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Kevin Ryan’s Signature Series guitars pull out all the stops, come with Kevin’s best tonewoods, and are appointed as heirloom instruments. This 2008 Mission Grand Concert SS has gorgeous, dramatically figured Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, paired up with a stiff Adirondack Spruce top for added power and projection, plus Kevin’s trademark slim neck profile and slinky playability. The voice is very round, with great dynamic range for a wide range of styles and attacks. The MGC body fits the midsize niche perfectly, making this a flattop that holds up well for both fingertips and flatpicks. The top, headplate, fingerboard, and rosette are upgraded with Select Blue Paua Abalone throughout, and at the nut, saddle, and bridge pins you’ll find Fossilized Walrus Ivory. Under the hood, this Ryan Signature Series is equipped with an L.R. Baggs iBeam pickup system, and outside this signature beauty is wrapped up in a custom Calton flight case.

Whoever said Koa doesn’t have depth and power hasn’t played this A69c Custom McIlroy. Not only does this all-Koa guitar pack some serious heft into the voice with a quick and lively string energy, but it manages to do so while looking good at the same time. Sycamore bindings plus Abalone rosette, top trim, and position markers are an excellent complement to the figured Koa, and the pinless bridge ties it all together. Additionally, this A69c has the added distinction of being McIlroy’s 1200th guitar–no small feat. If you want lots of power in an easy-playing package, it’s hard to go wrong with this 2019 A69c.

This guitar! Where do we even begin? This 2018 OM from Ray Kraut is astounding to both the eyes and the ears. A beauty, features Ray’s “Pale Moon” Ebony for the back and sides, and a pale set of European Spruce for the top. Not content with that already deadly combination, Ray then fashioned the headstock veneers, fretboard, bridge, and heelcap out of more Pale Moon. An abstract rosette completes the luthier’s portrait. Tonally, this OM pours out notes with such presence and definition, it takes fingerstyle arrangements and renders them in crystalline clarity.

The trebles have a faint blooming effect after the initial attack, and the string-to-string balance is superb. We had a lot of fun playing around in open tunings—the playability is likewise slinky and smooth. Just an incredible instrument across the board, and it comes with a Hoffee flight case to keep it safe and sound.

So much wow factor here, you’ll need to take two breaths.

The riches run deep in this one. The only way to make Kevin Ryan’s Cathedral Grand model even better is to add time, which this lovely number from 2002 has in spades. Two decades of music have opened up the Italian Spruce top and Madagascar Rosewood body for a voice that’s butter smooth and round, with great note separation and dynamic range. In a word, expansive. The setup is silk-smooth with a 25.7″ scale and 1.75″ nut, arm bevel, and florentine cutaway. All wrapped up in a custom Calton case, this Ryan Cathedral Grand is ready for another 20 years.