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 These pictures are examples of guitars I've made over the years. A mixture of my own designs and ideas and requests from the people I've made them for.

 

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A 12 string guitar using Sitka spruce and Australian Blackwood. With my number 5 size jumbo body shape

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A 12 fret 000 guitar in W A Sheoak
 and Engelmann spruce

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 A 14 fret 0000 guitar in Mountain Ash and Sitka spruce

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A kind of Selmeresque guitar with a floating bridge set up for a loud bright sound

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A sister guitar this time with an X braced top. Blackwood and Sitka spruce

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Martin Ditson No 1 size body shape

 

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A curvy guitar made from Australian Blackwood and Engelmann spruce

 

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A 000 size guitar with figured Blackwood back and sides and Engelmann spruce top

 

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A nylon string guitar for folk, blackwood and sitka spruce

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A shape I call 3G, a small jumbo guitar. She oak and Sitka spruce

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Number 4 size body, AustralianBlackwood back.

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Left No 4 body, Indian Rosewood. 

Right No 3 body, front on

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A rose mahogany back

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Two 00 bodies, one She oak and one Australian Blackwood. 

 

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A classical sized steel string made from Australian Blackwood and Adirondack spruce

 

 

 

 

 

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A parlour guitar in Indian rosewood and Engleman spruce.

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A classical sized steel string made from ebony and cedar

 

 

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A no frills 0000 size guitar. Sheoak back and sides. Vic Ash neck. Ebony fretboard and Australian Blackwood rosette.

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A short scale guitar in Maple and Engleman spruce, with rosewood bindings.

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 0000 size guitar with rosewood back and sides and an Englman spruce top

 

 

 

 

86.front.jpg (130502 bytes)86.head.jpg (59024 bytes) 86.side.jpg (107313 bytes) A No 4 size 12 string.

 Front, Sitka spruce.

 Back & sides Australian blackwood.

 

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A 00 size guitar in She Oak and sitka spruce. With dragonfly inlay

 

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A  0000 size guitar in Rose Mahogany and Sitka Spruce.

guitar-body.jpg (19282 bytes)giutar-front.jpg (10350 bytes)guitar-head-s2.jpg (27240 bytes) Number 3G size guitar. Sitka spruce and Australian blackwood

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Some rosette examples.

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