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I offer instruments in three sizes:

  • Concert (14.7", 16" or 17” scale)

  • Tenor (17" or 18" scale)

  • Baritone (20" scale) (+$500)

The following features are included with the base price of $2,900:

  • Laminated back and sides

  • Laminated top with flying buttress bracing and choice of sound hole location

  • Body bindings and tail graft

  • Bone nut and saddle

  • 16” radiused fretboard with matching string-thru bridge

  • Cantilevered fretboard with carbon fiber reinforcement

  • Pocketed frets to conceal tang ends

  • Carbon fiber bridge plate and neck reinforcement

  • Side markers at 5, 7, 10, 12

  • Peghead overlay

  • Hand rubbed satin oil or satin UV-cured poly finish on body

  • Satin epoxy finish on neck

  • Gotoh UPT planetary tuners

  • Fluorocarbon strings

Upgrade options include:

  • Side sound port, $100 (upgrade charge applies only to instruments with a conventional sound hole)

  • Custom rosette if conventional sound hole is chosen (cost varies with complexity)

  • Contrasting binding purflings, $100 (+$100 for multiline)

  • Bound fretboard, $200 (+$50 for contrasting line)

  • Contrasting line below fretboard and peghead overlay, $50

  • Hemispherical fret ends, $400

  • Slotted headstock with Rubner tuners, $400

  • Fret markers on top of fretboard, $50

  • Fully pore-filled satin finish on body and neck will incur an additional charge that will depend upon the particular wood

  • Case (offered at my cost)

  • Figured and other premium woods (cost varies and is in addition to the base price)

  • Specially ordered string sets, including sets with wound strings, cost varies

  • Installation of pickups, cost varies depending upon configuration

  • Six and eight string variations are individually quoted

A few polices: For a commissioned build, a refundable deposit of $500 is required. The deposit becomes nonrefundable when the build begins or when I have purchased special materials, such as a particular wood set or tuners.  I accept payment only through PayPal. If there is a charge for a payment, it will be paid by the buyer. Insurance is required for all shipments unless the buyer accepts full risk of loss. Shipments outside the US will ordinarily be via US Postal Service.