Model: Tenor (normally tuned D6) Back, sides, binding: African Blackwood Top: Swiss bearclaw moonspruce, 5 fan open harmonic bar Rosette: paua abalone Neck: Honduran mahogany Tuning machines: Gotoh UPTL Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: lacquer, epoxy finishing resin I built River for James Hill, to whom I’m forever grateful for insight and encouragement stretching back to…
Model: Tenor Back and Sides: Macassar ebony (from two different trees) Top: Sinker redwood Binding: Santos rosewood Rosette: paua abalone Neck: Honduran mahogany Tuning machines: Gotoh UPTL Fretboard: Gabon ebony Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: nitrocellulose lacquer After working on Grand Tenors for months, these pieces of Macassar ebony seemed so small that I couldn’t help thinking of this…
Model: Tenor Back and Sides: 5A koa Top: Swiss bearclaw spruce Binding: Madagascan rosewood Rosette: paua abalone Backstripe, end graft, headplate: Madagascan rosewood Neck: Port Orford cedar, slothead Tuning machines: Robson Fretboard: Macassar ebony Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: varnish Price: Sold Built for the wonderful artist and friend Arden Fujiwara, Mirai is so distinctive that I still…
Model: Tenor Back and Sides: Tiger myrtle Top: Swiss bearclaw spruce Binding: East Indian rosewood Rosette: paua abalone End graft, headplate: ziricote Neck: Port Orford cedar Tuning machines: Gotoh UPTL Fretboard: ebony Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: lacquer, epoxy finishing resin Richard Parker has a blog entry that explains things, and another just for the label. Price: Sold
Model: Grand Tenor (large body, 19″ scale tenor) Back and Sides: Tiger myrtle (Richard Parker tree) Top: Swiss bearclaw spruce Binding: Santos rosewood Rosette: paua abalone, electric purple/blue/green End graft, headplate: Desert ironwood Neck: Port Orford cedar, slothead Tuning machines: Waverly, with snakewood buttons Fretboard: Gabon ebony Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: nitrocellulose lacquer Price: Sold Designed…
Model: Tenor Back and Sides: African blackwood Top: Swiss bearclaw spruce Binding: African blackwood Rosette: African blackwood multi-piece Neck: Port Orford cedar Tuning machines: Gotoh UPTL Fretboard: Gabon ebony, flat, side dots Bridge: Madagascar rosewood, bone saddle Finish: Varnish The story about orculeles.
Model: Tenor Back and Sides: Tiger myrtle (Richard Parker tree) Top: Swiss bearclaw spruce Binding: Santos rosewood Rosette: paua abalone End graft, headplate: Desert ironwood Neck: Port Orford cedar Tuning machines: Gotoh UPTL Fretboard: Macassar ebony Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: nitrocellulose lacquer Price: sold Conceived as a little sibling of Katniss (a GT), whose little sister in…
Model: classical guitar (Hauser pattern) Back and Sides: Oregon myrtle Top: Swiss bearclaw spruce Binding: Koa Rosette and end graft: spalted Scottish beech Center back panel, headplate/backstrap: ziricote Neck: Honduran mahogany Tuning machines: Fretboard: Gabon ebony Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: The title is somewhat misleading; this is an Elliott/Hauser model, but my friends were building flamenco designs and we…
Model: Tenor Back and Sides: Tiger myrtle (Richard Parker tree) Top: Swiss bearclaw spruce (moon spruce) Binding: Santos rosewood Rosette: paua abalone Backstripe, end graft: Santos rosewood Neck: Port Orford cedar Tuning machines: Gotoh UPTL Fretboard: Macassar ebony Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle Finish: varnish Luna’s name comes from Luna Lovegood, the quirky future magizoologist in the…
Pat Megowan Stringed Instruments 