DECORATION SCHEMES

These are currently my most common styles of decoration, the difference in price for different schemes indicates decoration complexity rather than guitar quality. You get just as good a guitar with the same quality of timbers (the best I can find) whether you go for a relatively plain guitar or add a bit of bling!

NEW STANDARD

First developed in 2007 is my 'New Standard' style, debuted on prototype JOM #77 (combined in that case with my then new 'Scoop' cutaway and 'Percussion' construction and initially lent to Thomas Leeb, now in the hands of Alex Kabasser).

I have tried to reduce the decoration to it's minimal essence with this style - no more than is needed to fulfill the function of protecting the guitar's edges and accentuating its lines and form.

This decoration scheme includes a bound sound-hole edge in two contrasting woods which matches the main bindings around the outer edges and the back and sides have just a very simple single wood binding. A line of shell, such as Awabi or Paua abalone can be incorporated into the sound-hole binding and a new extra outer ring of shell inlay will be offered as an optional extra in the near future (pictures up when I have one done!)

There are many choices of binding woods, including; Rosewood, Ebony, Bloodwood, Pernambuco, Palo Escrito, Flamed Maple, Acacia, Pear, Yew etc. to contrast with the particular colour of the back and side timbers you choose.

The fingerboard can be black ebony or striped Macassar ebony and comes with front and side Mother of Pearl dots (front dots optional), usually the head-facing and bridge are made from matching ebony. Bone or black horn bridge pins enhance the bridge and the nut and saddle are made from hard unbleached bone. Super smooth and accurate Gotoh SGV510 18:1 machineheads are fitted as standard with a choice of chrome, gold or 'Cosmo' black plating.

The finish is a light, flexible coating of specialist cellulose lacquer for rich tone, beauty and longevity; satin for a natural woody look with high gloss as an option often bringing out the figure in darker woods more effectively.

Above; 'New Standard' JOM, Sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides, Macassar ebony finger-board, head-facing and bridge, Macassar ebony/flamed maple 'New Standard, edgings.

'DOUBLE BOUND' and 'DOUBLE BOUND PLUS'

My 'Double Bound' models include the same features as the 'New Standard' but with additional contrasting purfling lines to the back and sides and a matching central back strip.

The 'Double Bound Plus' style also includes matching bound head and fingerboard.

Below and left; 'Double Bound Plus' guitar. In this case a Ziricote and Redwood Double-0 with Macassar Ebony and Flamed Maple edgings and a custom specified side-port.

Please note the laminated neck on this guitar is not part of the normal Double Bound Plus style.

You can go even further by adding a rear head facing, Awabi or Paua soundboard or back purflings or anything else you can think of!