General Specifications

Contact me today.  I will walk you through the options and work with you to design the configuration for your playing style and sound. Click here for the details on how my skills come together to produce a custom guitar built with you in mind.

NECKS:

Side Dots:

Sterling Round
Sterling Square
Brass
White

Fingerboard Dots:

White Mother of Pearl (MOP)
Gold Mother of Pearl (MOP)
Sterling

Truss Rod Cover-Plates:

Brass
Copper
Sterling
Plastic

All Truss Rods:

1/4" x 3/8" x 18" dual action

Finger Boards:

Mexican Rosewood
Cocobolo
Honduran Rosewood
Indian Rosewood
Zambian Teak
Ziricote
Bloodwood

Frets:

Nickel Silver, available in all popular sizes
Golden, (harder than nickel silver), available in 2 intermediate sizes

All models, except Madcap, have "Set-style" necks, with carved-top bodies.
Mad Cap also available with "Bolt-on style" neck, with drop-top body.

Knobs:

11/16" x 3/4" Knurled, dome-top

Coverplates:

All electronic, rear-cavity coverplates are highly-figured, custom-sawn hardwood, with aluminum-shielding

WOODS:

In addition to the list below, occasionally, other rare pieces of wood pass through the shop, which you can ask about when contacting me.

Necks:

All made from one piece, 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" x 25" blank.

Curly Maple
Curly Birch (Limited supply)
Mahogany
Walnut

Bodies:

Bodies are available in chambered & unchambered (solid) versions for variations in tone & weight.

Backs:

Mahogany
Maple
Ash
Butternut
Poplar

Some finer figured examples are sometimes available at additional cost.

Fronts:

All tops are two-piece Bookmatches!

Curly Maple
Bird's Eye Maple

Curly Birch

Occasionaly other highly figured, special pieces are available at additional cost.

Bindings:

Bindings used are celluloid, ABS & Boltaron combinations. They can range from a simple, one piece wrap, up to a 7-layer face, with 4-ply, side wrap.
White, black & tan are standard colors.  Prices are determined by the number of layers.

FINISHES

Colors:

The coloring of the wood is done with water & alcohol-based Aniline Dyes. A large selection of Standard & Custom Colors are available. Individually colored Bodies, Necks & Backs can be combined to suit your personal preferences.

Top Coat:

The Finish used is Clear, KTM-9, self-crosslink, clear coat. 12 -14 coats are applied on top of the dye. After curing, finish is rubbed out, with up to a 4000 grit sandpaper, then buffed with 4 progressively, finer compounds. The final step is a hand polishing to bring the guitar to a bright, satin gloss.