Guitars & Banjos that are currently available:
Four string plectrum guitar, cousin of the tenor guitar, 26 3/16″ scale. Port Orford Cedar top with myrtlewood back and sides, spruce bracing, persimmon fretboard and bridge, maple neck. Abalone fret markers @ 5,7,9,12,15th frets, 13 frets to body. Soundport on the upper, left hand bout, and laminated sides. A K& K Pure Mini pickup, Gotah banjo tuners, bone nut & saddle, Access soft case.
Port Orford Cedar, Myrtlewood Weissenborn Type Guitar $2200. SOLD
Port Orford Cedar top, Oregon Myrtlewood back & sides and rosette, headstock veneer. Spruce bracing, black walnut binding and fretboard. Bone nut & saddle, abalone fret markers @5,7,9,12,15&17th frets. Laminated sides, K&K Pure Mini pickup with jack at the bottom of the guitar, doubles as a strap pin. Gotoh tuners and a Access gig bag.
Black walnut top, back and sides, koa bindings, fretboard, bridge, rosette & headstock veneer. Sitka Spruce bracing, structured sides, bone nut and saddle. K&K Pure Mini under bridge pickup, Gotah tuners with ebony buttons. Pau abalone fret markers @5,7.9,12,15 &17th frets. Hard shell case. $2800.
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Koa top, back & sides with black walnut fretboard, bridge, rosette, binding & headstock veneer. 25″ scale, mother of pearl fret markers K@ 5,7,9,12,15& 17th frets. K&K Pure Mini under bridge pickup, Gotah tuners with ebony buttons, bone nut and saddle with a hard shell case.
Maple pot, English walnut neck and black walnut root headstock veneer and rim trim, all local wood. Fitted with Nyl-gut strings (nylon). Gotah tuners, Access bag/case. This banjo has a couple of cosmetic issues, nothing that effects it’s playability. I’m new to banjo making, so I’m asking just a little bit more then it cost me to buy the hardware to move it and pay for the hardware for more.
Black Walnut back, sides & neck, Red Cedar soundboard, OM size with Cutaway #18. $2200. SOLD
Persimmon fretboard & bridge, plum rosette & headplate veneer. Cherry binding, Douglas fir bracing, K&K Pure Mini under bridge pickup, Gotah tuners. Structured sides, player side side soundport , 25.4″ scale length. Bone nut & saddle. Hard shell case. All local wood.
Sitka Spruce bracing, persimmon fretboard & bridge. Slotted headstock with Rubner tuners with Ebony buttons. K&K Pure Mini under bridge pickup. Structured (laminated) sides, upper bout soundport, bone nut & saddle. Made with all Northwest woods. Hard shell case. https://soundcloud.com/user-382803493/byrnst2-15-black-walnutlarch
Black Walnut back, sides & neck, Larch Soundboard OOO Size #15. $2200.
Koa & Black Walnut Weissenborn # 19 $2600. SOLD
Black Walnut binding, bridge, fretboard & headstock veneer. Sitka Spruce bracing, structured sides, K&K Pure Mini pickup, bone nut & saddle. Gotah tuners with Ebony buttons. Hard shell case.
Koa & Maple Weissenborn #20 Sold
Structured (laminated) sides, Maple fretboard, bridge, binding, rosette & headstock veneer. Spruce bracing, bone nut & saddle, K&K Pure Mini under bridge pickup. Hardshell case.
Koa and Cedar Weissenborn #21 SOLD $2800.
Koa back & sides, Red Cedar top. Structured sides, Koa binding, bridge, fretboard, rosette and headstock veneer. Slotted headstock with Rubner tuners with Ebony buttons. Spruce bracing, bone nut & saddle, K&K Pure Mini pickup. Access Stage Three case. The body on this one is a bit deeper, 3 3/4″.
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