Gallery
A look at some of my recent guitars.
The following 3 guitars are custom designs, made to satisfy the ergonomic, aesthetic and tonal sensibilities of "Dr. D".
The "Daphne" has a set of Joe Barden Nashville T-style pickups. The body is made of maple and alder.
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This one has a set of Jason Lollar Charlie Christian pickups. The body is made of maple and alder.
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This one has a set of Don Mare pickups. The body is made of black walnut and hard maple.
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The guitar below is the BB-1; the forerunner of the BB-2.
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The guitar below is the MT-1 (Mutated Tele). It's an earlier version of the MT-3. It was basically a study to see how much depth I could create in a guitar body.
I placed the "F-holes" in the back, to see if it would affect its ability to feedback, when performing in front of an amp.
This guitar (below) is the AW-3; one of the forerunners to the AW-5.
The guitar below is the AW-2. Whereas the AW-5 is chambered, the AW-2 is solid ash - and notably thinner.
This is the SB-3, the guitar that basically started my journey of designing guitars with 3D CAD solid-modeling programs.
Rather, um, provocative, and maybe a bit too sexy for players with more conservative sensibilities, I've put this design on the back-burner for now, as I pursue more conventional designs.
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The SB-3 has a chambered ash body, a 3-way pickup-selector switch, fun-ctioning tone and volume knobs, and 2 Seymour Duncan pickups.