Woods: Tops: European spruce Sitka spruce Engelmann spruce Lutz (Sitka/Engelmann/white spruce hybrid) Western red cedar Redwood (occasionally available) Other species by special request Backs/Sides: Australian Blackwood East Indian Rosewood Mahogany Bloodwood (brosimum rubescens) Other rosewoods (Brazilian is occasionally available) Palo Dorado (flamenco dorado) Koa West Australian She-oak Other species by special request Neck woods: Queensland maple New Guinea rosewood Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) Body styles: Contemporary Small steel string Contemporary Medium steel string Neo-Classical Conventional classical Small body (340mm lower bout) classical Traditional Martin styles (00, 000, D) Traditional Gibson styles (J45, J185) | Features and details: Falcate bracing (traditional bracing styles on legacy designs) Lattice Bracing (sparse or dense, steel string or classical) Cutaways (Venetian) Herringbone purfling Fineline purfling Shell purfling Radial grained purfling “Grain through” bindings Figured bindings Shell/line rosettes (after Martin) Contemporary wood burl and line purfling rosettes Segmented rosettes (discontinuous rosettes) Geometric rosettes on classical guitars Other rosette designs by arrangement Choice of tuning machines (for steel string Gotoh is standard, for classical, there is a wide choice with Gotoh premiums or Sloan twin bearing being recommended) Tilt neck (user adjustable neck angle/action) Wedge body; easy on the shoulder Sound ports (bound) Slot headstocks (steel string and classical) Rope binding Headstock binding or faux headstock binding Custom inlays Finishes: Nitrocellulose lacquer French polish Combination finishes Sound reinforcement: By negotiation. Multi-pickup, stereo systems are a speciality, based on K&K or B-Band transducers with outboard pre-amp. |
