Guitalin:
Sometimes you just want to build something for the heck of it. I was in a store and played a cheap mandolin one day and thought it might be fun to try and make one. Now a traditional mandolin is allot of work so I thought I'd do something a bit more basic so I came up with Guitalin. It had a plucky sound as was fun to play for me but drove everyone around me crazy.

Five String Electric Bass:
Sometimes you just need a good dose of metal. There's nothing wrong with that! When I plugged this thing in it took about five minutes for the neighbors to complain. The active EMG's with concentric pots upgrade made this a sweet sounding bass. The body is mahogany with a maple neck-though. It was a custom order for Rick Struve of Civil Ruin

The Bass:
This guitar was something I came up with using a modified Les Paul shape. It has a thin quilted maple cap on a carved top alder body. I wanted something that wouldn’t be to heavy with a good solid tone. I tried Dimarzio pickups, my first thought was to use EMG’s but I had a hard time tracking any down so I thought I’d try something different and they turned out to be a very nice fit for the sound I was looking for.

Custom Rosette:
In November 2003 I was coming up to serial #50 of my production serial numbers. So to mark the occasion I used a one of a kind rosette that I was saving for a special guitar on a Koa cutaway. This rosette was designed by local artist Nick Harris and features a number of intricate wood patterns of star’s moon’s and other goodies. Along with the fact that this rosette was too intricate to be produced again I also signed the card which I’ve never done before and haven’t since. This guitar was sent to Twelfth Fret in Toronto just in time for Christmas.

Electric Guitar:
This guitar is a prototype of an electric guitar I recently completed. I made it for myself so I had some specific ideas in mind. I love the look of a Les Paul so I wanted that shape but I made it about the thickness of a SG because I didn’t want it to be too heavy. I’ve been playing a 25.5 scale fingerboard for years so I didn’t go to a Gibson scale. As for the color I got the idea from a Northwood I’d seen some years back and bought the stain afterwards thinking one day I would make one the same color.

Butterfly Inlay:
I like to call this inlay ‘Rebecca The Butterfly’ It was done by my friend and inlay artist Heath Hales at Thomsley Guitars. His girlfriend Rebecca designed it, so I named the butterfly after her. It uses Koa abalone and mother of pearl pieces and is a quite simple and elegant piece. I carved the neck a little extra thin assuming I’d sell it to a lady and still have this guitar in stock as I’m writing this.