Working with the Ancient and modern Kauri woods that grow only in his native New Zealand, luthier Laurie Williams craft that please the eye as much as the heart. The figure in the flamed variety of the ancient Kauri wood is simply astonishing. It appears to move in the light and has a natural golden color. The Kauri top is something Laurie is very proud of as it offers a sweet and clear tone that works equally well for fingerstyle and strumming. The lightweight milled X brace makes it very responsive. This guitar is offered at Laurie’s previous pricing and is therefore a wonderful value.

Here we have the first ever Brazilian Rosewood guitar from Laurie Williams. Laurie expressed an interest in building a guitar with Brazilian so we told him to go for it. The result is a guitar with his usual character and an higher level of warmth from the Rosewood. This one also features his latest bracing updates including hollowing out the X bracing for superb responsiveness. A stunning and unique Williams guitar.

2013 Wingert Steampunk E: goggles and timepiece not included. Here Kathy Wingert has married gorgeous tonewoods—Cocobolo and Carpathian Spruce—with copper, cogs, pipework, and gears for a steampunk effect guaranteed to stand out from the crowd.

On top of that, Wingert has added a Ryan-style arm bevel, interrupted rosette, Gotoh HAPA tuners, and Fishman pickup. The trebles are juicy and charged, and we love the smooth and effortless playability along the fretboard. The slightly wider neck (1 13/16” at the nut) is a delight for the fingerstylist, and the Venetian Cutaway helps keep those pesky upper frets dust-free. Wrapped up in a Hoffee flight case, this Wingert will travel safe and sound every step of the way as you travel between steampunk conventions and China Miéville readings.

Don’t worry, we made sure to wipe up the oil spills and mustache wax: this steampunk Wingert is ready to roll out of the station today.

Other spellings: wingerlt, wengert, winegrt, winger, steam punk, cocabolo

In the early 2000s, Kathy Wingert came into a handful of slate-dark sets of Brazilian Rosewood. It didn’t take long for her to reach out to Paul, and soon after Kathy built ten jaw-dropping Dream Series EVCs in collaboration with us. This, #6, is a marvel of playability and design. Picking up this guitar is like hopping on a bike for the first time in years: instantly familiar, and you’re cruising at top speed before you realize it! The neck profile as though shaking hands with your oldest friend.

The voice is clear and handsomely polished, with a string-to-string and fret-to-fret balance dialed in with the fingerstylist in mind. It doesn’t take much to get the Brazilian Rosewood and Italian Spruce singing; even light attack yields impressive projection and sustain. With locking Gotoh tuners, custom rosette by Jimmi Wingert, and a Calton case, this Dream Series EVC is dressed to the nines and looking like a tall drink of water. Get a taste!

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but we’re willing to bet that whosoever lays hands on this 2007 Wingert Concert Muse will agree: this is one beautiful creature. Malaysian Blackwood back and sides, with alternating bands of chocolate and mousse, an Italian Spruce top adorned with subtle medullary rays, a sparkling Abalone-and-Ebony rosette–these are the trappings of inspiration itself.

Playing this guitar is an exercise in timelessness; the trebles with their buttery smoothness and delicate overtones are enough to render you speechless. Fingerstyle arrangements never sounded so sweet, so lush with color, as when played across this Ebony fretboard with its silk-smooth setup and low action. Tuned down to DADGAD or lower, this Concert Muse becomes an orchestral force. Notes hang in the air for long seconds, and the basses roll with a profound clarity not often found in an instrument of this size. Wrapped up in a Calton flight case, this Wingert has many more miles to go, and it’ll be safe and secure for those rare moments when you aren’t playing it.