I offer a large range of standard models, built up over the years as I have been asked for things I didn't make at the time and so on. Almost everything you could think of is now covered but a few new ideas are detailed in 'New and Future Models', including; Terz guitars, Acoustic Bass Guitars and Nylon Strings, most of which I am now actually starting to offer! Twelve string guitars are covered in 'Options'. I am happy to make other shapes and sizes if there is a special design you have in mind but there is a mold making and design fee if I feel it is a model that won't become standard.
Each page covers the most common combinations of woods for the
given model and
suggests the playing styles perhaps best suited to those combinations.
| Jumbo (J) and Midi-Jumbo (MJ) | Jumbo Orchestra Model (JOM) | Orchestra Model (OM) |
| Treble-0 (12 fret) | Double-0 (14 fret) | Terz (high tuned) |
| Baritone Models | Nylon-String Models | New & Future Models |
The Jumbo Orchestra model (JOM) has been my most popular
model for many years due to its great versatility and has being picked up upon
as a great instrument for fingerstyle playing with its combination of easy string
feel, warm bass, rich midrange, open sounding trebles and comfortable proportions.
My newly (re)designed Jumbo and Midi-Jumbo (MJ) models offer tighter waisted alternatives to the JOM. The Jumbo gives a deep and direct tone with a little more sustain, a quicker attack and a tighter feel suiting fingerstyle playing in lower tunings perfectly and also strummed and flatpicked styles in standard tuning. The MJ has a richer midrange than the Jumbo with very lively harmonic overtones and is a great fun guitar for all fingerstyle techniques. It has a more chiming and present tone than the slightly woodier and fatter toned JOM.
My Orchestra model (OM) and twelve fret Treble-0 both hint at the earlier days of steel-string guitar design and I generally build both with very traditional scalloped strutting - although many people go for more unusual wood combinations for a modern twist. The exceptionally comfortably proportioned OM gives a very focused and concentrated sound with a fat midrange and well focused low end whilst the Treble-0 sounds far bigger than it appears with a big open tone and a flexibility of response similar to a classical guitar.
My smallest model (for standard tuning pitch) is my fourteen fret Double-0. The small body gives a direct and ringing tone ideal for blues and old-time styles and also working very well for complex celtic styles where a great separation is required.
For players wishing to play within a different range my Baritone models are long scale guitars that will tune down to A or B for deep profound tones and my Terz guitar tunes up three semitones higher than a normal guitar for a beautiful chiming tone.
My new Nylon String models are now also available to order with two body shapes - twelve or fourteen fret - with a great choice of neck widths and many construction style possibilities depending on intended use.