MODEL D

The great dreadnought shape which dominates the bluegrass world. I have built many of these and have reasearched guitar sound doing so. After building many voices into these guitars with changes to the traditional bracing, I have found a design which retains the classic deep, dry, crisp sound of the classic vintage dreadnoughts, with a little extra "sting" in the plain treble strings for soloing. 407mm (16") wide. Best with one of the rosewoods or our own special Wandoo body.

This guitar was built for a young female songwriter. The figured blackwood and bearclaw Alaskan spruce give a bright, silky sound. To see the guitar in more detail click on the picture.

The guitar pictured has an Alaskan Spruce top, Western Australian Jarrah back and sides and a Wandoo fingerboard. To learn more about the woods available see the options page