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“Red Rose” handbuilt guitar featuring a premimum Redwood soundboard with Rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, Honduran rosewood fingerboard and ebony bridge and headplate.





















Detail of Neck/ body connection on a Jay Rosenblatt Cutaway model guitar





Frank Sole, left, and Jay Rosenblatt

Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

Rosewood and Sitka OM Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt Guitars joining redwood soundboard

Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt


To aid in the assembly of the tow plates an open ended form was constructed. The headsotck which attaches to the top, back and sides can be held in place as it is clamped to the body.


Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt Bearclaw and Curly Maple acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

Hand Carving the x braces and tone bars on a Jay Rosenblatt Guitar




Binding detail on Cutaway by Jay Rosenblatt

Pieces are arranged but not glued in yet




Hand built walnut Parlor Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt Luthier.




Bridge being attached with hide glue on parlor guitar by © Jay Rosenblatt







Kinloch Nelson playing a Jay Rosenblatt Guitar




Kinloch nelson performing at the Woodstock Luthiers Invitational. Photo © JAy Rosenblatt



Guitar body spinning on radius dish



Assembled body. Cocobolo, what a beautiful wood


Interior detail of Mahogany florentine cutaway by Jay Rosenblatt Luthier

Quilted Maple Parlor Guitar with hand toned amber stain and Nitro Cellulose lacquer. © Jay Rosenblatt


Geometric fingerboard inlay and rosette

Bridge test fit prior to gluing on Parlor guitar © Jay Rosenblatt

The new headstock design on a Jay Rosenblatt Guitar




Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt


Inside label


Baker Rorick, (right) creator of the Woodstock Luthiers Invitational and Jay Rosenblatt.




The bracing for the back was cut and installed


Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt Bearclaw and Curly Maple acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt






A moment to chat with master luthier John Monteleone

Bruce Ackerman checking out an acoustic.


Hand-built Acoustic Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt


Kasha Classical Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt Luthier




Top and back ready for assembly





Attaching sound hole brace

The braces war carved, bridge plate installed and are ready to meet the instrument sides.



Posing with a great guitar maker, Linda Manzer


Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

Maple and Lutz Spruce Acoustic Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt



3/13/15 Completed Koa and Sitka Weissenborn Guitar by © Jay Rosenblatt 2015





Exhibiting hand-built acoustics at Maplewoodstock. Photo; Michael Retiman




Frank and Henry will be performing at The Woodstock Luthiers Invitational on Jay Rosenblatt Guitars

All pieces are laid out in the order they will be installed.

The finished rosette. This will be inlaid to the guitar top. Additional binding strips will be added at installation.


Rosewood and Sitka OM Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt


Detail of florentine cutaway and rope binding on aJay Rosenblatt Guitar





The nut slot cut and fitted with a bone nut.


Maple leaf Guitar waiting for final buffing. Photo by finisher and Luthier Tony DiDomenico. © Jay Rosenblatt

