I’ve designed a number of different models during my guitar making career, which began in 1995. Some of which have been in use for many years, while others are more recent. A few that have been omitted here were designed for one-off custom jobs, and some older shapes have gone into retirement or else evolved into new ones.
Current Models
Model 08 – based on Torres F.E. 13 1860
Model 14 – Santos Hernandez 1929 flamenca copy
Model 17 – Hermann Hauser I 1940/Julian Bream copy
Model 18 – based on a D & A Roudhloff 8-string design
Model 19 – D & A Roudhloff Melophonic guitar circa 1840 copy
Model 20 – based on Etienne Laprevotte 1836
Rob MacKillop’s 13-string Baroque guitar-lute 2023
Rob MacKillop’s 10-string Renaissance guitar-lute 2023
In 2023 I added a couple of new body shapes from the early romantic era to the existing collection – one, a copy of D and A Roudhloff’s X-braced Melophonic guitar (circa 1840) and another based on an Etienne Laprevotte 1836 guitar, which has an elliptical sound hole and a carved back. I have used these body shapes for two lute-guitars that I built for Rob MacKillop in 2023-24. The Melophonic one has 13 strings and is tuned in D minor for baroque music, while the Laprevotte body is a 10 string version for renaissance repertoire.
In addition to the classical six string copy of the Melophonic guitar, I recently made a steel-string version – the body shape is in fact very similar to a Martin guitar of the same period. I shall be making a six string with the Laprevotte body too, at some point I expect.