“Lokk” is a style of singing the Vikings used to make their voices heard over long distances. My variation on the familiar classic jazz shape.
Lokk-III
Korina and wenge J-type
After a visit to Ochanomizu “Guitar street” in Tokyo, I realised I had to have a pure korina guitar as a sister to my black limba T-type.
Coffee table and bog oak explorer
Many years ago, my uncle made a coffee table at school. After being passed around the family over the decades, it came into my possession with the instruction “make a guitar out of it”.
Nagauta Bachi
I was challenged to make a Nagauta bachi, so I did.
The Guitar Kleevr
Following an initial journey into pick making, I decided to make something I’m fairly sure hasn’t been done before.
Runic T-type
As named by Crimson Guitars. Many thanks to the marketing team there for the photos!
This is the first guitar I made during my 3-month course with them under the tutelage of master luthier Christopher.
Byleiptr
A river guitar constructed during a 3-month guitar building course at Crimson guitars.
Production Models
Production models are in the design and prototype phase.
As soon as the prototypes are ready to share, you’ll find them here and on my socials.
Meanwhile, feel free to check out my past projects for a portfolio of previous guitar and bass builds and mods.
Hofner Shorty
Pickguards for sale!
At the time of writing, the original pickguard and the first, original size pickguard I made for this project are for sale:
The Rat – Les Paul Frankenstein Guitar
An increasingly long time ago, I purchased a black Les Paul body from eBay for the princely sum of £10. It was definitely from a Japanese copy, but it was never clear by which company.