Welcome to 2014!  For the first post of this year I would like to share two new creations, built for my good friend Emily Skinner here in New York City.  The first is one I like to call The King.  It was built from an Arturo Fuente King Tubos box.  Special features include a piezo pickup with volume control, maple neck, gold corners, and a special piece of poetic wisdom wood burnt into the back of the neck which simply states, “It could be worse, you could be in a Turkish Prison.”

The second specialty 6-string is Amor, or the Lover.  This one was built from a lovely La Aroma De Cuba, Mi Amor Magnifico box and features a piezo pickup AND a Dragonfire H90 (P90 shaped like a humbucker) in the neck position with a three direction switch to create a wide range of tone.  The gold volume and tone knobs are located on the top edge of the box to save face space.  The new owner of this guitar is a jazz player, so flat wound strings were of course a must.  Custom engraving in the neck is a line from John Mellencamp, “I’ve got more hide than you’ve got teeth.”