Acoustic Guitars
A selection of acoustic guitars hand made by me for customers.
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Jo would be better known for his bassplaying but he wanted a small acoustic guitar. As a bassplayer he wanted a wide neck for comfort and, after some discussion, we came up with a spec for an ASAPJM. This typical JM has a slotted headstock and a 12 fret to…
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Cutaways on Jumbos are not really common but they work well and don't look out of place. In fact having a cutaway might even widen the sound spectrum as the cutaway 'tightens' the top and this should improve the high frequency response while the large body and top handle the…
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I have known Des for over 30 years and in 2010 he asked me to make him a guitar. He tried a few of my instruments and decided on an ASAPJ. He particularly liked the sound that a 12th fret body join gives to an acoustic guitar so that is…
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I was in a timberyard in Cork looking for some utile when I came across some large and beautifully quartersawn sapele boards. Sapele is a dark and very dense African mahogany that makes great acoustic guitars so I bought all that I could and took it back to the workshop.…
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Ger's LH ASAPCAW. I think I read somewhere that one person in seven is left handed. Well I certainly don't get to make that proportion of left handed instruments. This ASAP CAW for Ger Buckley has a fine spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides.and binding is lacewood. As…
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Another example of how a basic model can be turned into something special for a customer with just a few additions. Pablo had tried the personal ASAPJ owned by a Joaquín Garcia (one of my dealers in Spain) and wanted something similar but with his own mark on it. So…
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Daniel's nylon string. I don't make a 'classical' guitar as such with the traditional shape and construction so I call my version a nylon string guitar. The body shape is based on my smallest acoustic steel string (the ASAP) and I use a steelstring neck joint and a modified (and…
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I had one last piece of my old stock of Oregon walnut left in mid 2004 and I used this to build an ASAPJ. I added a few extra details such as a figured walnut bridge, extra purling on the three piece back, flamed maple binding with a walnut lamination…
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Once upon a time Colin brought a friend of his to the workshop and introduced him to me. The friend bought an ASAP. From that day on Colin wanted a guitar for himself and this is what he chose. The back and sides are some of my beautiful and rare…
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Chris's left handed ASAPJ. For his 40th birthday Chris's friend commissioned this special guitar for him. It is a left handed ASAPJ with a pointy cutaway made from some of my superb Swiss flamed maple with a flamed maple and walnut neck. The binding and bridge are also walnut. The…
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