Custom Instruments
- When you need something from off the beaten path -
January 2024
10-string Grand Concert Jazz
Getting the most out of the highs and lows with appropriate scales to suit. Maple and walnut construction, double back, custom Scheller tuners.
November 2023
Baroque mandola
Tuned GDAE with a 450mm scale. The neck and bowl on this instrument are cherry. It features Pegheds custom geared tuners (yes) and is finished in a natural varnish and French polished shellac.
October 2021
Jonathan Bélanger Custom
This is a modern scale classical model in sheep’s clothing. It has a bowl back which neatly hides itself, and a bowlback sound which does not. Custom designed for Jonathan Bélanger.
May 2020
10-string, multi-scale Opel
Featuring a highly figured Claro walnut body, this mandolin is outfitted with a multi-scale fretboard and double back as well.
August 2017
Genovese mandolin
This model, almost lost to time, is tuned like a half-scale guitar.
March 2016
Baroque guitar
This one, I believe, speaks for itself.