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Add to CompareBrown Dreadnought Brazilian/Carpathian
With enough inlay to satisfy the needs of an entire collection of guitars, this 2011 Presentation Dreadnought from Asheville luthier Larry K. Brown is the very model of intricate, meticulous detail. Brown, famous for his Renaissance period instruments, has built over 1800 instruments, ranging from lutes and cellos to Gibson L-00 copies.
The inlay work which adorns the headstock, fretboard, rosette, bridge, and top features classic motifs of vases and vines, twining and sprawling between fretwire and tuners. With such splendid appointments, it was only natural for Brown to also employ exquisite tonewoods for the body; Carpathian Spruce for the top and Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides. Set up as a vigorous strummer, this Dreadnought is big-voiced and rumbling.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Carpathian, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare1983 Bernabe Classical Indian/Bearclaw
We’ve got an excellent piece of Classical guitar history in the shop today: a 1983 Paulino Bernabe Sr. in Indian Rosewood and Bearclaw Spruce. After learning the art of Classical lutherie from none other than José Ramirez III, Bernabe Sr. opened his own shop in 1969, where he pioneered a new bracing system.This particular instrument has opened up fabulously over the past three decades, and now has a clean and articulate voice to match its fierce projection. The trebles are crisp and focused; bass notes warm but articulate! Setup to play smoother than butter, this Bernabe Sr. Classical is in stellar shape with many more years under its belt. Wrapped up in a Mark Leaf flight case, this guitar is ready to travel anywhere, at any time, for any gig.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.98 in Nut Width 2.13 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to Compare1931 Martin OM-18 Mahogany/Adirondack (Red)
One of the holy grails of Martin: a 1931 OM-18. Freshly restored to peak playing condition by our very own repair staff, this OM-18 has the voice of a well-seasoned angel over 80 years in the making, but the hot-off-the-presses playability of a new instrument! Weighing in at a lean 3lb 3oz, this OM-18 has an immense voice; the bass is dry and pronounced, and those treble strings crackle with energy.
It’s always a joy when we have the opportunity to bring these vintage gems back into the limelight, and this one is particularly successful crowd pleaser: everyone who lays hands on it has been blown away by the huge, clean tone. It practically plays itself with an impressive responsive and energetic fundamental.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany 
Add to Compare2015 Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert Malaysian Blackwood/European
Practically brand new, this 2015 Paradiso Grand Concert from Kevin Ryan is everything you could hope for out of a medium-sized fingerstyle guitar: flawless articulation, consistent balance across the registers, glassy playability–and that’s just for starters. Part of Ryan’s signature sound is a great balance between warmth and clarity, which this Paradiso exhibits handsomely; passages in Standard, DADGAD, or even Cadd9 have a delicious color in the middle registers that fills out the voice and offsets the sparkle of the treble strings for an even response.
If you’re looking to record, this Paradiso is an excellent choice! When the glitter of Paua Abalone is used to delineate the Malaysian Blackwood back and sides from the European Spruce top, the result is gorgeous, elegant. Of course, the arm bevel with Kevin’s “Acoustic Flutes” doesn’t hurt, either!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.75 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - European, Blackwood - Malaysian 
Add to Compare1989 Jacobson Classical Brazilian/Cedar
With a fundamental that’s profoundly rich and glassy playability, this 1989 Classical from Paul Jacobson stands as a resounding testament to Jacobson’s skills. Over 20 years old, this instrument sings with a powerfully opened-up voice that is characterized by an aggressive bass register and trebles with the perfect amount of pop to linger in the air for long seconds. Once she’s in your hands, it won’t take long for you to realize just how easy it is to go from silence to thunder: the responsiveness is crisp, and the projection fierce.
Featuring some seriously straight-grained Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides and Cedar for the top, this Jacobson is in splendid shape for its age and has been properly played in and opened up. Special additions include: the high C 20th fret for the treble E string, a 660mm scale, and an Everest hardshell case. This Jacobson is ready for many more years of music–it won’t linger long!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 26 in Nut Width 2.09 in String Spacing 2.15 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2000 Olson SJ East Indian/Cedar
Another fine Olson to grace our shop! This 2000 SJ further proves that Jim Olson found a lutherie sweet spot in his voicings early on and has steadily built on that impressive foundation since then: the voice is bell-clear and balanced, and the low and fast setup toes the line to a T for both fingerstyle and flatpicks. This single-owner Olson has seen some serious time on stage with its former performing owner, and has opened up handsomely. With a K&K Trinity pickup and mic (plus external preamp), this Indian Rosewood-and-Cedar SJ is a force to be reckoned with both on the familiar stage and the intimate recording booth.
Like to play in DADGAD? So does this Olson! The bass really roared once we dropped our tunings and the trebles remained crisp and present. Moreover, this Olson will travel safely from cab car to music hall, from the airport to the studio, wrapped up in a custom Calton flight case.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareNew Thomas Rodriguez 20th Anniversary Classical Brazilian/Sitka
Thomas Rodriguez has been in the business long enough to recognize great opportunities to acquire unique materials when they arise. Twenty years later and he’s amassed a collection of impressive woods, ivories, and pearl–the perfect treasure house from which to build his 20th Anniversary Guitar. The sheer historicity of this guitar’s constituent parts is staggering: woods range from 40-year-old Sitka Spruce to 1800s Brazilian Rosewood salvaged from an old tabletop, or 1800s Honduran Mahogany for the neck from an old four-post bed. Right down to the braces, Sitka harvested from a 1925 Cable piano, or the Ivory tieblock on the bridge (formerly a key from an 1860s square piano), or even the position marker on the fingerboard which Thomas fashioned out of the Mother-Of-Pearl from an 1850s Martin bridge pin encased in a thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish.
The voice of this guitar is at once elegant and exciting, with a mesmerizing clarity that’s colored by a sweet bouquet of overtones from the treble strings. Each string sings like a guitar unto itself, and there’s an almost meditational quality to the smoothness of the voice and the glassy play feel. Just breathing on the strings can excite sustain for days. The bass register appears to defy geometry: how can so much depth come from a regular-sized guitar? Exploring those depths is akin to deep sea diving, while the profound richness is warm and enveloping like blankets of heat from a fireplace whose fire has subsided into the quiet intensity of yellow-red embers.
This is one of Rodriguez’s crowning achievements as a luthier.
Check out our blog post where we go into more detail about the materials that went into this 20th Anniversary Guitar here: http://blog.dreamguitars.com/tom-rodriguez-guitars-20th-anniversary-guitar/
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 2.08 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to CompareNew Mountain Song Guitars Odalisque Macacauba/Lucky Strike Redwood
Every time we get another of Ken Jones’ fine creations in the shop, we find he’s outdone himself yet again! This brand new 2016 Odalisque was custom built for one of our clients, who is probably playing it as we speak. Between the dense and tap-tone-lively Macacauba back and sides and Lucky Strike Redwood top, this Odalisque is a bombshell with six strings and a rich bottom end–the voice warm enough to keep you toasty on cold nights, the trebles clean and focused as a rifle shot.
The balance from string to string is stellar, and we found this to be even more apparent when dropped into DADGAD or Al’s CGCGAD tuning, where the bass strings remained snappy and the middle register turned its sweet warmth into a hearty blaze. Visually, this Mountain Song guitar is a study in fastidiousness: each joint perfectly mated, the bridge painstakingly carved, the sections of rosette seamlessly interwoven. Ken’s attention to detail has given this Odalisque a finely-honed appearance, with lightly flamed Maple bindings to tie it all together. If you’re interested in getting an Odalisque for your own fingerstyle arrangements, give us a shout!
Add to CompareNew Mountain Song Guitars Baritone OD-J Ziricote/Bearclaw Sitka
Ken Jones is one of our favorite luthiers, for ample reasons. Not only is he a maestro of repair and restoration services capable of restoring lost jewels to their former luster, but also in his own instruments we find the depth, balance, and dynamism of tone which separates masterwork fingerstyle guitars from their lesser cousins. Paul’s personal Baritone is a multiscale beast from Ken (and is the envy of everyone in the shop), and we’re stoked to have another Mountain Song Baritone pass through our doors!
Custom-built for one of our clients, this Baritone has dark-hued Ziricote for the back and sides and a sumptuously-grained Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top, and all is bound in Ebony and sports both an arm bevel and a rib rest, and a soundport in the upper bout. Featuring a fearsome 28 3/4″ scale length, this Mountain Song Baritone handles A tunings like a champ! The bass register is rich and enveloping, but retains a well-defined edge that further sets it apart from other Baritone guitars, and the trebles! The trebles! Dripping with fat tone like butter in the skillet.
With a smooth C profile neck and 1 3/4″ nut, this Baritone hardly feels like a bigger guitar at all: it feels as smooth and familiar as your first favorite guitar. Unfortunately, this guitar has already been passed along to its excited new owner, but if you’re interested in having one made for yourself, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Add to Compare2002 Klein L45.7 Flamed Maple/Sitka
Getting a Klein in your shop is like opening your birthday presents and finding exactly what you asked for: the gift of this Klein is, like all of Steve’s guitars, a gift of immense proportions. Frankly, we wonder were Steve manages to find so many gorgeous sets for his larger-than-life tops and backs, like the gorgeous Sitka Spruce and Flamed Maple here. Bound in yet more Maple and with Klein’s trademark asymetrical, pinless bridge, the body of this L45.7 is surprisingly lightweight (weighing in at 4lbs 3oz for the entire guitar), and features an access port by the endpin so you can take a glimpse into Klein’s complex and fascinating innovations in bracing systems, from the carbon fiber reinforcement to the flying X brace that shoots down to the sides from the center of the X.
As expected, the bass is cavernous, bone-rattling. Paired with crisp, agile trebles, that fearsome bass response creates a huge wall of sound with each strum–and just wait until you put this bombshell in altered tunings! Truly, the Klein guitar is a unique manifestation of contemporary guitar design; each Klein as powerful and complex as two or three lesser guitars combined. Plus, this L45.7 comes with a Calton flight case to ensure that no harm can come to it.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.63 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods xx, Maple - Figured 
Add to CompareNew Lehmann & Cole Louis Panormo Brazilian/30-Year-Old Sitka
Luthiers Bernie Lehmann and Jeff Cole have teamed up to create a unique offering: a tribute to Louis Panormo’s “Spanish Style” guitars from 1830s London. Constructed with modern techniques and materials at hand, this Panormo marries the traditional–like Brazilian–Rosewood-and-Spruce laminated sides and a bees wax finished top–with the contemporary–see the graphite-reinforced neck, the bolt-on heelblock design. “I want people to be unsure if it is old or new when the first look at it,” says Lehmann. Of course, it’s a little bit of both.
The Sitka Spruce top is 30 years old, finished to a faint luster by bees wax and adorned by a pearl-inlaid bridge and rosette. Brazilian Rosewood for the fretboard, itself adorned with brass frets, mates beautifully to the ebonised Mahogany neck. Right down to the hand-turned Mammoth Ivory endpin and strap button, the attention to detail by Lehmann & Cole has paid off handsomely–and the voice is sweet, balanced, and surprisingly loud. For the Civil War buff or Early Romantic Classical musician, this Panormo is a one-of-a-kind right up your alley. And it comes with a custom coffin case from Lehmann & Cole, dark-green and burgundy like the original!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.75 in Nut Width 1.84 in String Spacing 2.17 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare1995 John Gilbert Classical Indian/Cedar
May he rest in peace, John Gilbert was a force of innovation for Classical guitar construction in the U.S. in the latter part of the 20th Century, and two of his most well-known contributions are both present on this 1995 Concert Classical in Indian Rosewood and Cedar. First, Gilbert created a new style of bridge which employed individual metal saddles for each string, enabling the player or luthier to adjust individual string heights without affecting others. Second, Gilbert pioneered a new kind of tuner for nylon strings which employed a worm gear retainer that allowed each string to have the same feel when tensioning, and to eliminate all backlash while insuring smooth tuning action. Here, both are employed to great effect.
By 1995 John’s son, Bill Gilbert, had taken over the luthier mantle from his father, and we’ve verified with Bill that this Gilbert was built by his own hands. voice has a clear warmth in the middle registers that blends smoothly with both bass and treble strings for an overall richness like a slice of fine New York cheesecake. The setup is similarly smooth and friendly. Wrapped up in a Calton flight case, this Gilbert comes protected for many years to come.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.75 in Nut Width 2.13 in String Spacing 2.28 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to Compare1997 Ruck Concert Brazilian/Cedar
Robert Ruck is one of the most revered contemporary builders in the Classical Guitar world–from the first pass of the plane to the final buffing of the finish, Ruck’s attention to detail yields a powerful, resonant creature. Built in 1997, this Concert guitar has gorgeous Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides, and an umber Cedar top that ramps up the warmth and balance.
The trebles have that faint shimmering quality that good Classicals have, and are filled out by a panoply of delicate overtones which inform the rest of the voice with an extra pinch of color. The bass is controlled, well-defined, and balances nicely with the warm middle register. In pretty stellar shape, this Ruck moreover comes with a Calton flight case to insure it remains gorgeous and pristine.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6875 in Nut Width 2.08 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2002 Hauser Segovia Brazilian/German
From the famed Reisbach workshop established by his Grandfather Hermann Hauser I, Hermann Hauser III is continuing the legacy of the finest German concert guitars in the world. Combining the knowledge learned firsthand from an early age with his deep study of the needs of modern players, Hauser III can offer guitarists the best of both worlds, old and new, traditional and sensational.
This beautiful Segovia Model guitar has the unmistakable clarity which is the hallmark of the Hauser sound. Each note is clear and separate and it is easy to shape the tone and power of each phrase. The playability of this particular instrument is superb and it has been well cared for. The German Spruce top is now alive and speaking fully, offering the player and wonderful palate of colors and emotion, and the Brazilian Rosewood back and sides offer a profound depth and vigorous richness.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 2.07 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to CompareNew Isaac Jang OM Brazilian/Italian
Our first Isaac Jang guitar–and it’s already sold! We barely had time to change the strings, snap some photos, and record Al before sending it along to its happy new owner. Exciting times, indeed, to have such a fine instrument of Brazilian Rosewood and Italian Spruce come through our doors, with another one right behind it. This 2016 OM is both novel and traditional in its features: for all that the body is a standard OM shape and Jang employs a dovetail neck joint, this Jang also has a subtle Manzer wedge built into the body curves and a dropped shoulder cutaway with Ebony bevel in a gorgeous display of playability.
The voice is equal parts thunder storm and gentle rain patter on the window, capable of rich and enveloping bass notes and sweet trebles with fearsome sustain. We can’t wait to get another one in!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian