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Boutique Acoustic Flattop Guitars
  • mouseover entry Goodall Guitars - James Goodall

    James Goodall offers many models to choose from, including parlor, grand concert, concert jumbo, standard, jumbo, aloha, pacific, royal hawaiian, baritone, dreadnaught, long dreadnaught, OOO, and a crossover model. Many different tonewoods are available as well.
    Website: Goodall Guitars - James Goodall
  • Somogyi, Ervin

    Ervin Somogyi offers five acoustic steel string guitar models; dreadnought, Mod-D, jumbo, OM or 000 and OO models as well as classical and Flamenco style guitars. Options offered including a wide range of custom detailing such as tapered bodies, butt inlays, fingerboard extensions and more. 
  • Olson, James

    James Olson hand crafts acoustic guitars in four body styles; the Jumbo, Dreadnought, SJ and Parlor as well as a 12 string model. Standard features include Ebony bridge, fingerboard and headstock, and choice of Abalone or wooden purflings. Options include custom inlays, carved heels, and headstock inlays. 
  • Ryan, Kevin

    Kevin Ryan Guitars offers custom acoustic guitar models including the Abbey Grand Parlor, Mission Grand Concert, Nightingale Grand Soloist, and the Kevin Ryan Signature. Kevin Ryan's Cathedral, the largest model available, reinvents the Jumbo as we know it. With an expansive and breathtaking bass response, the Cathedral provides bright and ringing trebles. The optional bevel and the avant-garde placement of the high waist allow for the large body with a soundboard voiced for focus and clarity. 
  • Bashkin Guitars

    Models include contemporary fingerstyle designed OM, a fan fret (longer scale for the bass strings, shorter for the high end...excellent for drop tunings), a Grand Concert and a full size Grand Auditorium (excellent for flat-picking). Every model can be customized by varying the scale length, neck profile, body depth, woods etc. Options include cutaways, french polish and side ports. 
  • Manzer, Linda

    Linda Manzer hand selects each piece of spruce, cedar, rosewood, maple, ebony and mahogany to create the structural harmony and specific tonal qualities of a one-of-a-kind guitar. Linda's most popular guitar, The Manzer has been described as "a superb sounding and versatile guitar, combining volume and definition with durability" and features Indian Rosewood back and sides, Ebony bridge, an Abalone rosette and Sitka Spruce struts. Other models include a baritone model, a Jumbo and a 12-string model. All models can be made with custom inlays.
  • Wingert, Kathy

    Kathy Wingert has a variety of 8 acoustic guitar models from Parlor models with an 18 3/8" body length to the Model F baritone with a 20 3/16" body length. Each Kathy Wingert guitar is built with a spruce top, mahogany or cedar neck laminated with fine veneers for rigidity. Hardwood or graphite reinforcements in addition to a double-acting truss rod are also used for additional stiffness and adjustability.  
  • Walker, Kim

    Kim Walker offers a variety of handmade archtop & flat-top guitars. The primary archtop model is the Excel, a prewar style archtop featuring ebony inlays on the peghead and fretboard. Flat-top models include 0, 00, 000-12, OM, SJ, and both 16" & 17" Jumbos. All flat-top acoustic guitars are available with either classic or traditional shaped headstocks. 
  • Traugott, Jeff

    Another limited production, one-man shop offering a variety of models including an 00 model and models R & BK all constructed with Indian Rosewood and German Spruce tops. Jeff Traugott also offers the Model RE, an acoustic electric with available cutaway. 
  • Yong, Jeffrey

    Small one man shop specializing in guitars made from Malaysian exotic woods. Designs include Acoustic models such as the OM Model (Figured Redwood top, Malaysian Blackwood back and sides) and the JJ Model (quilted spruce top, Malaysian Blackwood back and sides, optional cutout). Yong also designs custom electric guitars, as well as 4, 5 & 6 string electric bass guitars.
  • de Jonge Guitars

    Models include a Standard size (OM with classical lines), a OO, an OM, a dreadnaught, a jumbo, a Presentation model (has all the bells & whistles), a single cutaway and a double cutaway. Sitka, Engleman, Adirondack, and German Spruces are available for topwoods, as well as Figured Redwood. Back and Side options include Brazilian and Cocobolo rosewoods, Maple, Ziricote, Blackwood, Macassar Ebony, Mahogany, Sapele, Bubuinga and Koa. There are multiple options ranging from armrests to tuning machines to inlay work. Virtually, anything is possible.
  • Reede, Tim

    Tim Reede offers a line of steel string flat top guitars including the orchestral model, the OOO and the dreadnought in various wood options. The standard OM feature a scale length of 25.4" and body of 12 or 14 frets. The standard OOO feature a 24.9" scale length for a clear, sweet sound and 12 fret and 14 fret models. Models for the steel string flat top guitars vary in types of soundboards, backs, sides, necks and fingerboards.
    Website: Reede, Tim
  • Bozo Guitars (Bozo Podunavac)

    The Bell Western Models (fuller lower bout gives it a "bell" shape) come in a full size (6 and 12 string, cutaway option) and the smaller (3/4 body size) Requinto.
    Website: Bozo Guitars (Bozo Podunavac)
  • Froggy Bottom - Michael Millard

    Froggy Bottom offers small sized guitars (parlors, concerts, and grand concerts), full sized guitars (many sizes including dreadnaughts), and jumbo guitars. All models come in standard, limited, deluxe and custom grades. Top wood spruces include sitka, engleman, german and adirondack (red). Back and side woods include indian, brazilian, and madagascar rosewoods, mahogany, maple, koa and walnut.
    Website: Froggy Bottom - Michael Millard
  • Ehlers Guitars

    Ehlers guitars have Indian rosewood, mahogany and many other woods, for the back and sides. Top wood are either Adirondack red spruce, redwood, western red cedar, port orford cedar, European spruce or Sitka spruce. They have bone nuts and saddles, gold Gotoh (or Waverly) tuning machines and ebony bridge pins. All the parts are manufactured in their shop and no CNC machines are used. Models include: models 17, model 16, model 15, parlor model, ladies model and the standard dreadnought model. All the models differ in body style, size and woods used.

    Website: Ehlers Guitars
  • Santa Cruz

    With over a dozen models available, the Santa Cruz Guitar Company truly has a guitar for everyone. Each guitar comes with Lifetime Warranty, Double-acting, adjustable truss rod, Bone nut and saddle, lacquer finish and a hardshell case. Models include 000, OM, F, Dreadnaught, Jumbo & Dreadnaught 12 Fret. Tonewoods include Brazilian Rosewood, Koa, German Maple, Cocobolo, Mahogany and Walnut. Options.
    Website: Santa Cruz
  • Collings

    Dreadnought (based on vintage Martin design), OM (000 body, 14 fret vintage 1930 Martin design), 00 and 000 12 frets, C10 (based on Gibson L00), SJ (small jumbo based on Gibson J-185), Cowboy (C-10 with old time stencil design) and the Baby (small parlor) flattop guitars. Care and feeding (everyone should read). Harmony Central's Collings Guitars reviews Music Gear reviews Epinions review
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  • Baranik Guitars

    PX, CX, and JX are the three available models, approximately the size of the typical parlor/00, concert, and jumbo, respectively.   With asymmetrical bodies, all have a higher waist on the treble side and a lower bout that's wider on the bass side for a comfortable fit.  To contribute for tonal clarity and balance there is a novel top and back bracing. Unique components include rounded corners on the beveled asymmetrical bridge, enclosed endblock and neck joint with crescent purfling and a rounding of the heelcap. Pricing, options and configurations Harmony Central Reviews Graceworks Music Review
    Website: Baranik Guitars
  • Laskin, Grit

    Laskin builds steel-string, classical and flamenco guitars. His steel-string guitars are available in 3 sizes; Small, Mid-size, and Semi-Jumbo. All sizes are available with a choice of East Indian or Brazilian Rosewood, Koa, Maple or Ziricote back and sides; Sitka Spruce or Red Cedar soundboards and Ebony fingerboard binding. Laskin guitars are also well known for custom inlays. Standard features include: Armrest bevel, sideport soundhole, abalone shell ringed rosette and Calton case. Other options include ribrest bevel, 12-string or other multi-string models, fingerboard extensions and cutaways.
    Website: Laskin, Grit
  • Applegate, Brian

    Models include the smaller SJ, the Jumbo, the Baritone (28" scale length...great for drop tunings) and the Classical (also available as a flamenco model) Base models have Sitka, Englemann or Western Red Cedar tops and Indian Rosewood, Bubinga or Mahogany tonewoods. Dovetail five piece necks and Gotoh 510 or Schaller tuners. All inlay work is done in-house. Harmony Central Applegate Guitar Reviews
    Website: Applegate, Brian
  • McKnight Guitars

    Luthier Tim McKnight masterfully crafts his custom acoustic guitars to produce tone that inspires the heart and touches the soul. He builds each McKnight aoustic guitar with equal measures of hard-earned expertise, unique innovation, passion and soul. The results are heirloom acoustic instruments of sweeping beauty, unequaled power, projection … and, most importantly, tone. McKnight Guitars are custom tailored to meet your specific needs — to accommodate how you play and the tone you seek.
    Website: McKnight Guitars
  • Huss & Dalton

    Huss & Dalton builds custom acoustic guitars available in a variety of different models. All Huss & Dalton guitars are braced with hand split Appalachian Red Spruce, which has a greater strength-to-weight ratio than other brace woods. Models include Square Shouldered Dreadnought, Concert & OM, 12-fret, Slope Shouldered & Jumbo and Signature Series. Pricing.
    Website: Huss & Dalton
  • Schoenberg Guitars

    Schoenberg guitars offers a line of vintage style guitars designed to match the quality of older designs. Models include the Soloist, Soloist 00, Standard, AR and OM45 Deluxe (with available cutaway). Tonewoods include Brazilian Rosewood, Schoenberg Video. Current Inventory.
    Website: Schoenberg Guitars
  • Sexauer, Bruce

    Builds custom flat top guitars for each individual order. Offers guitars with standard features as well as a list of custom options.
    Website: Sexauer, Bruce
  • McPherson Guitars

    McPherson guitars are built utilizing the trademarked "Offset Soundhole Technology". Models include the MG 3.5, MG4.0 and MG5.0 as well as custom and Limited Edition Models. Each model is available with a variety of tonewoods such as East Indian Rosewood, African Mahogany, Koa, Ziricote, Flamed Walnut and Asian Rosewood.
    Website: McPherson Guitars