Chris Larkin Custom Guitars
Stocklist
Almost all of my instruments are built to order. However there are times when instruments are available from stock in the workshop. The details that follow may not be fully up to date as stocks vary with sales and I may not have updated this page immediately I am aware of a change. If you need additional information on any of the instruments shown below - please click here.
The Syra Baritone Guitar This is the first example of the Syra body shape being used on a guitar rather than a bass. For some time I have been wanting to see how this would work and I got the opportunity to build a guitar for the Stocklist so I…
SC5 in Irish maple The singlecut design, both headless or, like this one, with a headstock is favoured by many bassplayers for two main reasons - the extra stiffness it gets from the body joining the neck at fret 12 and the complete access to the higher frets. This SC5…
High quality (Gildan or Fruit of the Loom) Chris Larkin Custom T-shirts are available to buy in a range of wonderful colours and sizes. The Chris Larkin Custom logo is embroidered on the left hand breast in bright green! Become the envy of your friends by wearing one of these…
ASAS Semi Acoustic 'Stealth' The ASAS Semi models are made with arched backs and tops hand carved from solid wood in the same way as it's acoustic relatives the ASAS and ASAST jazz guitars. The main difference between the full jazzers is that the semis have a cedar block between…
The original ASAP JM came about when Juan Millan, a good friend and guitar guru, suggested I made a guitar with an old feel but with modern materials.  I then tried the same concept on the slightly larger bodied ASAPJ model and here is an example. The back, sides and…
Whenever possible I use Irish woods in my guitars and I'm always on the lookout for them. It is quite difficult to get wood of a suitable quality and size to be able to use so I was very lucky when I was given enough Irish yew to bookmatch a…
The last Superstrat I made sold a while ago and, as there had been so much interest in it, I decided that I should make another one as part of my preparaion for the Dublin Music Show,So this one has a lightweight alder body with 4mm of bookmatched, quartersawn zebrano…
Normally my basses are fitted with active circuitry to increase to tonal range of the instrument. When I built the first Syra 3 pickup bass it also had an active circuit. But I realised when testing it that the tonal range of the three specially wound pickups, the way they…
I'm delighted to have this beautiful example of the ASAD guitar available from stock. This one had been waiting for a while for me to have time to polish it up and finish it. Finally got it done and it has turned out really well. The top is bookmatched spalted…
This beautiful ASAST 17" archtop was made as an exhibition piece to show along side some paintings that my wife was exhibiting at the K Club. It was not an order so now I have it in stock. This represents a rare opportunity to immediately acquire such a guitar without…

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Chris Larkin Custom
Castlegregory
County Kerry, Ireland

Email: chris@chrislarkinguitars.com
Landline: +353 66 7139330 international
066 7139330 in Ireland.
Mobile: +353 86 1712331 international
086 1712331 in Ireland.
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