2019 Leiden model classical guitar
top: ‘torrefied’ sitka spruce
back/sides: rippled European ash
neck: douglas fir, carbon fibre and ash
fingerboard: purpleheart (FSC)
tuners: Wittner finetune pegs
string lengths: 610-630mm
2016 classical guitar
top: European spruce
back/sides: Indian rosewood
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony
tuners: Sloane
2018 classical guitar
An interesting design collaboration with a talented young American guitarist: double scalloped cut-away classical guitar, with two soundholes moved into the cutaways…
top: European spruce (FSC)
back/sides: American black cherry
neck: Douglas fir and carbon fibre
fingerboard: katalox (FSC)
tuners: Wittner finetune pegs
string lengths: 630 – 650mm
2015 Torres model classical guitar
Mostly based on an 1864 Torres guitar (the plantilla, top/back/sides thicknesses, bracing, etc.), but with some of my own aesthetic ideas.
top: European spruce
back/sides: English walnut
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony
2016 18/20 model classical guitar
A small guitar, which combines ideas from various early 19th century guitars with a few of my own.
top: Austrian stone pine
back/sides: Cypress
neck: Cedrela (FSC certified)
fingerboard: Blackwood Tek
string length 610mm
2016 Leiden model classical guitar prototype
The first prototype version of a new classical guitar model I’m developing, which aims to solve the problem of playability on the high frets by moving the neck/body joint to the 19th fret, while keeping a traditional classical guitar tone.
top: Sitka spruce
back/sides: European beech and African mahogany
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony, multi-radius
tuners: Schertler
2015 Rubio model classical guitar
A slightly unusual take on a 1990s Rubio classical guitar design, using Sitka spruce and Bubinga.
top: sitka spruce
back/sides: bubinga
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony
tuners: Schaller
2014 classical guitar
top: European spruce
back/sides: sycamore maple and oak
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony, multi-radius
tuners: Schaller
2012 Torres model classical guitar
top: European spruce
back/sides: English walnut and Brazilian rosewood
neck: mahogany
fingerboard: ebony
2012 classical guitar
top: western red cedar
back/sides: African padauk
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony
tuners: Schaller
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