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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.

















Bridge being attached with hide glue on parlor 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.






Frank Sole, left, and Jay Rosenblatt


Kasha Classical Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt Luthier











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



Assembled body. Cocobolo, what a beautiful wood


The nut slot cut and fitted with a bone nut.

Top and back ready for assembly

Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

Pieces are arranged but not glued in yet






Posing with a great guitar maker, Linda Manzer






Attaching sound hole brace






Bruce Ackerman checking out an acoustic.

A moment to chat with master luthier John Monteleone




Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt




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

Kinloch Nelson playing a Jay Rosenblatt Guitar


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


Interior detail of Mahogany florentine cutaway by Jay Rosenblatt Luthier

Inside label







Detail of florentine cutaway and rope binding on aJay Rosenblatt Guitar

Hand-built Acoustic Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

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



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



The bracing for the back was cut and installed


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



Jay Rosenblatt Guitars joining redwood soundboard

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







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


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




Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

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

Guitar body spinning on radius dish


Hand built walnut Parlor Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt Luthier.





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

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


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

Geometric fingerboard inlay and rosette

Maple and Lutz Spruce Acoustic Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt


Binding detail on Cutaway by Jay Rosenblatt

The new headstock design on a Jay Rosenblatt Guitar



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

Rosewood and Sitka OM Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt

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



Curly maple and Sitka acoustic guitar by Jay Rosenblatt


Rosewood and Sitka OM Guitar by Jay Rosenblatt
