Luthara is a name given to this new guitar design, 2024. It's a guitar for a very special player, where every note is critical and the set is as much a work of art as the music. For more information about it and to hear an audio, please go to the Luthara page in this site.  

The Yardbyrd was made of wood from my backyard--Torrefied Virginia Pine, White Oak, and Black Cherry. For more information, please click the link to the Yardbyrd page.

YardByrd back is made of white oak, filled, stained to a "mission" color, and finished with a very thin, glassy NC lacquer. 

This guitar has the story of Jesus' birth as it was written in the alignment of seven stars and planets on the day Jesus was born--Regulus, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Earth, Moon and Sun. 

This view shows the swirly cherry back that was selected for this guitar for its similarity to photographs of deep space environments. The alighnement of Earth, Moon and Sun are as they were astronomically on the day Jesus was born.  The neck is curly maple.

This J-50 is the guitar James Taylor began his carreer playing. It's a brand new build, to spec, but with signgicant modifications to emulate the sound of James Taylor's guitar. 

The only difference between this back and those made by Gibson is the center stripe matching the bindings. I nice touch. 

This model is a Hybrid Yardbyrd in that the back, sides and neck are all made from backyard cherry. But the soundboard is European spruce. 

This guitar is named Genesi because it is the original and first guitar I built in 1970. The experiment was to see what effect, if any, corners would have on the tone.  

Luthara back and sides are East Indian Rosewood, with black mother of pearl inlay. All inlay throughout is BMOP. It's a guitar for a very special player, where every note is critical and the set is as much a work of art as the music.

This guitar is the steel string version, which along with the classical, was the first set of guitars I made from 1970-71. 

Luthara back and sides are East Indian Rosewood, with black mother of pearl inlay. All inlay throughout is BMOP. It's a guitar for a very special player, where every note is critical and the set is as much a work of art as the music.

Luthara is a name given to this new guitar design, 2024. It's a guitar for a very special player, where every note is critical and the set is as much a work of art as the music. For more information about it and to hear an audio, please go to the Luthara page in this site.  

Luthara back and sides are East Indian Rosewood, with black mother of pearl inlay. All inlay throughout is BMOP. It's a guitar for a very special player, where every note is critical and the set is as much a work of art as the music.