Ordering info:

A fine quality hand-built guitar is within your reach.  I will work with you to select the materials and details to make the guitar exactly as you want. It is also a wonderful gift for the guitarist in your life.

Building the guitar takes 8 to 12 weeks.

A deposit of $500 reserves your place on the build schedule.

Total satisfaction guarantee: If you are unhappy with the finished guitar for any reason, return it within 30 days for a complete refund.

Special requests can increase the total price, but here are some general guidelines on the price:

Performance Series:   $1250.00

Features solid East Indian rosewood for the back and sides, Sitka spruce for the top, ebony bridge and fingerboard, rosewood head plate with shell inlay, nickel-silver frets, maple or bloodwood binding on the top and back. Contrasting wood rosette with purfling. Composite bridge saddle and nut. Vintage style gold tuners.

Presentation Series:    $1550.00

Features solid East Indian rosewood for the back and sides, Sitka spruce for the top, ebony bridge and fingerboard, rosewood head plate with shell inlay, nickel-silver frets, maple or bloodwood binding on the top and back and fingerboard and headstock. Abalone shell and wood rosette with purfling.  Bone or composite bridge saddle and nut. Premium gold tuners.

K&K Pure Mini soundboard transducer installed, add $150.00

Hardshell case :  $100.00

Professional Hardshell case:  $165.00

About the builder:

As a teen, I built my first crude musical instruments such as a banjo made from a fruit cake tin. My first job was in the repair shop of Bean Music Company in Little Rock in 1979, where I did odd jobs like cleaning rosin off of rental violins and stripping lacquer from brass instruments.  While still in high-school I worked with Robert Rife', a violin builder and repairman ( and sometimes vaudeville magician). I built several solid-body electric guitars before earning a degree in Electrical Engineering. I then started studying acoustic guitar construction and built one acoustic guitar based on a Martin kit. My recent projects have been medium size acoustic guitars built from scratch. Please contact me if you are looking for a hand-built one-of-a-kind guitar. I can transform your ideas into a great-sounding and beautiful musical instrument. I  want to thank the people in my life who helped make my dreams come true: My wonderful son, Austin My mother and father for guiding me to find my own way Three great brothers Many friends and family A life-long friend and Hammond organ expert, Bob Tanner

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