SWEET E

Get ready to be inspired by tradition with the Sweet E, a handcrafted archtop guitar that pays homage to the great makers of the genre. With a traditional x-brace and a floating pickup, this fully acoustic guitar is built to withstand feedback issues, and each guitar is voiced to suit an individual's particular needs and desires. The Sweet E's design is styled to evoke the great Art Deco builds of the forties, with hand-cut appointments adding a touch of hand-tooled flair.

Available in 16, 17, or 18-inch lower bout sizes and with short or long scale options, the Sweet E boasts an ebony fretboard and appointments, with hand-selected high-grade spruce and figured maple ensuring outstanding sound quality. The guitar features a hide glue dovetail neck, grained ivoroid binding, slim C carve neck, and 12" radius, making it not only aesthetically pleasing but also easy to play.

The Sweet E is priced to include custom features of this premium model, and each guitar comes equipped with a hand-wound pickup system, ensuring a high-quality sound. With a variety of apertures, appointments, and sizes available, the Sweet E is truly the guitar you've been waiting for! Check out the pricing page for more details.

 JP CUT

Introducing the JP-Carve - a guitar ten years in the making that is finally ready for you to experience. The design was originally created for the Montreal Guitar Festival in 2009 and quickly sold to one of my favorite guitarists, Joshua Payne. He described it as an acoustic Les Paul, with the ability to react to your playing in astounding ways. Whether you're driving the guitar hard for defined volume or playing delicately for nuanced tonal layers, the JP-Carve delivers.

One of the key benefits of this design is its ergonomic fit for a full-bodied guitar, made possible by extending the bass vibrational soundboard area. And with a hand-selected high-grade mahogany and one-piece old growth Sitka spruce construction, the JP-Carve is a guitar that not only looks beautiful but sounds amazing too. Plus, with options for figured maples and other seasonal woods, you can truly make this guitar your own.

Available in both 15 and 16-inch lower bout sizes, and with short and long scale options, the JP-Carve is versatile enough to meet any guitarist's needs. The guitar also features an ebony fretboard and appointments, hide glue dovetail neck, grained ivroid binding, slim C carve neck, and a 12” radius. Check out our pricing page for more specs and get ready to experience the JP-Carve - a guitar that's sure to inspire your playing.

 STYLE A

ACOUSTIC PUNCH WITH GAIN AND SUSTAIN

Hand carved and finely tuned european spruce soundboard is x braced and fit to a one piece acoustically tuned mahogany body. Humbucker is made in house and mated to the instrument. Ebony appointments are used throughout with a fixed ebony tail design. I strive to employ all of the finer elements of archtop guitar building in to an instrument that feels like a light weight full thickness carved top electric guitar. This build growls and spanks when cranked through an amp and sings and sways when played soft but can voice acoustically with suprising fullness and satisfaction.

SHORT AND LONG SCALE AVAILABLE

EBONY FRETBOARD AND APPOINTMENTS

HAND SELECTED MAHOGANY/SPRUCE STANDARD

SUGAR MAPLE OR MAHOGANY NECK

HIDE GLUE DOVETAIL NECK

MAPLE BINDING STANDARD

SLIM C CARVE NECK

12” RADIUS

MORE SPECS ON PRICING PAGE OR

 JP-157

Just as John Pizzarelli would have it

Also available in 6 string

This guitar features an exciting and proprietary construction featuring premium top shelf Spruce and Figured Maple in shop made plates bent before laminating to 100 year aged pine interior woods. The plates are then carved to yield carved solid plate graduations. This proprietary process yields a vibrant acoustic sound that is full of character yet affords the feedback resistance and humidity stability of lamination. This process is more similar to high end double top classical guitars than laminated arch tops. Truly unique and full of old world tone.

The tailpiece is carved by hand in house from solid Nickel Silver. This stout design gives an excellent tonality with out metallic harmonics.

The neck plays fast and straight like all of Ryan’s handmade guitars. The built in Charlie Christian pickup is custom made to accommodate 7 strings. It has a lovely full character but is quiet and very workable for a single coil pickup.

JP-157 John Pizzarelli model

Thorell JP-157

2 1/16” nut width

2 1/2" string spacing at the bridge

slim super c neck carve 3-10th fret= .83-.85"

16” body

Ebony fretboard

Rosewood bridge

Gotoh Vintage Keystone tuners Brown tophap tone and volume knobs Vintage central lab 50's reproduction volume and tone circuit

Vintage Vibe Guitars Charlie Christian pickup custom 7

Spruce/100 year aged Pine Half carve/double top Figured Maple/100 year aged Pine Back and Sides

half carve Double back and laminated sides East Coast Figured Sugar Maple

Neck Carbon Fiber reinforcement American made top of the line trussrod

Maple Binding

Black and white purfling

Tortiseshell pickguard

Strapbutton on neck

Endpin input jack

handcarved one off solid german nickel silver tailpiece.

Introducing the Gianina - a guitar born out of a passionate desire to create a unique and awe-inspiring instrument. Commissioned by a client, this guitar blends the drive and thump of an archtop, the warmth and depth of a nylon, and the breathy-throaty sustain of a Selmer-Maccaferri. The result is a stunning guitar with a sound that's unlike any other.

Crafted with hand-selected aged spruce for the top and European maple for the back and sides, the Gianina boasts unique bracing and graduation, meticulously designed by Ryan to deliver an exciting extraction of the above-mentioned guitars' tonal quality. The dark, rich Cocobolo and ebony inlays contrast beautifully against the lighter spruce and maple, creating a striking aesthetic.

Featuring a slightly narrower neck than a classical guitar at 1 7/8", the Gianina's action and playability are incredibly smooth, making it a great choice for both fingerstyle and plectrum playing.

With a 15.5-inch lower bout, 25.5-inch scale, and handcrafted with HIDE GLUE DOVETAIL NECK and Natural Wood Bindings, the Gianina is a guitar that's sure to turn heads. Check out our pricing page for more information on this exquisite instrument.

 THE COOKER

Unleash your inner artist with the Cooker - a finely tuned landscape of harmonic freedom that is guaranteed to inspire and elevate your playing experience. This masterpiece is meticulously handcrafted using only the finest materials, including hand carved European Spruce and Figured Maple with exquisite Ebony appointments.

Equipped with in-house wound humbuckers, specifically built by hand for this guitar, you'll enjoy beautiful tonalities that are just waiting to be explored. The Cooker's top is expertly blocked to the back using a removable wedge and table top brace, resulting in minimal weight and maximum acoustic vibrancy. And with its stopped tailpiece design, you'll experience solid extra kick and power that will leave you breathless.

Choose from short and long scale lengths and enjoy the smooth feel of the slim C carve neck with a 12" radius. The Cooker is finished with high-quality hide glue dovetail neck and grained ivoroid binding, making it an investment in both sound and style. So, whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, the Cooker is the perfect guitar to unleash your creativity and take your playing to the next level.