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Add to CompareBrand New Spohn 00 12-Fret, Birdseye Maple/Swiss Moonspruce
We just love Max Spohn’s contemporary flair, his expressive voicing, and great eye for tonewood. Even more, we love collaborating with Max on custom builds for our clients like this bespoke 00 12-Fret. Lovely figuring across the Birdseye Maple back and sides (matching up with the headstock veneers); Swiss Moonspruce on top with an offset geometric rosette and Ebony bindings—plus a sweet cardinal inlaid at the heelcap. Brass Scheller tuners round it out.
The voice is a delight. Small body roundness to the trebles, and there’s a meaty midrange (much more than we usually find on smaller bodies) that really fills it out. Note definition is crisp and smooth, with great balance across the registers. In short, it’s a helluva lot of tone from a petite package. It’s headed to its eager new home now! Give us a shout when you’re ready to commission your own.other keywords: fingerstyle, 2021, handmade, lutherie, rosette, spohn guitars, mainstage, 34, 12 fret, fingerstyle, luthier, guitarbuilding, custom guitar, bespoke guitar.
Add to CompareBrand New Spohn OM, Cocobolo/Swiss Moonspruce
Our own Max Spohn’s latest build comes to us as a bespoke piece for one of our clients! We settled on pairing Cocobolo with Swiss Moonspruce and a 25 inch scale on Max’s OM body for a balance between intimacy and power—both of which this beauty has in spades. We love the smoothly executed and colorful geometric inlays at the soundhole and headstock, which set this Spohn apart from the crowd in a polished, professional way that catches the eye. German Scheller tuners offer silky operation, and the setup is velvet, too. This instrument is just easy, from tuner to tail.
We deeply enjoy working with our clients and our builders to bring about custom builds. It’s one of our favorite aspects of this whole enterprise. Interested in one for yourself? Give us a shout!other keywords: fingerstyle, 2021, handmade, lutherie, rosette, spohn guitars, hiscox
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Rosewood - Cocobolo 
Add to CompareBrand New Spohn OM-C, Cocobolo/Swiss Moonspruce
Powerful in an effortless-playing package: our latest OM-C from Max Spohn of Germany. This is a fantastic instrument for fingerstyle work, can hold up for strumming and flat picking too, and is oh. so. lovely to behold both visually and acoustically. Gorgeous Cocobolo back and sides for richness and overtones, Swiss Moonspruce on top for evenness and clarity—the voice is quick, crisp, smooth. An excellent candidate for open tunings. Scheller tuners set against a Spruce headstock veneer, and geometric inlays of purflings and horn. You’ll find that ringing in the soundhole as well (itself with a flat edge on the bass side to parallel the rosette). Tight waist, and pinless Ebano bridge with a scalloped saddle.
This Spohn OM-C stands apart from the crowd of modern guitars with Max’s particular aesthetic, and exceptionally precise voice.Other keywords: fingerstyle, fingerpicking, moon spruce, swiss spruce, modern guitar
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Rosewood - Cocobolo 
Add to CompareBrand New Spohn 00, Madagascar Rosewood/Italian Spruce
Max Spohn’s 00 model is smooth, smooth, smooth. We love the balanced voice from bass to treble, the clarity and precision from note to note, and the sheer presence and dynamic range. Sweet, indeed. Gorgeous Madagascar Rosewood back and sides are paired with an Italian Spruce top, Scheller tuners, and a unique Fossilized Mammoth rosette and endgraft. Ebano pinless bridge and bindings, Honduran Mahogany neck, and a slinky playability that makes this 00 about as easy playing as breathing.
Max’s 00 model is sweet, powerful, and intimate at the same time. A fabulous fingerstyle instrument.Here’s an additional demo with our own Duane Simpson: https://youtu.be/OB43E1kH_-8.
Other keywords: fingerpicking, oo, modern guitar, 14-fret, hiscox, germany
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Madagascar 
Add to CompareBrand New Spohn MD-C, Quilted Sapele/Swiss Moonspruce
Modern lutherie maestro Max Spohn brings real weight to bear in this brand new MD-C model in Quilted Sapele and Swiss Moonspruce. Max’s take on the Modified Dreadnought shape exhibits a tight waist, trim upper bout at 10 7/8”, and here a florentine cutaway for maximum fretboard access. Eschewing a traditional rosette, Max laid down some geometry with right angles, diagonals, and a blue purfling to join up with the Maple top trim. This motif is echoed across the headstock with its Spruce veneer as well.
The voice is dialed in for quick response and an even note separation from string to string; we love the clarity and definition. Smooth, smooth, smooth.Other keywords: fingerstyle, fingerpicking, moon spruce, swiss spruce, modern guitar
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Sapele 
Add to CompareBrand New Spohn OM, Pau Ferro/Swiss Moonspruce
An exciting new piece has just fallen into our lap. Enter: Max Spohn, German luthier with a fresh aesthetic and voice. Paul met Max at the 2019 Vancouver International Guitar Festival, and was immediately struck by the curvaceous OM here with its baby blue appointments (and matching Calton case!). Max crafted this guitar as an homage to Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. The back and sides are Pau Ferro/Bolivian Rosewood, and Max picked out a creamy-white set of Swiss Moonspruce for the top, and opted to adorn his headstock with a matching Spruce veneer—something we don’t know if we’ve ever seen before. Scheller tuners, a micro arm bevel on the lower bout, and if you look closely you’ll find the heel curves in on itself as it meets the body of the instrument. The voice is lively and agile, with a clean treble response and sustain. The short 25” scale fretboard adds a touch of warmth to the mids that really comes out when we dropped the strings down into DADGAD and beyond. This is the very first Spohn OM we’ve had in the shop, and it’s causing quite a stir among the Tippins and the Ryans and the Wingerts.
Other keywords: fingerstyle, fingerpicking, orchestra model, pau ferro rosewood, moon spruce, swiss spruce, blue guitar, modern guitar
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Rosewood - Bolivian (Pau Ferro) 
Add to Compare2019 Stötzel Small Jumbo, Wenge/Italian Spruce
Our latest beauty from Germany’s Wilm Stötzel is just that: gorgeous from tuners to tail, with a voice to match. Here we find Wilm’s Small Jumbo model decked out with Wenge back and sides and an Italian Spruce top, 25.5” scale for a touch added power and projection, and gorgeous geometric motifs at the rosette and headstock veneer. This instrument excels for fingerstyle playing, and has the right amount of depth and clarity to work wonders with a flatpick as well. Naturally, we had a blast with the Stötzel tuned to DADGAD.
The voice is clean, clear, and balanced across the registers, with a vibrant string energy that we really got lost in. And this beauty is only going to open up and open up!Other keywords: fingerstyle guitar, modern guitar, somogyi, stoetzel, winge, fingerpicking
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Wenge 
Add to CompareBrand New Stötzel SJ, Wenge/German Spruce
Here’s a wonderful example of Wilm Stötzel’s modern lutherie! This is a custom client commission decked out with Wenge back and sides (and bridge), plus German Spruce on top and Spalted Beech appointments throughout. A geometric headstock, combined with the partial rosette, makes a contemporary statement that perfectly accompanies the voice, itself the modern ideal with its mixture of power, clarity, and bloom.
Ready to commission one of your own? Give us a shout!Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, bespoke guitar, 26, winge, hiscox
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Wenge 
Add to CompareNew Stotzel Courage, Palo Escrito/Sitka
This is only our second Stotzel guitar in the shop, but we wish it was the third or fourth! Playing one of Wilm’s guitars is like having your own personal muse at hand at all times–if the richness of the voice can’t inspire you, the low-profile neck and silk-smooth setup will definitely tip you over the edge into new arrangements and compositions! We’ve got Palo Escrito Rosewood back and sides, an interesting choice which gives Stotzel’s Grand Auditorium “Courage” the pop and responsiveness of a Maple guitar, with an extra dose of tonal dynamism. Add to that a cream colored plate of the ever-adored Sitka Spruce, and you’ve got an instrument capable of explosive projection and soothing sustain in your hands.
Looking for a guitar that’s equal parts fingerstyle dream and flatpicking dynamo? Look no further: the excellent balance across the registers makes this an excellent tool to explore your fingertips’ wildest imaginations, and the snappy, articulate low-end really opens up under a flatpick with moderate to aggressive attack. When you’re not playing Courage (read: if you’re not playing Courage), there’s plenty of well-appointed eye candy to satisfy the sweet tooth of your guitar collector’s aesthetic, from the thin, emerald green purflings and asymmetrically shaped heel to the gold Gotoh 510 tuners with Ebony knobs. Bound up in a Hiscox Pro II hardshell case, there’s no chance for harm to come to this courageous beauty from Germany, so you better be prepared to carry this guitar wherever you go, so you won’t have to go too long without playing it.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Palo Escrito 
Add to CompareNew Stotzel Zoe Small Jumbo Wenge/German
This is our first guitar from German luthier Wilm Stotzel, and it is quickly becoming a shop favorite. This is Wilms Zoe Small Jumbo model in German Spruce and Wenge, and it sings out with full round basses and powerful trebles. Wilm attended one of Ervin Somogyi’s voicing classes and the inspiration shows in this build. He achieved a balanced tone here perfectly suited for complex fingerpicking melodies, but versatile enough for light struming and flatpicking as well. This guitar draws the player in and inspires endless playtime, it is a true joy.
We loved this one so much that we teamed up with Al Petteway and recorded it on our latest album: Dream Guitars Volume II Hand Picked. It is Track #4 – When We Were Young.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Wenge 
Add to Compare2021 Strahm Eros, Granadillo/German Spruce
Here’s one for the professionals out there. Stephen Strahm’s Eros model, especially this lovely number from 2021 with German Spruce over Granadillo, has great balance across the registers, a clean projection, and lots of headroom. In short, a guitar that you can do just about anything with. Lean in, and it’s got growl. Pull back, and a touch of sweetness in the mids will warm things up. We had as much fun playing fast as slow, in standard or down to DADGAD. It’s fun! Energetic, quick, one you don’t want to put down.
Other keywords: lutherie, 7491215, traugott, fingerstyle, gotoh, evo
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Granadillo 
Add to Compare2021 Strahm 00, Brazilian Rosewood/Adirondack Spruce
Wide awake! Raring to go! and nearly new from 2021. Here’s a chance to land a powerful 00 from Stephen Strahm that’s dressed to the nines in understated tonewood glory. Gorgeous, dramatically figured Brazilian Rosewood back and sides pair up with a special set of Adirondack Spruce on top that Stephen acquired from his days with the Santa Cruz Guitar Co, and he used that same set of BRW to furnish a lovely rosette and headstock veneer. Not much pearl on this one; Strahm’s aesthetic lets the quality of the woods speak for themselves. We’re very excited to have this one in the shop—give us a shout before it’s gone!
Other keywords: traugott, fingerstyle, petteway, fingerpicking, modern guitar, 201417, brazilain, adriondack, mainstage, 14-fret, gotoh
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.875 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to CompareNew Striebel Resonator All Mahogany Biscuit Bridge
We originally custom ordered this all Mahogany resonator after hearing Joseph Striebel’s resos on a recording by own of his professional customers in Germany. We trimmed in Curly Maple trim instead of the typical white Ivoroid for a more beautiful look. We also requested a short 24.9″ scale for easy tension and had him install a McIntyre Feather pickup so it’s ready for stage. The tone is strong with the woody character an all-Mahogany body produces.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Mahogany, Mahogany 
Add to CompareStriebel RS Cutaway Cocobolo/German
We custom ordered this guitar with Cocobolo Rosewood, German Spruce, a cutaway and a slotted headstock. We are thrilled with the results, it’s not only striking but the tone is warm, rich and punchy. This one is very versatile and easily switches gears from soft and sweet to strong and clear. The Cocobolo is a wonderful set with perfect grain and gorgeous brown color. Being a German builder the German Spruce is of course perfect.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Cocobolo 
Add to Compare2016 Suda D-18, Honduran Mahogany/Adirondack Spruce
A modern rendition of a vintage classic. We’re stoked to have this powerhouse D-18 from Japanese luthier Hiroshi Suda—Honduran Mahogany with Adirondack Spruce, 18-style appointments, and an immediately vibrant and expressive voice. What’s not to like? The neck profile is just a touch fuller than average, which totally fits the vintage inspiration, and the overall build weight is a svelte 4lbs 3oz, making this 2016 Suda D-18 exceedingly comfortable to play. It’s incredible to hear how wide open the Adi top sounds after just a few years, and we can only imagine the heights its bound for in the future.
Other keywords: al petteway, allen shadd, d18, kenny smith, bluegrass, dreadnought, dreadnaught
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany - Honduran