Most of my work is commission based, and instruments are built uniquely to suit the individual, so anything goes. But generally, the instruments I build fall into three broad categories -

 

Steel String Guitars

There are three body sizes that I generally use as a baseline - the Academy model (similar in size to the traditional OM style of guitar), the larger Auditorium Model (a little smaller than a dreadnought guitar), and the small bodied Parlour model.

 

Other body sizes and shapes can be built to commission.

 

 

Archtop Guitars

I make both steel string and nylon string archtop guitars - they are designed and built as acoustic instruments but a pickup can be fitted as an option.

 

I love archtop guitars, they are why I got into guitar making in the first place and I was fortunate to learn the craft from an established fiddle & cello maker. Making one is a true woodworking journey. To me, they are not just musical instruments, they are works of art. Just my opinion.

 

Mandolins

Mandolins, citterns, bouzoukis. Big, small, hand carved - endless possibilities exist in the mandolin family. So I restrict myself to the larger instruments - octave mandolin, cittern, and bouzouki with a common body size and variations in string courses and scale length as appropriate.

 

If you've ever tried to buy a good hard case for a mandolin, you'll know why I stick to a common body size.

 

 

There are some photo albums of a few recent instruments along with typical rosette designs and inlay work on the Galleries page.

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