There is a beauty and complexity to the sound of old, pre-war steel string guitars that is sadly missing in the vast majority of today’s instruments. Manufacturers have abandoned animal-hide glues in favor of cheaper, synthetic glues that are easier to build with. They have also left behind the fine art of French polishing, preferring to protect their instruments with spray lacquers. These changes have had detrimental effects to the sound of today’s steel string acoustic guitars. Jeff Sigurdson is proudly one of the very few luthiers in existence today that uses these age-old traditions in the construction of his steel string guitars.
Your guitar will be built to suit your individual playing preferences:
- Dreadnought, OM, and Small Jumbo models
- Premium spruce soundboard
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- Mahogany neck
- Ebony fingerboard
- French polish finish
- Hand-made rosette
- Simple, elegant decoration
- Compensated saddle
- Radiused fingerboard
- Organic, hide-glues throughout
- Gotoh 510 series tuning machines
- Standard, round position markers
- D'Addario Phosphor Bronze strings
- Standard hardshell case
- Optional Venetian cutaway for $500
Your guitar will be built to suit your individual playing preferences:
- Neck width
- String spacing
- String height
- Scale length
- Soundboard wood selection
- Back and sides wood selection
- Tuning machine selection
