My traditional classical and flamenco guitars, as well as some of my more unique creations - such as the Baroque guitar shown here in an article in Acoustic Guitar magazine, have won awards internationally for sound, ingenuity of design, and workmanship.
The types of wood I use are always top-of-the-line. Brazilian rosewood, Indian rosewood, Macassar ebony, Gaboon ebony, Honduran mahogany, German spruce, Canadian spruce and Alaskan red cedar.
Its frustrating that pictures can not even begin to show the physical beauty, or the beauty of the sound. Fortunately my guitars are all over the world, so if you really want to hear one, chances are there is one close enough for you to hear and compare.

The instrument you see below is a made-to-order jazz guitar for a noted musician who wanted 49 (yes 49) frets. The guitar has an ebony neck and head, brazilian rosewood back and sides, red cedar soundboard, and a “tuner” for adjusting the tension of the soundboard.

I’m telling you
it was a pain in the neck!
But the result as you can see is Amazing!

 

And then there is my traveling guitar,which Acoustic Guitar Magazine found so amazing that it featured it on its April 1996 cover, calling it “among the best sounding of our test instruments”.

And, while we’re on the topic of
some of my more off-beat projects...

 

Take a look at these Irish Folk 10-string mandolins. They were custom ordered for a devout Irishman and mandolin player who named them “the North” and “the South”.

But enough showing off, lets get back to basics with my...

Concert Classical and Flamenco Guitars