Month: December 2022

This beautiful Dart 0-14 parlor guitar is all Honduras mahogany, a throwback to the classic pre-war Martin parlors. Voiced and braced by master luthier David Dart, it sings with phenomenal projection relative to its compact body size and has a well-balanced timbre. Its 24-3/4″ scale is light and pliable, with effortless low action for first-position open chords as well melodic runs all the way up the fretboard.

FOR SALE – $8,500. Price includes hardshell case; tax and/or shipping extra. Contact us if you’re interested in this instrument.

• Figured Honduras mahogany top, sides & back
• Honduras mahogany neck
• Honduras rosewood binding and heel cap
• Herringbone marquetry edge purfling & soundhole inlay
• Ebony fingerboard, bridge, and peghead overlay
• Waverly tuners   
• Abalone Dart logo
• Modified X-braced top, carved and voiced by David Dart
• Hand-cut abalone fingerboard diamonds
• Mother-of-pearl side dots 
• Bone nut & saddle 
• Satin polyurethane finish
• 24-3/4” string length  
• 14 frets to the body
• 1-3/4” nut width 

Here’s another custom one, for our friend Ryan. It’s a standard 14-fret dreadnought, with gorgeous Honduras mahogany and David’s usual old-growth Sitka spruce top. Ryan plans to be gigging regularly with this guitar, so we installed a K&K pickup and added some lightweight spruce braces along the inner sides for extra stiffness & crack prevention.

• Figured Honduras mahogany sides & back
• Master-grade Sitka spruce (Ketchikan, Alaska) top 
• Honduras mahogany neck
• Honduras rosewood binding and heel cap
• Ebony fingerboard, bridge, and peghead overlay
• Waverly tuners   
• Abalone Dart logo
• Modified X-braced top, carved and voiced by David Dart
• Custom abalone & mother-of-pearl fingerboard “Feather” inlay — designed, cut, and inlaid by David Dart
• Hand-cut abalone soundhole inlay
• Mother-of-pearl side dots 
• Bone nut & saddle 
• Satin polyurethane finish
• 25-3/8” string length  
• 14 frets to the body
• 1-11/16” nut width 
• Reinforced side braces (Sitka spruce)

SOLD – custom order