The Epinette

This is the latest instrument I build.The Epinette is the ancestor of the American Apalachian Dulcim
er.It has a diatonic fret board.This particular design is inspired by the 15th century style.I love the cherish the time spent in carving the Gargoyle head.The wood of the body is Mohogany and I use pear wood for the sound board.

Gitbri #2

This instrument has more of a bass accoustic guitar, I install the braces inside just like the "Gretch Bass Guitar" and it gives me a smooth sweat sounds.The top is cedar, the back and sides Mohogany.it has a 30 1/2 inch scale

what is a GitBri?

I recently made an instrument deriving from the African "GEMBRI" but I call it a GitBri because instead of a raw hide skin , i give it a wood (cedar sound board)..I'm still trying to find the right string for it. So far I try D'addario smooth smooth short bass string...this instrument is still a research project

making a new top for an old arabic guitar

A friend of mine, asked me to restore his "arabic " guitar,instead of restoring it I had to re-make a new top,following the exact brace patterns like the original fan brace.I inlayed the pick guard instead of just glueing it like previously done. The rosette is the original rosette (even though, I think this rosette was already a replacement because it is a modern lazer cut rosette ?) fun fun fun...

When this happen

When this happen...I dont want to speak with any body for 3 days......

My "Viola de Arame" finally completed

Here are some photo's of the "Viola se Arame" finally done...This one took me awhile, but Patience is a necessary virtue to make an instrument like this.Woods used: Mohogany neck,Indian Rose wood finger board,Accasia back and sides,Spruce sound table. Now just got to learn how to play it...I love Fado's

nikki's melochord

this is Nikki's new Melochord.Nikki's play in "the Batak Tradisi" band, all around Asia.She said that the Melochord is the perfect instrument for her,because it reminds her of a primitive Batak instrument. However, this one stays in tune and has a fuller tone and volume. It can also be played acoustically or electrically, using the pickup.