Dave is trying out a hybrid bracing he has been thinking about for a while which is a combination of very light X bracing with fan bracing.
Cocobolo sides and back, spruce top. Neck and head is mahogany with ebony, sycamore and cocobolo overlay
Stringbender acoustic guitars
Stringbender acoustic guitars
Orchestra models, Sitka Spruce tops, Mahogany backs, sides and necks.
with “Tone Rite” and Chris Luquette “playing in” new guitar.
These are mid-size acoustic guitars that Gene Parsons will put his Acoustic Stringbender into. It allows bending the B string up a full half tone via the strap, a collaborative effort.
Classical Guitar
Classical Guitar , progress, Cocobolo sides and back, spruce top
1/30/18
The top bracing is a hybrid classical guitar bracing pattern I have designed and have been wanting to try.
Acoustic String Benders
1/30/18
Two Stringbender acoustic guitars , Orchestra models, Sitka Spruce tops, Mahogany backs, sides and necks.
These are mid-size acoustic guitars that Gene Parsons will put his Acoustic Stringbender into. It allows bending the B string up a full half tone via the strap.
STRINGBENDER ACOUSTIC GUITARS
Building two Stringbender acoustic guitars , Orchestra models, Sitka Spruce tops, Mahogany backs, sides and necks.
These are mid-size acoustic guitars that Gene Parsons will put his Acoustic Stringbender into. It allows bending the B string up a full half tone via the strap.
More Images from New Showroom
New showroom shaping up
Dave now has a New Showroom!!, a place to sit and play and see his instruments with a rug on the floor! Come by and check it out. He’ll have an “open studio” this weekend for American Crafts Week.
Ben Harper Bowlback
Here are some photos of Ben Harper’s Bowlback steel guitar.
Coming soon: more baritone ukuleles!
On a roll with more baritone ukuleles in 2017! They're fun to play: uke players love them for the longer scale, roomy fingerboard, and deeper tone; guitarists appreciate the ease of phrasing and longer reach, since the baritone plays like a six-string guitar's treble four strings (E B D G) on a shorter scale.
Coming soon:
- Style Two: Point Arena (CA) cypress top, sides, back, & neck; purple heart binding, bridge, fingerboard, & peghead overlay; turquoise fingerboard inlay; hand-cut abalone Dart logo & calla lily peghead inlay; and sterling silver side dots
- Style Two: Anderson Valley (CA) cherry neck, back, & sides; cherry top; rosewood binding, bridge, fingerboard, & peghead overlay; hand-cut abalone Dart logo & soundhole inlay; and abalone side dots.
- Style One: six strings (!) - octave double-strung 3rd & 4th strings (unless otherwise specified); Presidio acacia top, back, sides, & neck; rosewood fingerboard & bridge; rope soundhole inlay; and hand-cut abalone Dart logo
- Style One: Point Arena (CA) cypress top, sides, back, & neck; rosewood fingerboard & bridge; rope soundhole inlay; and hand-cut abalone Dart logo
All of these beauties feature:
- a 14"-radiused fingerboard
- Sitka spruce bracing
- X-braced top
- solid boxwood lining
- Pegheds 4:1 planetary geared tuning pegs
- hide glue on all wood-to-wood joints
- will have nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- hard-shell case
Pickups available upon request. Please get in touch if you'd like to order a Dart instrument!