The second recent double top has an all-cedar soundboard with black limba back and sides. This is an interesting African wood, very light, rather similar to mahogany. The back and sides of this guitar are reinforced and stiff in a … Continue reading →

In 2024 I have crossed to the dark side twice, meaning i built two double tops. Of course, maximum volume at any cost has never been my goal, so on both I did my best to boost the response of … Continue reading →

Very excited to have started my guitar no. 90. Coincidentally I am building it for a very close friend, who happens to have also commissioned my guitar no. 2 in 2008. The soundboard is 12 years old spruce from the … Continue reading →

A recent delivery from last years build batch. Special quality Austrian spruce and Madagascar rosewood. Hauser hommage soundboard but with elevated neck and armrest. Audio sample from an early polishing phase. No reverb/enhancements etc, purely the dry sound from the … Continue reading →

Torres homage with Romanian spruce and maple, brass tornavoz, 640 scale. Figured Spanish cedar neck, Malaysian blackwood fingerboard, Madagascar rosewood headplate, bridge and binding, Gotoh premium aluminium tuners. Video recorded raw, without polish. Nylon strings, no reverb.

A Hauser hommage built with a highly rare figured Amazon rosewood body and Italian bearclaw spruce soundboard. Elevated neck of figured Sipo, African blackwood, Macassar headplate, stainless frets; wenge binding, NOS Fustero tuners. This guitar produced one of my most … Continue reading →

This is the first time I try a more parallel fan with all harmonic bars open, resembling the famous 1973 Romanillos used by Julian Bream. The plantilla is my typical medium/small I also use for Torres type builds. I can … Continue reading →

This is my second in a series of guitars which take inspiration from the work of Dominique Field, this time in Red Cedar and 640 scale. With the addition of an elevated neck and a discreet soundport, I believe these … Continue reading →

This is my smaller shape, Torres based guitar but which I am now reluctant to call a Torres hommage anymore. Through slow evolution it has migrated towards a more balanced sound, slightly more forward, clear and projecting than a close … Continue reading →

This is a 2018/2019 build which I neglected to post. I think it has matured with a very interesting tone, modern yet not artificial or non-guitaristic, which for me is essential when building a concert guitar. Specs are lattice braced … Continue reading →