My inspiration is drawn from the tradition of American lutherie, respecting the work of the past while progressing into the new century.
Body style, tonal properties, neck profile, and cosmetic appointments are chosen through consultation between you and luthier Rick Davis. One pair of hands then builds your guitar.
Select materials are used throughout. The woods are carefully chosen for your particular instrument, giving consideration to your preferences for tone and aesthetics. Each soundboard is carefully tap-tuned to give full voice to the instrument. Wooden bindings and wood-and-abalone rosettes complement and complete the body, fingerboard, and headstock. Inlays are hand-cut to your specification ...
Earl S Marsh, classical guitar maker, with respect to Torres, Hauser, Romanillos.
A great deal of consideration has been given to the construction methods and design styles used by Torres, Hauser and Romanillos in the making of my guitars.
Each guitar is individual in its own right yet each imparts the specific character, quality of sound, craftsmanship and ease of playing recognised in all Earl S Marsh guitars.
Only the best in materials selection for guitar construction is acceptable in order to attain all of the qualities expected of a fine concert guitar.
The ingredients used for the mix I suppose can be said to be pretty much the same across a very wide range of guitar makers all over the world. But the guitar with that little extra comes from the maker with good hands, good eyes, good ears and that extra special added ingredient: 'Passion'.
This is what makes Earl S Marsh instruments worthy of the title 'Concert Guitars', and provides for purity and clarity of tone, together with excellent balance and projection.
My preferred choice of wood for the ribs and the backs of my guitars is Indian rosewood but I have used other woods such as English walnut, Myrtle, Jaguar ear, Maple and Arpuda. My preference for the soundboard is the best European spruce. I source this from the Swiss/Italian Alps and only the tightest grained spruce is used for the strutting and bracing. On occasion I also use the best quality Western red cedar with either cedar strutting or spruce strutting ...
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Australian made, Christopher Melville Custom Handmade Acoustic Guitars are instruments of the highest quality and are crafted to the precise requirements of each individual client.
People have often asked what made me start making guitars. The answer that springs to mind is connected to my upbringing. I loved playing the instrument but couldn’t afford a good one. So in 1988 I decided to have a go at making my own. As a child I had pretty much grown up in my Grandfather’s workshop, which was full of all kinds of wonderful and mysterious tools that he used to build or fix all kinds of things. Some people have begun playing an instrument at age 7. Me, I was building things! It was from him that I learned that if you couldn’t afford to buy it, then build it yourself, as he had built nearly every item of machinery in his workshop! I remember spending hours just playing with bits of wood & metal that my grandfather would help me fashion into a boat or plane etc. He was, you could say, my first mentor ...