Guitar models available to order

My designs


Model 1

 This is a very small body, originally designed as a floating bridge jazz guitar. Its not a copy of a Selmer,  but is very much influenced by that beautiful shape.
 Squat and wide, and sometimes with a lozenge shaped soundhole.
 I have also used this body as a 15 fret pin bridge guitar, and more commonly, as a 15 or 16 fret guitar bodied bouzouki. It has become my favoured body for the guitar bouzouki.

 

 Model 2
 This is my small body guitar design. A size that I find is just at the meeting point of small and mid size sound… It is loud, fast and clear as a small body should sound, but just big enough to have a full sound to back it up
 An elegant hourglass shape, takes a cut away well and still looks nice

Model 3
 This is my mid size guitar. Although I feel this size is about ideal for a steel string guitar. It has the depth and complexity from the larger body, as well as the response speed and clarity lacking in a larger body.
 It very similar in size to a Martin OM. The main difference being the curve of the body around the bridge area is wider, giving it a wider span at the bridge position than the OM.
 over years of experimenting, I’ve found I like the sound I get from this.
 I also love the sound of the OM. The Model 3 is an alternate version of this size, and these two designs are  my favourites personally.
 The model 3 has a narrow upper section to the body, which I like the look of, kind of Art deco/ Arts and crafts. It takes a cut away pretty well, and works with most design options, plain or ornate.

Model 4
 This is my standard size guitar. Being 400mm wide at the wide end. The same as a dreadnought.
 Its very similar to the model 3 in most respects… expanded to a slightly larger size.
 For those players who want a bit more sustain and bass response.
 I prefer to make this one with the flat symmetrical bracing pattern, which seems to accentuate the bass and treble over the mid range a bit. That makes it nice for DADGAD and open tunings.

Model 5

This is my jumbo Body, being 435mm wide. Its back to the hourglass shape of my small body guitar.
 It works well for a large body sound… lots of sustain and complexity and warmth.
 It works well as a 12 string..

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Martin models

I love the designs of the Martin guitar company and make several of them. I can do them as a copy of the originals, or my own versions

  • 0
    Small body martin design. 12 fret model. Beautiful delicate sound and shape
  • 00
    Similar to the 0, but a bit bigger… a bit more fullness and complexity at the cost of the sweetness and immediacy of the 0
  • 000/OM
     Classic and ever popular design. Copied by countless makers over the years and I am no exception. An ideal sized guitar.
  • 0000
     A larger version of the 000, being 400mm wide.
  • Ditson 1
     The Small, nay tiny guitar. Made Martin guitar for the Ditson stores in New York in the early part of the 20thC . Made in three sizes… the larger one going on to become the dreadnought.. This one is the smallest one.
     A beautiful baroque shape, designed around fan braces. A unique and beautiful sound
  • Ditson1 1