Spruce Soundboard

16" Archtop build Starts with a pressed back and top and 3" depth and a floating adjustable neck. From there you can choose the wood type or carbon fiber for...

Celtic tear drop mandolin that can be customized in just about anyway. Semi flat top and back construction. Spruce top, Cedar X bracing, curly maple back and sides ( other...

This 17″ archtop guitar closely follows the design on my very successful L7 style, except for some obvious differences like the cutaway, pickup and ebony tailpiece. The guitar uses master...

This 16″ wide, 3″ deep archtop guitar was built with the first generation of the Gibson L5 in mind.  The carefully carved, X-braced soundboard is made from 40 year old...

Tenor Ukulele #279 freshly-built in 2024 at the Bayard Guitars workshop in Fayetteville Arkansas.  This ukulele model has ​Koa back and sides with a Sitka Spruce top and Mahogany neck.  Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard...

Brand new handmade acoustic guitar made in Prague, Czech republic. This one includes some innovative bulding techniques like falcate braced top (credit to Trevor Gore) structured sides (credit to Jeremy...

Brand new handmade acoustic guitar made in Prague, Czech Republic. This one includes some innovative building techniques like falcate braced top (credit to Trevor Gore) structured sides (credit to Jeremy...

This guitar was inspired by the classic design of a 1938 Gibson L7 that was in my shop for repairs a few years ago.  It is 17″ wide and 3...