This will be a page where I can share pictures of current guitar
events, as well of progress pictures of the guitars that I'm currently
building. Some of the pictures have comments... and some do not.


Custom OM-Y, 13-fret, Millennium Redwood top

Experimental 000,12-fret Cutaway.   From this experience, I came up with the idea of Talus.
Experimental offset bracing OM-Y.   The offset sound hole is a result of shifting brace pattern.
 
Cocobolo B&S, Adirondack top dreadnaught. This guitar belongs to Jim Wolcott who originally created this web site.  Sorry Jim, I've messed it up. This is a very heavy guitar with great sound.
standard OM-Y (left)


Bloodwood Japanese  Maple Leaf & Paua Shamrock

Cocobolo, Padauk Japanese maple leaf on experimental offset sound hole Talus
http://www.luthiersupply.com/
Frankly speaking, buying pre-curved shell inlays here and install onto your guitar is a very practical and less expensive way.  They have really nice hand cut inlays.

Talus Baritone
Talus baritone is featuring angled neck joint and Linda Manzer's "Wedge" shape body.  The body depth is 4" under your arm and 5" on your knee.    The scale length is same as standard baritone (28.6") but the total length is shorter and it fits in the standard jumbo case.

Here's a comparison of the scale-length for a normal Jumbo-style guitar (left), with a Jumbo Baritone guitar (right).
Baritone: 28.6"      Jumbo: 25.5"
This Baritone has extra two frets above nut.

Jumbo-27
A 27" scale "Wedge" shape baritone specifically designed for use with alternate tunings, like DADGAD.   It uses light gauge together with heavier(59) 6th string forpunchy mid and bass sound.		  

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standard OM-Y (left) & custom OM-Y (right)

thinner(15%) top & back, light neck (no truss rod, triple carbon graphite rod reinforcement), no zero fret,

This is rather unusual way to assemble body.   Just experimenting. 

We called this model as "kit guitar" and I built four of them as in-expensive handbuild guitars for students.  How much did I earn?   $200 per guitar.   That's the reality.
"kit guitar" 000 model

This beauty is a L00, Nick Lucas copy.   I built for "Papa D", one of my great supporter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArUYnY-WJQk

Custom nylon string Talus with RMC pickup.(more...)

My first and only arch top guitar.    s/n 002
 

Fingerboard radiusing by using radius sanding block is tedious and time consuming.   It take almost 30 minutes to me but now I can finish in 3 minutes.
I tried several method and I found this works well for me.   But be careful.  I crashed two bodies so far.

My primary interest is in flat top guitars but I occasionally build something different as a learning experience.

I had a nice comment from Dorian Michael.
A friend of mine posted a Video Clip
 yamamoto resonator guitar

Mahogany Beeswing
Figured Mahogany


Honduran Mahogany
Fiddle Back Koa


Figured Koa
Figured Koa
Ziricote
Sapwood Cocobolo

Padauk


Madagascar Rosewood
Indian Rosewood
Big Leaf Maple



This is a Hybrid of Zero-fret and Traditional Nut.  What should I call it?   Zero-Nut? 


12 string baritone compensation


 

 For analyzing tonal characteristics of each brace, I came up with this brace-less guitar.    This guitar hold string full tension even without  braces.   I can add, remove any brace without restringing, and compare the differences before and after.

To begin with, do you think this brace-less guitar sounds very good?  Nope.