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Add to Compare2023 G.R. Bear 00, Macassar Ebony/Lutz Spruce
This G.R. Bear 00 from 2023, dressed in some devastatingly nice Macassar Ebony and Lutz Spruce, has frankly knocked our socks off here at the shop. The Macassar Ebony fingerboard, along with the natural aesthetics and understated designs, really stands out. It features Evo frets and some pretty snazzy Gotoh 510s. This guitar has a powerful sound and feel, with an effortless in-hand experience. The wide spacing at the nut and saddle is perfect for a fingerstyle player. This is the second 00 we’ve received from the bench of Rye, and man oh man, do we hope they keep coming. Just so dang good.
Other keywords/misspellings: Luthier, lutherie, calton, bespoke, 51, canada, hybrid spruce, mile end coop,
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.781 in String Spacing 2.28 in Woods Spruce - Lutz, Ebony - Macassar 
Add to Compare2023 G.R. Bear OM, Brazilian Rosewood/Salvaged Cedar
We’re hard pressed to think of another guitar that’s come through recently which has looked, and felt, this good. This 2023 OM from G.R. Bear is dressed to the nines with primo Brazilian Rosewood (crazy figuring and coloring) and a Salvaged Cedar top, falcate bracing system, and satin-finished neck. The voice is huge, voluminous and dynamic. A top choice guitar for the player who needs a guitar with gears to keep up with all your different tunings and styles. All wrapped up in a Visesnut flight case.
Other keywords/misspellings – fingerstyle, brazilain, brw, gr bear, rye bear, sinker cedar, 52
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Cedar - Sinker, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2022 G.R. Bear Grand 00, Pernambuco/Lutz Spruce
It doesn’t get much better than this. Our Grand 00 from GR Bear is an absolute monster–powerful depth and range, clarity, and dynamism in one package. Pernambuco back and sides with Lutz Spruce top, modern aesthetics with the headstock profile and slanted fingerboard extension, then there’s the falcate bracing pattern for the top and silky setup. The world needs more guitars like this GR Bear Grand 00.
Other keywords/misspellings – fingerstyle, oo, pernambucco, luts, 46, visesnut, bespoke
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Lutz, Pernambuco 
Add to CompareBrand New GR Bear SJ-C, Gidgee/Lutz Spruce
We’ve been waiting with bated breath for this one to arrive! Here’s the latest and greatest from our newest Canadian builder, GR Bear of Vancouver, British Columbia. Bear’s larger SJ-C body conveys power and growl, and the unique Gidgee back and sides bring out a distinct woody timbre to the bass register; Lutz Spruce on top gives the trebles a bright, chimey flavor that really cuts through the mix. The fit and finish is flawless from tuner to tail, with a UV-cured Polyester finish for the body and neck, and Royal-Lac shellac top for maximum resonance.
The neck is satin to the touch, and a delight in hand. This one takes to both flatpicks and fingerstyle equally well, and we can’t wait to hear what it sounds like after it’s got some hours under its belt! Considering how much tone we’re getting right out of the gate today. Comes wrapped in a Calton flight case for safe keeping on those rare moments you aren’t playing it.Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, small jumbo, fingerpicking, gotoh, calton, alternative tonewood,
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Lutz, Gidgee 
Add to Compare2019 GR Bear OM, Tasmanian Blackwood/Salvaged Cedar
GR Bear, you can build us a guitar any day. This preowned 2019 OM is a phenomenal instrument with a surgically precise voice and elegant aesthetics. Highly figured Fiddleback Tasmanian Blackwood are paired with a salvaged Red Cedar top for clarity balanced with warmth; dialed in for the fingerstylist. The Cedar top here has a personal provenance from the builder himself: “ I went on a road trip to Haida Gwaii last year with my wife and son. One day my son and I were waking down the beach and I came across this massive cedar stump that had beautiful tight even grain and I thought I want some of that for tops! I asked the locals about salvaging some of the log and got permission from an indigenous Haida man to harvest what I could from the log. I rented a chain saw and loaded up our tiny Toyota Corolla for the 24hr drive home to Vancouver!”
A striking red Padauk bridge sets off the color of the top and Tasmanian Blackwood rosette. We love the stepped headstock and understated visual style. A soundport and hemispherical EVO fret ends rounds out the image. Bear utilizes a carbon falcate bracing scheme for the top, and the result is precision and power for days.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, orchestra model, fingerpicking, gotoh, hiscox
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Cedar, Blackwood - Tasmanian
Growing up on a farm in rural New South Wales, Australia. I started my woodworking journey at a very young age with my father, who is a trained wooden boat builder and traditional timber framer. I then started building guitars at the age of 15 when I apprenticed with violin and guitar maker Graham Caldersmith. Graham had been building classical guitars and violins for over forty years, with a Masters in Areophysics and a comprehensive background in acoustic studies, he builds world class instruments using modern building and tuning techniques.
Using the knowledge that I accumulated during my seven year apprenticeship under Graham Caldersmith, I have gone on to create my own acoustic steel string and classical guitar designs. Utilizing modern bracing techniques, acoustic resonance tuning and a clean defined aesthetic. I make instruments with far more volume, sustain, clarity and projection than you will find in most other guitars. For steel stringed instruments I use Falcate bracing, incorporating laminated curved braces reinforced with carbon fiber above and below the brace to make the tops light and flexible at the edges, yet strong and stiff where they need to be. For classical guitars I use a graded rectangular lattice bracing capped with carbon fiber to create an instrument that plays with amazing volume, sustain, clarity and projection from the first fret to the twentieth.