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Add to Compare2017 Buendia OM Cutaway, African Blackwood/Swiss Alpine Spruce
Inspiration made of out wood and steel. This 2017 Buendia OM Cutaway is a dream-come-true kind of guitar: African Blackwood back and sides, Swiss Alpine Spruce on top, exquisite string-to-string balance, sweetly easy playability; an effortless guitar. We simply love Leo’s work! This OM is well balanced to a fault, with a well-tempered bass response and liquid trebles. Brazilian Rosewood bridge, K&K Pure Mini pickup, and a Hoffee flight case round it all out.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, somogyi, schaller, handmade, fingerpicking
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Swiss, Blackwood - African 
Add to Compare2018 Olson SJ, The Tree Mahogany/Cedar
Jim Olson is at the top of his game, and playing this Tree Olson is like standing on top of a mountain—but much, much warmer. We love just how warm, responsive, and enveloping this 2018 Olson SJ plays. And why be surprised? Highly figured The Tree Mahogany back and sides with a pale Cedar top—of course it’s going to sing like a blazing fire. Individual note definition comes with a whole host of rich, velvety overtones. Built only yesterday in 2018, this Olson is basically new, plays like a dream, and boasts intricate floral and thorn inlays along the fretboard from the inimitable Larry Robinson. An honest-to-god collector’s passion.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilidng, james olson, james taylor, quilted mahogany, figured mahogany, red cedar, 5-ply, fingerstyle, bespoke guitar
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Cedar, Mahogany - The Tree 
Add to Compare2011 Heritage Super Kenny Burrell, Maple/Spruce
The folks at the Heritage Guitar Company have been hard at work in the old Gibson buildings of Kalamazoo for decades now, building incredible electrics and archtops to compete with the best out there. We recently landed a 2011 Super KB (Kenny Burrell) that is a 100% testament to that statement: this guitar is a fabulous example of Maple, Spruce, and sweet, sweet Jazz tone. Twin humbucking pickups, 18 inches across the expansive lower bout, and a sharp Florentine Cutaway come together in a tasteful, natural finish package. Carved Spruce top with parallel bracing is paired with nicely figured Maple back and sides (and neck, and pickguard) and adjustable finger tailpiece.
These beauties are built in very limited batches, and this is the first time we’ve seen one in a while. Snag it while you can!
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, kb model, gibson guitars, arch top, jazz box, jazz guitar, grover
Add to Compare2012 Heritage Super Eagle ACB, Maple/Spruce
2012 Super Eagle from the fine folks at Heritage Guitars—yes, please! This is a dynamite jazz box that’ll handle rock and blues with aplomb. Maple back and sides paired with a carved Spruce top, humbuckers, and Bigsby tailpiece for all the warbling vibrato and dive bombs you can shake a pick at. This Super Eagle is a big boy, make no mistake: 18 inches at the lower bout—and that translates to a big voice with sweet resonance for all the registers. In great shape from toe to tip, this Heritage Super Eagle is itching to keep crooning; snag it while you can!
Other keywords: kalamazoo, gibson, electric guitar, arch top, archtop, jazz box, grover, duane simpson
Add to Compare1996 Ruck Concert Classical Cutaway, Indian Rosewood/Cedar
From the late, great Robert Ruck, we’ve got a powerhouse Concert Classical in Indian Rosewood & Cedar itching to be played. This beauty comes to us from all the way back in 1996. The voice is lively and rich and quick, with a brisk fundamental that packs some serious weight. The setup is feather smooth, and the neck profile feels equally easy in hand. Ruck’s addition of a Venetian Cutaway allows the player quick access to the entire fingerboard, even those dusty uppermost frets. The current owner has upgraded the head with new Rodgers tuners that really set off the black headstock veneer, not to mention operate smoothly with hardly any resistance.
A concert-calibre Ruck Classical, this one’s eager to keep singing.Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, ir, east indian, fingerstyle, classical guitar, classical, nylon string, nylon-string, 650mm, tkl, mosaic
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.625 in Nut Width 2.06 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Cedar, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to Compare2019 Ribbecke Testadura MK, Maple & Rosewood/Sitka Spruce
Well lookie here! We’ve landed a dream machine of a guitar from the hands of one of America’s finest: Tom Ribbecke and his Testadura MK model. Tight fiddleback Maple back, Indian Rosewood sides, and Sitka Spruce on top of this hollow body/semi-hollow (more on that duality later) guitar—done up in a striking blue hue that sets off the gold hardware and Koa bindings. Single humbucker with volume and tone knobs built into the underside of the Ebony pickguard, upper bout soundhole, weighs in at 7lbs 5oz. This 2019 Testadura MK features one of Tom’s unique additions to the electric world: an internal system to switch between a 330 and 335, or hollow body and semi-hollow respectively. There’s a small block, shaped in a subtle wedge, that can be easily installed through the pickup cavity and a custom tool (we’ve got one here with the guitar, no worries) which pulls the block into place inside the guitar, effectively coupling the back and top and creating a semi-hollow.
Other keywords: cedar creek, electric guitar, jazz, rock guitar, gibson, gotoh
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.625 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Maple - Figured 
Add to Compare2018 McConnell 16 Inch, African Blackwood/Swiss Moonspruce
There may be no such thing as the perfect guitar, but this 2018 McConnell is just about as close as you’re going to get. Jordan’s unique brand of lutherie makes for some of the most inspirational guitars we’ve ever seen, and this 2018 16 Inch model does. not. disappoint. This is Jordan’s first African Blackwood guitar, topped with Swiss Moonspruce and trimmed out with matching arm and rib bevels. Spiraling along the fretboard and headstock (before swirling around the soundhole is a combination of Satinwood, African Blackwood, Ebony, and Madagascar Rosewood. Rodgers tuners (of course), French Polish on top for maximum resonance, and a fabulous example of Jordan’s carved bridge (here in Madagascar Rosewood). Oh, and then there’s the multiscale fretboard (26 to 25 inches) for dialed in ergonomics and intonation across a spectrum of tunings.
Other keywords: joran mcconnell, fingerstyle, dadgad, fanfret, fanned fret, multi scale, multi-scale, exclusive
SOLD Read moreScale Length 635 in - 648 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Blackwood - African 
Add to Compare2017 Åstrand Å-OM, Brazilian Rosewood/Moonspruce
A guitar which knows exactly what it’s here for—sweet, sweet music—and a builder who knows exactly how to build it—Ted Åstrand and this 2017 Å-OM. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Moonspruce top, with Burl appointments and EVO frets. 25 inch scale, soundport, and not a scratch to be found. It feels like love, playing this Åstrand. Smooth response all along the neck, liquid trebles and a capacious bottom end, and this Å-OM takes naturally to modified tunings like Open D, as easily as it performs in Standard. This guitar currently has gold Gotoh 510 tuners with black chrome knobs, and the original gold knobs are included in the Hoffee flight case.
This Åstrand is a inspiration to play, every single time you put finger or pick to string.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, brazilain, moon spruce, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, clarity, balance
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare1900s Larson Brothers Stahl Style 6, Brazilian Rosewood/Spruce
We love the unique corner of prewar lutherie occupied by the Larson Brothers. Reputed to have built hundred and hundreds of instruments, never under their own name, these brothers have created a body of work that stands apart from other prewar builders on my levels. One particular label of theirs was Stahl, and we’ve got a lovely example of their Style 6 here today. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides over Spruce, 12 frets to the body and gone over by our repair staff with a clean bill of health! At some point, this Stahl was refinished, so it’s got a mix of newer gloss look and vintage, prewar volume and presence. An immensely fun little guitar, it handles fingerpicking just as easily as strumming and flatpick work too.
Other keywords: vintage guitar, vinrage, Larson bro.s, larson stahl, w.c. stahl, w.m.c. stahl, 12-fret, refin, slot head, slotted headstock
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.875 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare1992 Santa Cruz VA, The Tree Mahogany/Sitka Spruce
Santa Cruz Guitar Company has been consistently producing Dreadnoughts for decades which have set the bar pretty high for all competition, and this 1992 VA (Vintage Artist) with “The Tree” Mahogany and a 100-year-old Sitka Spruce top, is here to make sure that bar is raised even higher. Excellently balanced, this Vintage Artist has lots to offer for both the flatpicker and the fingerstylist. Are you the former, craving a Dreadnought with rich, explosive projection, or the latter, needing a clean, energetic response and string-to-string precision?
Regardless of your needs, this Vintage Artist can more than handle them! You’ll rip through flatpicked Bluegrass tunes like they were butter for starters, then you can showcase this Santa Cruz’s delicate side with a fingerpicked Doc Watson tune–all the time enjoying the rich voice and silky playability. This is number two of just 10 VAs that Santa Cruz made with The Tree Mahogany, so odds are you won’t see another beauty like this one for some time.
Here’s an additional demo with our own Al Petteway: https://youtu.be/h2dMniuR5W4
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.73 in String Spacing 2.188 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Mahogany - The Tree 
Add to Compare2000 Martin D-21JCB Jim Croce, Brazilian Rosewood/Sitka Spruce
You don’t mess around with Jim, indeed. This 2000 Martin D-21JCB Jim Croce is a fundamental powerhouse Dread, dressed up in Brazilian Rosewood and Sitka Spruce with a 1973 dime inlaid at the third fret. The neck is a slim number with a 1 11/16” nut, plays fantastically, and is an easy fit for the left hand. Nickel Grover tuners up top, and black bindings to pair up with matching bridge pins and pickguard. This beauty is a natural choice for the singer-songwriter, but is more than up to the task of keeping up with the Bluegrass session to boot!
Other keywords: singer songwriter, bad bad leroy brown, time in a bottle, lutherie, martin guitars, signature guitar
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.68 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2015 Martin OM-28 Authentic 1931, Madagascar Rosewood/Adirondack Spruce
Martin folks did it so well back in the day, Martin folks these days are taking note (for note) with their Authentic line. This handsome OM-28 Authentic 1931 is a charmer with Madagascar Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Spruce, and otherwise matching specs to Martin’s vintage 1931 OM-28 model. That means hide glue construction, scalloped bracing on top, and Martin’s VTS (Vintage Tone System) for pre-aging the tonewoods for added vintage presence. Over everything Martin also applied their Vintage Gloss finish, which is a thinner and less shiny finish that you’ll find on other contemporary models.
The voice on this 2015 OM-28 Authentic is lively, warm, and responsive. An even decay across the registers makes for clean projection and sustain, and it’s such a versatile fellow for both fingerstyle and flat picking.Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, c.f. martin, martin guitars, orchestra model, 000, fingerpicking, adriondack, wavily, hiscox, reissue
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Madagascar 
Add to Compare2012 Bourgeois Custom OMS, Koa/Redwood
Warm like whiskey in your belly. Check out this 2012 Bourgeois Custom OMS if you’re looking for a resonant, warm fingerstyle guitar. Gorgeous Flamed Koa back and sides, combined with a Redwood top, make for lots of resonance and overtones. Slotted headstock with Waverly tuners, MOP inlays along the fretboard and Abalone top trim. Cocobolo Rosewood bindings round out the image. We found this Bourgeois soaked up open tunings handily; it was easy to lose track of time once it really gets going.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, maine, dana bourgeois, fingerpicking, 12-fret, 12 fret, custom guitar
Add to Compare2015 Bourgeois Custom DB Signature OM, Figured Koa/Croatian Spruce
Well, well, well. We’ve got a handsome prize on our hands here: a 2015 DB Signature from Bourgeois Guitars that’s got gorgeous tonewoods, hide glue construction, and a flawless fit-n-finish. Light-colored Koa back and sides are paired with a Croatian Spruce top (boasting the results of Dana’s Aged Tone torrefication process), Waverly tuners with Snakewood buttons, and Fossilized Mammoth Ivory squares and diamonds inlaid along the fretboard. This Bourgeois doesn’t need much encouragement to really project, and it doesn’t top out easily to boot. We love this one with a flatpick almost as much as we do for fingerpicking; it lives up to the jack-of-all-trades reputation of the OM body.
Other keywords: custom guitar, luthier, lutherie, guitarbuilding, orchestra model, fossil ivory, ziricote, tkl
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.3125 in Woods Spruce - Croatian, Koa - Figured