Baroque

Shown above with Padauk back and sides. 3 piece Padauk, Curly Maple neck. Ziricote fingerboard and bridge. Bookmatched Ziricote peg head laminations. Curly Maple binding and sound port. Glow in the dark position markers and side dots. Padauk hand plane shavings, cast in resin with metal leaf applied to the underside for the rosette and peg head inlay. (click thumbnails for gallery)

The "Baroque"

is my first original acoustic instrument design. Its asymmetrical aesthetic is a reflection of the multiple scale lengths and has become a common thread in many of my designs. I no longer offer this model, but leave here as evidence of my evolution as an instrument maker. It is the foundation that much of what I do today was built on.

Features:

Sitka Spruce Top
16" lower bout width, 4 7/8" depth at lower bout, 4" depth at upper bout
Multi scale: 25" on the high E to 26" on the low E
1 3/4" nut width, 2 1/4" string spacing at the bridge
12"-16" compound radius fingerboard
Bound body with top and side purfling
Bone nut and compensated saddle
Flattened Florentine cutaway with asymmetrical heel to allow access to higher frets
Carbon Fiber neck reinforcement
Glow in the dark position markers
Two way truss rod
Bound fingerboard
Unbound headstock with carved bevel detail
Gotoh 510 mini tuners. 18:1 gear ratio
Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Shown above with Walnut back and sides. Two piece Walnut neck. Curly, spalted, driftwood rosette and peg head laminations. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Black plastic binding. Glow in the dark side position markers.