony and the nut and saddle are bone. The fretboard has … Continue reading Acoustic Guitar #2, OM size-sold

This is my second resonator guitar, built in April 2014. The cone is a Beard Classic and the spider is a Beard #14. The coverplate, tailpiece, tuners and sound screens are imported parts bought from Beard Guitars. The soundwell is the traditional style made of maple with 9 holes. The fret markers and binding are … Continue reading Resonator Guitar #2-sold