24.5" scale 4-string Electric

Single-coil pickup with master volume and tone controls

​Meranti neck w/ carbon-fiber rod reinforcement

Rosewood fingerboard

Hand-carved Rosewood floating bridge

  with 'Tru-Grit' bolt saddle

1958 Kluson Deluxe sealed tuners

Click for demo

25" scale 4-string Electric-Acoustic

'DAdd' tuning

Gold chromatic and nickel diatonic frets

Dual beer bottle cap-potted piezo pickups

    with master volume control

Meranti neck with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement

Rosewood fingerboard

​Hand-carved rosewood tailpiece

Meranti floating bridge with rosewood or bone saddles

Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners

Click for demo

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("as if by name")? ​I can build the same model to the exact same specifications, or personalize it for you. See the Instruments page for information on scale size and the Order page for options and pricing.​​

Trey's Tenor

24" scale 4-string

Diatonically fretted (major scale)

Cedar top with tapered X-bracing

Mahogany veneer double-back

Meranti neck

Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge​

Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners

​​Click for demo


Lucky Seven


25" scale 3-string ​Electric

P90-style pick-up

High-flame maple neck

with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement

Indian rosewood fingerboard

Open-gear tuners

Click for demo

Killer Bee​

23" scale 4-string Tenor Electric-Acoustic

Steel string ukelele tuning (GCEA)

Dual beer bottle cap-potted piezo pickups

​Independent "stealth" thumb-wheel volume controls

​Player's sound port

Scalloped X-braced top 

3-piece Honduran mahogany neck with

carbon-fiber rod reinforcement

Indian rosewood fingerboard

Hand-carved rosewood tailpiece

Floating bridge with compensated bone saddle

Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners

Click for demo

cigar box guitars and more...

Guitars

California Dulcitar
solid core series Gold rush


25" scale 4-string ​Electric-Acoustic

Piezo wax-potted disc pick-up

3-piece Honduran mahogany neck

with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement

Indian rosewood fingerboard

​Floating hand-carved rosewood bridge

​Compensated saddle 

Sealed-gear tuners

Click for demo

25" scale 3-string Electric-Acoustic

Diatonic dulcimer-tuned frets with 6-1/2 and 13-1/2 fret positions

Dual beer bottle cap-potted piezo pickups

​Independent "stealth" thumb-wheel volume controls

Sitka spruce top with scalloped X-bracing 

Highly-figured flame maple neck

with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement

Maple fingerboard​

​Hand-carved hardwood tailpiece

Height-adjustable floating bridge

with compensated bone saddle

Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners

Click for demo

23" Tenor-scale 4-string

Tackhead natural goat skin head

Block-style walnut pot with
​top & back rosewood tone rings

3-piece highly-flamed maple-walnut-maple neck

with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement

Birdseye maple fingerboard

​Planetary-gear banjo tuners

Click for demo - 'Jazz' tuning CGDA

Click for demo - "Irish" tuning GDAE


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beginner's luck banjo​
mountain dulcimer


shade #1


25" scale 3-string Electric

2 Mini-humbucker pickups with three-way switch

Master volume and tone controls

​3-piece Meranti neck w/ carbon-fiber

    rod reinforcement

Rosewood fingerboard

Hard-tail bridge with adjustable saddles and

    ebony tone plate

Sealed-gear tuners

Click for demo

24.5" scale 3-string Fretless

Electric-Acoustic

Piezo wax-potted disc pick-up​​

Poplar neck

Macassar fingerboard

​Open-gear tuners

Click for demo

scrapbook

24.5" scale 3-string Electric-Acoustic

​Convertible string height for fretted or slide playing 

Piezo rod pick-up​ with master volume control

3-piece Meranti neck

Indian rosewood fingerboard

​Open-gear tuners

Click for demo

double cross​
Dulci-matic


the phoEnix
Landmark


24.5" scale 3-string Electric-acoustic​

Piezo rod pick-up under brass saddle

Master volume control

Player's sound port

Meranti neck with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement and Indian rosewood cap

Indian rosewood fingerboard

Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners