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Full view of a Classical guitar

The “Collection”

With the change in my building priorities this page will show a more active and extensive inventory of instruments. While I still will accept some orders, my emphasis will be on building the special instruments that make up this collection.

For more information or more pictures on specific guitars please contact me and specify the instrument(s) you are interested in.

The instruments listed here are shipped on approval for a period of 6 days in which they can be returned for a full refund provided they are returned in the original condition. The shipping costs are carried by the customer.

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Classical Guitar, No 4/11

  • 65 cm scale
  • Tyrolean Spruce top
  • Big Leaf Curly Maple back & sides
  • Cuban Cedar Neck
  • Ebony Fingerboard
  • “Graf Tuners”, bronze, with Ebony buttons
  • French polished top, lacquer back & sides
  • Price: $8,500

This is one of the few Classical guitars I’ve ever built in curly Maple. It felt like the right choice for a Hauser style guitar built in the German tradition. During last years MGS it was played by Karl Marino for La Guitare.com. You can listen to it by going to:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgtdytrSyAA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlHxR-JxeNg

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Archtop Guitar, No. A8/09

  • New Size, 16” at lower bout
  • Scale: 64 cm ( 25 3/8” )
  • Back & Sides: nicely figured Curly Koa
  • Top: Fine grain, quartered Sitka Spruce
  • Neck: Curly Koa with laminated center strip
  • Peg-head: Ebony overlay with gold wire edge and Abalone Signature inlay
  • Tuners: Shaller Gold with Ebony Buttons
  • Pick-up: Kent Armstrong Humbucker
  • SOLD

With a slightly lower arching this guitar has a strong projection and has a warm acoustic sound that belies it's small body size.

On consignment at Folkway Music - Guelph, Ontario

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C-Model, No. 4/09

  • Wide Neck, 46.5 mm ( 1 27/32" ) nut
  • Scale: 64 cm ( 25 3/8" )
  • Traditional Pyramid Bridge
  • Back & Sides: Brazilian Rosewood, straight grained old stock
  • Top: Tyrolean Spruce, perfectly quartered
  • Bindings: Kurly Koa on body and neck
  • Peghead: Gold Wire edge inlay with Abalone Signature
  • Tuners: Waverly, singles, gold, with Sankewood buttons
  • Price: $$8600

A strong and liveley guitar that will delight any finger-style guitarist.

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Archtop Guitar, No. A7/08

  • Full Size: 17” 64 cm ( 25 3/8”) scale
  • Back & Sides: Select, highly figured Big Leaf Maple
  • Top: Fine grain, quartered Sitka Spruce
  • Neck: Curly Maple with laminated center strip
  • Peg-head: Ebony overlay with gold wire edge and Abalone Signature inlay
  • Pick-up: Kent Armstrong Humbucker
  • Price: $14,500
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Cut-Away Acoustic Guitar, No. 6/07

  • Concert Model, 16” lower bout, 64 cm (25 3/8”) scale
  • Back & Sides: perfectly matched Cocobolo, quarter-cut, straight grain
  • Top: Sitka spruce, fine grained, quarter-cut throughout
  • Abalone sound-hole rings,
  • Peg-head overlays, Macassar Ebony front and back
  • Gold wire edge with Abalone signature inlay
  • Black Schaller Mini tuning machines with ebony buttons
  • New Armrest bevel with Macassar ebony binding
  • Price: $8700.00

The choice tone woods and balance makes this a very special guitar.

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