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Nylon string Mystery Pacific

 This guitar has solid ebony back and sides, ebony heel,head and reflector.. It has a Redwood soundboard with red anodized hardware including Sperzel machine heads which I converted to classical heads using aluminum rollers. The neck is ebony built around a core of Yellow Cedar. 670mm scale.

Maccaferri Style

This guitar is a copy of a 1930�s �D� hole model with interior suondbox and reflector. Back and sides are of Brazilian rosewood ( 30 years old) and the top is German spruce. The hardware is DR vintage reproduction and the interior is just like the original ones. The neck is Peruvian walnut.

Sunburst Belleville

This example has a soundboard of Koa and the back and sides of Honduras Rosewood.

Sunburst Belleville. In this unusual treatment of a Gypsy guitar, the soundboard wears a brown and yellow sunburst finish, ebony and boxwood purfling and a Martin style pickguard.

   Weissenborn
 Hawaiian guitar

Patenotte style model.

 With back and sides of Zebrawood and a spruce soundboard, this one also carries red hardware to match the rosette.

The Photonic Grand Slam

Above : Comparison photo beside Belleville model.
Right : Note right arm �cutaway�

The Phototonic Grand Slam is the name I gave to this 20 inch body Harlequin guitar. The black wood is ebony and the red is Chachte-kuk. The soundboard is spruce. There is a Mystery Pacific-type soundbox inside with a reflector and there is a flattened edge on the part of the guitar which fits under the right arm. The guitar was commissioned by Don Wilmot of Keller, Texas as part of his 20/20 project. It will be exhibited in a show along with 19 other 20 inch body guitars.

Tenor Harp-ukulele 

This tenor harp ukulele has a Cedar soundboard and Pernambuco back and sides. The binding is of Boxwood and Ebony and the headplates and bridge covering are of Ebony with its sapwood.

Tenor Harp Guitar

The tenor harp guitar has a soundboard of Douglas Fir. The back and sides are of Padauk. The bass arm supports 2 extra bass strings. The bridge is of Yew wood and the binding is from Boxwood and Ebony, Both these harp instruments are inspired by the artistry of Chris Knutsen ( 1862-1930).

Harlequin Belleville

With back and sides of Pernambuco and Padauk in a harlequin design, This Belleville�s first gig was at the Academy Awards Show where it was used to play one of the nominated songs, the � Triplets of Belleville�.

All Koa Belleville

This instrument features its back, sides, and soundboard in matched panels of flamed Koa. The tailpiece has been nickel plated with a sterling silver inlay on the Ebony block. Waverly heads and Ebony trim.

3 Weissenborns And A Kona

Kona style Hawaiian Guitar

This guitar has flamed Mahogany back and sides with Indian Roeswood inserts in the back and sides. Bound fingerboard with ivroid frets. Gold Grover mini heads.The soundboard is of Fir.

10-string Tenor Guitar

This unique guitar is a 10 string, 5 course tenor guitar with the 5th course tuned in �F�. The body is an Indian Rosewood Rhythm Futur model with the raised center panel on the back. The soundboard is Spruce with a �D� hole.