CITES-friendly In search of alternatives to the highly restricted Rosewood we found some really promising wood species. One of this woods is , the other one is Tamarind, which we want to introduce with this post. Rosewood-free As Rosewood is commonly used for fingerboard, bridge and binding and thus also troubles crossing frontiers, we decided ...continue reading "Ambition Spalted Tamarind – Free of Rosewood"

CITES-friendly In search of alternatives to the highly restricted Rosewood we found some really promising wood species. One of this woods is , the other one is Moa, which we'd like to intruduce with this post. Rosewood-free As Rosewood is commonly used for fingerboard, bridge and binding and thus also troubles crossing frontiers, we decided ...continue reading "Ambition Moa (Australian Teak, Mangium) Free of Rosewood"

Intelligence for the Classic Bass As a 6-string and version, the was made at customer's request. IQ means bevel and fanned frets (multiscale fretboard).

Brown Sugar As back and sides of the are made of maple, which is kept almost natural in color, this time it was embrowned on customer request with a very impressive result. Usually the top is made of Sitka Spruce. With this Acoustic Bass we made use of Douglas Fir.

This is the second guitar we have consistently built of local woods for the Holy Grail Guitar Show 2016. The body of this fingerstyle model with a 63 cm scale is entirely made of Walnut, that is, the top is made of Walnut too.

A guitar entirely made of native woods. This was the special task that the Holy Grail Guitar Show 2016 has presented to their exhibitors. We built even two guitars and mastered the challenge with flying colors. Both are fingerstyle models, one with 63 cm scale and completely of walnut, the one here presented comes with ...continue reading "Local Wood Steel String: <br>Ambition Fingerstyle Cherry / Spruce / Plum"

The fretted lower range of this semi fretless 5 string acoustic bass allows fo relaxed bass accompaniment. The fretless high range part in combination with the low B string offers wonderful possibilities of improvisation and melody playing and a real double bass sound.

Small Guitar Without Compromises If you have an unusual height, you are best off with a guitar maker. This guitar has a much smaller body with a special construction for a full sound built for a small person who did not want to commit to any compromises in sound.