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Curly padauk with Sitka Spruce Top
This guitar is for my brother in law. This one has a Sitka spruce top with curly padauk back and sides. The fretboard, bridge and the bindings are East Indian Rosewood. I made the soundhole on this one smaller that usual to try to enhance the bass response due to the tops stiffness. It seems to have been a success. It has a nice mellow tone with a bass response that is balanced with the treble response.
Curly Black Limba and Adirondack Spruce
This 12 string has a curly black limba back and sides with an Adirondack spruce top. The bracing is a modified traditional X brace, carbon fiber strands under and on top of the braces. This allows the brace height to be the same as a 6 string, but the carbon fiber provides additional stiffness to handle the tension of the 12 strings. There is also a carbon fiber patch under the bridge plate to provide additional strength. There are 6 bridge pins versus the traditional 12 bridge pins. The advantage is fewer holes in the top. The disadvantage is if you break a string you have to reduce the tension on the other string before you can remove the pin.
Figured Bubinga with German Spruce
This guitar has bubinga back and sides and a German spruce top. This guitar is for a friend who plays finger style. This guitar has a falcate (sickle shaped) bracing scheme designed by Australian luthier Trevor Gore.
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