Despite being (mostly) a classical guitar maker, I probably listen to just as much music played on steel-string acoustic guitars (various blues/jazz/folk/rock/etc.), so at some point I would love to develop my own steel-string acoustic model. With that in mind, I’ve built various prototypes and experiments over the last few years to test out some ideas I’ve had, and to develop a better sense of the kind of instrument that I want to make… here are some pictures of a few of them.
2015 steel-string acoustic jazz guitar
Designed as an alternative to a Maccaferri style guitar for gypsy jazz.
top: Sitka spruce
back/sides: English walnut / African mahogany
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony – 12″ radius
tuners: Grover
2010 steel-string acoustic guitar
top: European spruce
back/sides: sycamore maple
neck: sycamore maple
fingerboard: ebony – multi-radius
tuners: Waverly
2013 steel-string acoustic guitar
top: European spruce
back/sides: English walnut and Indian rosewood
neck: cedrela with
fingerboard: ebony – 12″ radius
tuners: Grover
2014 steel-string parlour guitar
Partly based on a 19th century parlour guitar, but adapted for steel strings.
top: European spruce
back/sides: English walnut
neck: African mahogany
fingerboard: ebony – 12″ radius
2012 experimental headless mini acoustic guitar
One of my slightly random just-for-fun projects: A small headless steel-string acoustic guitar, made from Finnish birch plywood and various bits of recycled/junk wood…
