I received a custom order for a mandocello with a guitar body.

This is a truly custom guitar, a one-of-a-kind acoustic double cutaway. It is based on my Jumbo shape and sounds fantastic! The top is Adirondack spruce and the back and sides are curly walnut. It is currently for sale. Let me know if you have any questions about it.

 In 2013 I was commissioned to build a custom acoustic guitar for Snap On Tools.  They wanted a guitar for a promotional event, it had to be playable since it was going to be played on stage in Nashville and they wanted the neck to look like a Snap-On wrench. It required extensive artwork and [...]

The 21 string hollow arm harp guitar is the most logical layout for getting the most notes easily accessible on a harp guitar. This harp guitar is influenced heavily by the John Doan harp guitar which was designed and built by Jeffery Elliot and John Sullivan. The top is Sitka spruce, back and sides are [...]

The lyra harp guitar is inspired by William Eaton who built the original Lyraharp Guitar. Played like a standard guitar, the harp guitarist can pluck the harp strings or let them ring along with the melody strings adding depth to the overall sound. The top is Sitka spruce, back and sides are Hawiian Koa wood. [...]

The Gibson model U harp guitar was a fairly popular harp guitar when they were made between the 1890’s and the 1930’s. They are big and heavy and are not as popular among harp guitarists today as the Dyer style. My version of the Gisbon model U is built like a modern flat top guitar [...]

The Lyra harp guitar is inspired by William Eaton who built the original Lyraharp Guitar. This version was designed in close collaboration with Echo Greywolf, the musician who now owns and plays it. The Harp Guitar is played like a standard guitar, the harp guitarist can pluck the harp strings or let them ring along [...]

A highly customized vintage style guitar that was designed by the customer. The shape is based on a 1930’s Gibson L-00 that caught his eye. All of the appointments were specified by the customer, from the peghead shape which he found on an old National to the inlay inspired from a Silvertone. Some of his [...]

This Jumbo model was built as a fingerstyle performance guitar. It has a koa back and sides with a sitka spruce top and a sharp cutaway. Some comments from the owner after picking up his new guitar: Jim, thanks again for the fine work! Sorry I couldn’t stay longer: it promised to be a long [...]