This is a concept guitar built by luthier Marek Dabek at symphonybass.com. This guitar contains some cool and unique solutions such as no flat surface on the neck and body …
Peters Hellcat
The thing about the Peters Hellcat that’s striking to me are: Buckeye burl top and choice of color and finish (greenish copper) Bridge Tailpiece The bridge looks especially interesting as you …
Zexcoil Pickups
There’s been lots of interesting developments in electric pickups in the last 5-10 years. Many have tried to improve on tone, frequency response and noise. Zexcoil pickups have some …
Do We Hear With Our Eyes and Wallet?
It’s been recently shown that with properly executed, double-blind testing, world-class violinists cannot tell the difference between the best, modern violin instruments and Stradivari and Guarneri ‘del Gesu’ instruments. I …
Traugott Hunter Model
Jeff Traugott is world famous for his traditional acoustic guitars. The waiting list can stretch many years for his models (current base price is $26,500). He also makes a …
Sauvage One Piece Master
Sauvage guitars is clearly aimed at the super high-end luxury guitar market. At this price level, it is entering some uncharted territory for modern guitar markets. Their main model “One Piece Master” …
Cycfi Pickups
The Cycfi XR modern pickups use traditional techniques to pickup the vibrating string, but utilize a low impedance structure to create a full frequency response pickup with impedance matching output …
PRS Guitars Private Stock: Is it really modern?
PRS Guitars are some of the most lovely guitars made today. But do they really qualify as modern guitars? Well, the first thing you notice about them is the heavily …
The “Tao Guitar”
Tao Guitars make some really interesting instruments. You can see the industrial and visual design influence in these guitars, especially the “Tao Guitar.” Every piece has been designed with a …
Alquier Guitars
Though the body shape is similar to other modern guitars (for example, by Tao), the unique f-holes and internal construction as well as the bridge and tailpiece show some interesting …