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Add to Compare2021 Laskin Paul’s Vision, Brazilian Rosewood/Sitka Spruce
For this our latest custom Laskin build, Paul collaborated with Grit on a concept exploring the therapeutic effects of nature and music in the light of our recent global pandemic. The result is this meditative piece sprawling along the fretboard, with a blue sea of present day issues offset by a sunset-clad musician seated at the headplate veneer.
The body features chocolate-dark, Old Growth Brazilian Rosewood and AAAA Sitka Spruce on top, plus Grit’s trademark Laskin arm and rib bevels for creature comfort. A stadium-shaped soundport at the upper bout; florentine cutaway; silver Gotoh tuners to round out the package.
The tone of this Mid-Size build is balanced and articulate, with great balance across the registers. There’s a sweet bump in the lower mids that makes the voice pop. In addition to the artistry up top, this Laskin has a gorgeous, engrossing sound that is an excellent option for fingerstyle work in Standard, as well as altered tunings.Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, inlay, marquetry, inlay art, cv-19, covid, fingerstyle, bespoke guitar, 280920, hoffee
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Brazilian pre-CITES 
Add to Compare2010 Kazuo Sato Prelude, Indian Rosewood/Alpine Spruce
This 2010 Prelude model from Kazuo Sato offers a smooth, even voice with lovely articulation across the registers; we’re smitten. Indian Rosewood back and sides paired up with Alpine Spruce on top (aged 20 years beforehand! making this a 30-year-old top today), Mahogany neck, and Alessi tuners for added elegance. This lovely number has opened up handsomely in the intervening years, and we’re excited to report it has a lively projection waiting just under the surface with a heavier attack. French Polish throughout, plus an under-four-pounds play weight, makes for an easy, responsive playing experience. We’re excited to see where the next 10 years takes this one!
Other keywords: classical guitar, classical, nylon string, luthier, lutherie, fingerstyle, marquetry, handmade, french polished, steve newbrough, andy jurik, superior
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 1.98 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Alpine, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to Compare2017 Sergio Perez Segovia, Madagascar Rosewood/Cedar
Sergio Perez, building his own Classicals alongside his father Teodoro Perez, offers poise, balance, and sweetly defined power with his instruments—and we’ve landed a 2017 Segovia model that’s got all that and more. Named after the city and not the musician, this Segovia model boasts a dramatic set of Madagascar Rosewood for the back and sides, paired with Cedar on top for added warmth, and French Polished to maximum resonant effect. Rubner tuners with white rollers are smooth and efficient, which are also descriptors we find perfect for the voice: this Perez Segovia is precise across the registers, energetic when you lean in and mellow when pull back. Smooth playability matches the good looks found in an intricate mosaic rosette and rope-style top purflings. The Cedar top has already opened up handsomely since 2017, and it’s only going to get better from here.
Other keywords: classical guitar, classical, nylon string, luthier, lutherie, fingerstyle, marquetry, handmade, french polished, steve newbrough, andy jurik, perez guitars, spanish guitar, madrid, 68
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 2.05 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Cedar, Rosewood - Madagascar 
Add to Compare2021 Redgate Ana Vidovic Model, Ziricote/German Spruce
Jim Redgate’s collaboration with Ana Vidovic has led to one of our favorite classicals to pass through the shop in a long, long time. This is an example of when power plays perfectly alongside poise and elegance. We love the smooth, rich quality that the bass register lends to the voice, and the fact that it blends so easily with the mids and top end. Projection is flawless and crystal; a true concert hall instrument. But this Redgate doesn’t suffer a brittle or harsh tone in order to achieve that volume. Jim manages to coax out balance and power in equal measure.
The back and sides are dramatically figured Ziricote (also at the headplate), and this Ana Vidovic Model features a Spruce double top with lattice bracing and a satin finish for maximum resonance. Elsewhere the guitar is finished to a glossy sheen. An armrest protects the top from the player’s arm, and a slightly elevated fingerboard allows easier access to the topmost frets. This entire operation weighs under four pounds. It’s a lifetime guitar from one of our modern masters.Other keywords: australia, smallman, lutherie, luthier, classical guitar, nylon string, hiscox, reigate guitars, gotoh, 482
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 1.98 in String Spacing 2.27 in Woods Spruce - German, Ziricote 
Add to Compare2020 Wilborn Nautilus, Brazilian Rosewood/Adirondack Spruce
Ben Wilborn’s 2020 Nautilus model comes to us with high expectations—and more than answers the call. Wilborn has gone back to the drawing board and returned with a whole family of new features for his Nautilus. Here, the traditional soundhole has been kiboshed in favor of an upper bout version which acts as an integrated soundport. This allows Ben to brace the top radially and escape the restrictions of the classic X brace system—the result being added power in the bass register, and exquisite clarity and presence for the mids and trebles (oh, the trebles). Additionally, this allows Ben to use a multiscale setup (here 26-25.4” at our request) that better corresponds to the radial bracing pattern. A slim Ryan-style arm bevel and rib bevel, plus dramatic florentine cutaway, round out the suite of creature comforts. Honduran Mahogany neck with a medium-to-slim C profile feels lovely in hand, old growth Adirondack Spruce from Ben’s premium stash on top—and the pièce de résistance: the best set of Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides from Ben’s personal primo collection.
The Nautilus is a powerhouse with volumes of tone under the hood, appointed with an understated aesthetic that lets the quality of the materials speak for themselves, and it plays like grass-fed butter.Check out Ben walking through his deflection testing method for tops here: https://youtu.be/m5Epr3U0rDw
Here’s a bit from Ben himself:
“The Nautilus in a mid-sized guitar that changes all the rules. The impetus for this design was the idea that in a traditional X-braced guitar with a centrally located soundhole, approximately one-third of the top is rendered inert due to the demands of the structure required to keep the top from collapsing. The Nautilus, by relocating the soundhole to the upper treble bout, frees up a great deal more real estate for vibration, which after all, is how a guitar amplifies sound. Off-set soundholes are nothing new, but all the previous attempts I have seen fail to fully take advantage of this radical realignment. The Nautilus is not an X-braced guitar, but is instead radially braced, with all the braces arranged like spokes on a wheel, from the bridge outward. Whereas the traditional X locks the the bridge area into a relatively inflexible unit, the radial arrangement allows the bridge much more freedom of movement. The result is a tremendous increase in bass response, a warm and sophisticated top end, and overall greater output of volume. Playing this instrument is a revelation of what potential a guitar possesses.
The Nautilus features a number of modern innovations, all of them critically contributing to a thoroughly and thoughtfully designed whole. Not just a mish-mash of contemporary features, but a through-composed suite of interrelated sonic and ergonomic details.”
Other keywords: wilborn guitar, calton, 192, fan fret, fanned fret, lutherie, luthier, boutique guitar, elevated fingerboard
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in - 26 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2009 Sexauer FT-14, “Church Bell” Cocobolo/Engelmann Spruce
The inimitable Bruce Sexauer brings so much to the table, we had to pick up a few extra legs to support it. His guitars are characterized by a modern sound with an emphasis on balance across the registers, and ergonomics that make for an effortless playing experience. This 2009 FT-14 displays both—with some premium tonewoods to boot. The FT-14 body is medium-small and very comfortable (weighs under four pounds), and Bruce tricked this one out with his collectible “Church Bell” Cocobolo for the back and sides, and an Engelmann Spruce top bound with Snakewood. This beauty was originally built for the 2009 Healdsburg Guitar Festival, and it has opened up so, so handsomely. The voice is responsive to a T, and really sings out with a crispness and precision in the trebles that sets this Sexauer apart.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, sexauer guitars, fingerpicking, 1780509
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.3123 in Woods Spruce - Engelmann, Rosewood - Cocobolo 
Add to CompareBrand New Preston Thompson 0000-BA, Brazilian Rosewood/Adirondack Spruce
The extra O in this 0000 stands for “Ooooh yeah.” We’re excited to land a brand new 0000-BA in Brazilian Rosewood and Adirondack Spruce from the fine folks at Preston Thompson Guitars, here with a lovely chocolate burst on top plus Bloodwood appointments to set off the fretboard and headstock. The voice is quick, lively, and expressive (we honestly can’t decide if we enjoyed fingerpicking or flat picking more, it handles both so well), with a punchy, direct quality that fires right out the soundhole. Projection is crisp and even across the registers, as is note decay. The BRW back and sides add color to the bottom end while keeping the trebles glassy, and the slim 0000 sides keep the midrange punchy and articulate. Basically, whatever you throw at it, this PKT soaks right up and offers it back to you, plus interest.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, flatpicking, bluegrass, dreadnaught, preston thompson guitars, pkt guitars, oregon, blue grass, flatpicker, 1818
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SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.68 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to CompareBrand New Bresnan OM, Brazilian Rosewood/Swiss Moonspruce
We just can’t keep these on the shelf! Or in the case, as it turns out. Dan and Sean Bresnan are just killing it these days with the new builds they’re sending our way. We’re caught between a rock and a hard place: keep this 2021 OM for ourselves, or do the right thing and find it’s happy new home. A crisis! But we think you should have it. This features another set from Dan’s old Brazilian Rosewood stash, and is here paired with Swiss Moonspruce on top for that characteristic glassy sound and smooth clarity we’ve come to expect from Bresnan Guitars. The setup is also silk smooth and effortless, and with a long scale 25.4” setup this OM has just the right amount of pop and snap in the bass and mids to really make it sing. The rosette is a gorgeous number win BRW and Koa, and elsewhere Bresnan lets the quality of the woods speak for themselves, rather than inlay a ton of pearl. We love the understated aesthetic that that brings about. It’s like every facet of this guitar, tonally and visually: graceful and effortless.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, bresnan guitars, modern guitar, brazilain, fingerstyle, om2002, ameritage
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2004 Contreras II 10th Anniversary Premium Series, Brazilian Rosewood/Spruce
Cream of the crop, an even mixture of sweetness and power—the Contreras 10th Anniversary model is a lifetime guitar. How could it be anything else? This piece of functional art is part of the Contreras II Premium Series, with their finest woods and appointments on display, and their patent double back design. Gorgeous-figured Brazilian Rosewood over Spruce; an intricate mosaic rosette pairs with mosaic tiled top trim and herringbone at the headplate; French Polished top for maximum resonance and Lacquer body for added protection. The voice is characterized by an even balance across the registers, with a touch extra pop in the top end, and we love the smooth sustain. There’s plenty of power under the hood, made possible by their doubled back design that allows the backplate to resonate more freely—adding volume and projection as well as sheer strength. This particular 10th Anniversary is from 2004 and has opened up handsomely between then and now. Snag this beauty before it’s gone!
Other keywords: classical guitar, nylon string, manuel contreras, andy jurik, steve newbrough, 108, road runner, brazilain
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 2.09 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare1900s Weissenborn Style 1, All-Koa
The holy grail of old school square necks! We’re in love with this Weissenborn Style 1 from the early 1900s, decked out in gorgeous Koa from tuner to tail and singing loud and oh so clear with its voice of the ages. The voice is characterized by a sweetness and warmth in the mids that spills out into the bottom and top ends for an enveloping, mellow flavor. It’s just a joy to hear. Our repair folks have gone over this one and given it a clean bill of health, too, so it’s ready to keep on making music!
Other keywords: lap steel, lapsteel, dobro, hawaiiian slack key, weisenborn, 1900’s, vintage
Add to Compare1977 D’Aquisto 16″ Deluxe Flattop, Maple/Spruce
James D’Aquisto aficionados will want to see this one. Several years back we had one of D’Aquisto’s rare nylon string prototype models, and now we’ve landed a steel string that’s wooed us even more. This Deluxe 16 Inch Flattop was built in 1977 (signed 12/23/77 inside), featuring tight-flame Maple back and sides with equally tight-grained Spruce on top, a chunky neck (at 1 15/16” nut width), and Jimmy’s signature inlaid at the headstock. An oval soundhole is trimmed out with Ivoroid to match the body and neck bindings, pairing with an irregular rectangular Ebony bridge and through saddle. The body is deep (just over 5” at the tail), and the added depth gives a powerful push to the voice that really opens up under a flatpick. That said, this D’Aquisto Flattop is also a fabulous guitar to play with fingers; in spite of its capacious dimensions this ones responds beautifully to a lighter attack, and has excellent clarity and sustain.
We’re proud to offer this rare piece of D’Aquisto history for its next happy home; please reach out with any and all questions.Other keywords: daquisto, 106, petteway, archtop
Add to CompareBrand New Musser Dreadnought, The Tree Mahogany/Colorado Blue Spruce
Don Musser, well damn. This Dread is an articulate beast, a mix of crackling livewire energy and crisp note definition and smooth decay. Brand new to boot! Part of Don’s secret (aside from his invaluable voicing techniques) is his life as a tonewood dealer, giving him access to the best materials. Take the woods on this number: The Tree Mahogany back and sides, Colorado Blue Spruce top, Honduran Mahogany neck plus BRW headplate. And Curly Maple bindings to tie it all together (and a lovely sunburst on top to offset the Pearl trim and rosette). The setup is silk smooth and responsive to a light touch just as much as a heavier attack. It’s a powerhorse (that’s a powerhouse workhorse).
Other keywords: tone wood, fingerstyle, abalone, mop, mother of pearl, fingerpicking, dreadnaught, 25.5, 354, quilted mahogany
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Colorado Blue, Mahogany - The Tree 
Add to Compare2015 McPherson M.G.-4.0 XP, Beeswing Mahogany/Adirondack Spruce
Versatility is the name of the game with this 2015 M.G.-4.0 XP in your hands. Dramatically figured Beeswing Mahogany pairs here with Adirondack Spruce for a detailed, even voice that’s the right mix of energy and balance. It’s fabulous for fingerstyle with such even clarity between the notes, and it’s got gears under the hood to open up when leaned into with a flatpick. An L.R. Baggs pickup system brings all these dynamics faithfully onto the stage, and moreover this McPherson comes with an upgraded Hoffee case for maximum protection. A lot of folks want a guitar that can handle a wide range of settings, and we honestly just don’t often find ones that can hold up—but this McPherson is one of those rare birds.
Other keywords: macpherson, offset soundhole, schaller, m.g. 4.0., 2218
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.188 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany - Figured 
Add to Compare2014 Somogyi Andamento Jumbo, Brazilian Rosewood/German Spruce
Odds are, if you’ve followed us for any length of time you’ve been exposed to the grandfather of the fingerstyle guitarbuilding, Ervin Somogyi. And if you know anything about his work, you’ll agree that fit and finish, attention to detail, and immense musicality are all hallmarks of his style. Given that, consider how much effort, how many hours, Ervin put into this Andamento Jumbo? To date, Ervin has only built five of these museum-quality guitars. Each of these instruments has come at the cost of many long and painstaking hours at Ervin’s bench.
According to the man himself, “The Andamento guitars are noteworthy in that eleven separate mosaic patterns have been created for it: its back and sides inlaid with ten different mosaic pattern tiles, connected by a latticework of black-white-black purfling lines; and there’s a separate mosaic pattern in the segmented soundhole rosette. Furthermore, the back and side inlays are micromosaic tiles. Each tile comprises of 200 separate pieces of wood. The Andamento guitar has some 200 of these tiles—twenty each of each separate design—and each tile is half the size of a dime. They are perfectly executed despite of their smallness of scale.”
So many details, so many opportunities for failure, yet this 2014 Andamento Jumbo is only a portrait of perfection. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, German Spruce top with incredible bearclaw figure, and geometric inlays along the back of the neck—we can say without hyperbole that this is one of the most unique guitars of Somogyi’s long career on the planet.
If you’d like to read even more about Ervin’s process, check out the “Special Projects” page on his website: http://esomogyi.com/special-projects/the-andamento-guitars/Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, fingerstyle, inlay, mosaic, tesserae, tiles, museum quality, museum guitar, brazilain
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2008 Blazer & Henkes Phoenix 28 Dreadnought, Brazilian Rosewood/Alpine Moonspruce
This is not your average Dreadnought. Wilhelm Henkes and Rudolph Blazer of Blazer & Henkes fame are true masters of lutherie, and this 2008 Phoenix 28 is here to prove it. Gorgeous Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Austrian Alpine Moonspruce on top, and 28-style appointments in the prewar American fashion: this guitar has classic beauty, but there’s extra magic working under the hood with a forward shifted X and scalloped braces. The voice of this Dreadnought is exquisitely clear and resonant; it responds to every shift in attack, offering a crisp and articulate tone with blazing extra definition in the bass and trebles. The tonewoods have opened up handsomely in the past 10 years, and we love the neck carve and setup, it’s easy on the hands, easy on the fingers. We can’t find a single thing we don’t love about this Blazer & Henkes Phoenix 28.
Other keywords: luthier, pre-war, dreadnaught, flatpicking, bluegrass, vintage
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce - Alpine, Rosewood - Brazilian