The Gallery

A look at some of the guitars, ukuleles and banjos I’ve built

The JH Model: Cedar Top Classical

Western red cedar top, Indian rosewood back and sides, rosewood binding with bloodwood trim.

Classical guitar with cedar top on black background
Close up of a Classical guitar with cedar top on black background
Close up of a Classical guitar with cedar top on black background
Close up of the headstock on a Classical guitar with cedar top on black background
Side view of a classical guitar with rosewood back and sides
Close up of the headstock on a Classical guitar with cedar top on black background
Close up of a Classical guitar with rosewood back and sides on black background
Close up of a Classical guitar with rosewood back and sides on black background
Close up of a Classical guitar with mahogany neck on black background
Close up of the rosewood and bloodwood end graft on a classical guitar on a black background.
Close up of the rosewood and bloodwood binding on a classical guitar on a black background

The ND Model: Bear claw Sitka Dreadnought

Bear claw Sitka spruce top, ovangkol back and sides, bloodwood binding.

Acoustic guitar with a light wood body and dark fretboard on a black background.
Acoustic guitar against black background
Acoustic guitar body and neck on black background
Close-up of an acoustic guitar body and neck on a black background.
Close-up of acoustic guitar body with wooden finish
Close-up of a wooden acoustic guitar's back and sides, showcasing its natural wood grain and glossy finish.
Close-up of a wood grain acoustic guitar body with decorative inlays.
Close-up of an acoustic guitar body with light wood finish, sound hole, and strings visible against a dark background.
Wooden back of an acoustic guitar
Close-up of a wooden guitar headstock with tuners and strings against a black background.

The KS Model

Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, Ipe and maple binding.

Acoustic guitar against black background
Close-up view of an acoustic guitar body and fretboard on a black background, showing the soundhole and strings.
Close-up of an acoustic guitar's body and neck, showcasing the soundhole, strings, and frets on a black background.
Close-up of an acoustic guitar soundhole and strings.
Close-up of an acoustic guitar body and neck against a black background.
Side view of a wooden acoustic guitar body showing the neck joint and glossy finish.
Close-up of a wooden acoustic guitar body with dark grain texture.
Close-up view of the back and sides of an acoustic guitar with dark wood finish, highlighting grain and a strap button.
Close-up view of the back of an acoustic guitar with a dark wood finish.
Close-up of a wooden acoustic guitar neck joint against a black background.
Back of an acoustic guitar with a dark wood finish
Close-up of acoustic guitar headstock with tuning pegs and logo.

The WS Model

Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, ebony binding.

Acoustic guitar with light wood body on black background.
Close-up of a wooden acoustic guitar body on a black background.
Close-up of an acoustic guitar body against a black background, showing part of the sound hole and strings.
Close-up of an acoustic guitar headstock with tuning pegs
Close-up of an acoustic guitar body and soundhole, showing strings and part of the fretboard.
Back view of a wooden acoustic guitar on a stand
Close-up of the back of a wooden acoustic guitar showcasing the grain and shine of the wood.
Back view of an acoustic guitar with dark wood finish against a black background.

Tenor Ukulele

Tenor size ukulele with Sitka spruce top, Peruvian walnut back and sides, maple trim.

Acoustic ukulele on a dark background
Close-up of a wooden acoustic ukulele's body and strings
Close-up of a wooden ukulele back with dark finish and light wood inlays.
Back of an acoustic ukulele with a dark wood finish against a black textured background.
Back of a wooden ukulele against a black background
Acoustic ukulele with wooden body on black fabric background
Close-up of a ukulele headstock with tuning pegs against a dark background.

Tenor Ukulele

Tenor size ukulele with Adirondack spruce top, sycamore back and sides, black walnut binding.

A wooden acoustic ukulele against a dark background.
Back of an acoustic ukulele with light wood grain and black binding
Back view of a ukulele headstock with tuning pegs and wooden neck, on a black background.
Ukulele headstock with strings and tuning pegs against a dark background.
Back view of a wooden ukulele, with a glossy finish, dark tuners, and a curved body against a black background.
Close-up of an acoustic ukulele focusing on the fretboard and sound hole with a glossy finish.
Close-up of the back and neck of a wooden ukulele with a natural, textured finish.

The JK Model

12” open-back old time banjo, curly red maple rim and neck with purpleheart accents, ziricote fretboard and custom inlay.

Open Back Old time Banjo with jackalope inlay in the headstock.
Open back old time banjo with Ziricote fret board.
Close up of the pot assembly, showing the head and brass hardware on an open back banjo.
Open back banjo, close up of the Ziricote fretboard.
Close up of the ziricote headstock and jackalope inlay
close up of the brass hardware on an open back banjo.
Close up of the strings and bridge on an open back banjo.
Close up of the curly maple rim and brass hardware on an open back old time banjo.
close up of the brass tension hoop and hooks on an open back custom banjo.
Close up of the back of a curly maple banjo neck with custom headstock profile.
close up of the custom wooden coordinator rod inside the curly maple banjo rim.
Close up of the makers label on the inside of a custom handcrafted open back banjo.