Available instruments

I have been hand-building guitars and instruments since 2009. Each guitar is individually made with close attention to details and construction.

By purchasing a guitar from me you are not only getting a one of a kind instrument (that you will not find in a guitar store), but you are also supporting an artisan and the art of lutherie, the craft of a guitar maker and that good feeling knowing you have something really special.

Shown are some of the new instruments I have available. There are other guitars available not listed here.

Moonwood and Maple

Swiss Alpine Spruce and Curly maple finger-style steel-string guitar

MOONWOOD AND MAPLE Specs

This is an absolutely beautiful sample of my work and a fine guitar. Pair this with A rosewood guitar in Duets and you will have an instrument that stands out and sings. Just a joy to play..

This features a Swiss alpine spruce “Moonwood” soundboard
Curly 4-A Maple back and sides
25.4 scale Ebony fingerboard
1-3/4″ Bone nut, Bone saddle
Magnetic truss rod easy-access cover
Ebony geometric rosette
Ebony head-plate and bridge
Hand carved curly maple neck, with a maple burl back-plate
Sperzel locking tuners with ebony knobs
Mother of pearl position markers
Ebony pins with abalone inla
Bound head-stock
Infinity design inlay on back
French polish finish
Ameritage carrying case.
$ Inquire

TO OWN A HAND MADE GUITAR IS A SIMPLE PLEASURE!

Red Rose

Redwood and Rosewood Acoustic Steel String guitar.

Redwood and Rosewood custom acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

Red Rose video and sound clip

RED ROSE Specs

If you could use “Sparkle” to define a guitar that would be this one. The redwood soundboard differs so much from spruce in its projection. The rosewood back and sides give this depth to round out the guitars sound. In the right hands it just sparkles.

4A Redwood soundboard
4A Rosewood back and sides
Hand carved premium Mahogany neck
Amazon rosewood fingerboard, 25.4 scal,
Sperzel locking brushed nickel tuners
Tusq nut and saddle
Ebony head-plate and bridge
Magnetic easy-access truss rod cover
Rosewood and maple bindings
Hand applied organic French polish finish.
Ornate details
Ameritage Hardwood and fabric traditional custom carrying case.

$ inquire

Renaissance Guitar

Recreation from an original of a 1780’s instrument, delicate and modernly refined.

This guitar is modeled off an original Italian built instrument, c1780. Modern improvements have been added to this guitar. The measurements are the same as the original in all respects. The woods used are a match to the era of instruments, Spruce soundboard, Maple back and sides, Mahogany neck, with ebony appointments. The fingerboard is ebony mounted flush to the body as was typical of guitars of the time and the extended frets are inlaid into ebony canoes in the fingerboard for precision and strength. The instrument is modernized with carbon fiber stiffeners in the neck and the heel. The tuners are geared Peg-Heads. It has a modern tusk nut and saddle, Mother-of-Pearl position markers with inlaid burl fingerboard designs. Finished with French polish.

Rennaisance-era guitar by luthier Jay Rosenblatt

Spruce fine-grained soundboard with showing Medullary rays
Curly maple back and sides
Ebony Blackwood Fingerboard 25.275 scale length
Traditional 12 to the body with extension frets mounted flush into ebony canoe slots
Ebony head Plate
Mahogany neck with Ice cream cone heel with Carbon fiber heel rods.
Carbon fiber neck stiffener.
Tusq nut and saddle
Geared Peg-Head brand tuning pegs
Carved bridge and mustache with Mothe- of-Pearl dots
Mother of pearl dots and Maple Burl fingerboard inlays
Hand laid-up wide wood purfling and ebony binding
Hand applied French Polish finish
Custom Ameritage Case included
$4000.00

An absolutely unique and special instrument.

Myrtle Classical Guitar

650 mm custom Myrtle and Western Red Cedar Classical Guitar

This Classical Guitar features a traditional cedar soundboard. The back and sides are highly figured Myrtle (Laurel, from the Southern Oregon Forests). Myrtle is like a cross between a Koa and Maple in sound. It is crisp, clean, delicate and resonant with nice sustain. It is not a thick sound like a rosewood.

Western red cedar Soundboard from the Pacific Northwest
Highly figured Myrtle (Laurel) back and sides from Southern Oregon
Spruce top bracing
Spanish cedar neck
Ebony Fingerboard
Traditional Spanish heel design
70’s Ramirez bracing pattern
solid bent body linings
mahogany back bracing
Indian rosewood bridge
ebony head plate
Maple burl rosette from New York State
Schertle brushed nickel tuners with Ebony knobs
finished with French polish.

$3900.00, standard case

The KASHA Classical

Original design by Dr. Michael Kasha recreated here to perfection.

In the 1970’s A physicist, Dr. Michael Kasha joined up with luthier Richard Schneider to redesign the classical guitar which Dr. Kasha felt lacked in certain bass responses. The radical re-design brought the Kasha Classical to fruition. Patterned with a radially braced soundboard allowed the soundboard to move more freely than the typical fan bracing pattern found on most classical guitars. The sound hole was also relocated to an area where the least amount of sound is produced and leaving more area of the soundboard to vibrate. The instrument also incorporated a floating back brace system to allow the back to vibrate as well adding to the overall quality of the sound produced. The strings are installed through the soundboard alleviating the top roll of the bridge and providing a better down pressure of the strings on the saddle. The result is a thicker and deeper sound than the typical classical guitar.

This Kasha is a beautiful recreation of the guitar, a tribute to the design and a special instrument for the classical player.