Purple Heart

I built the purple guitar to commemorate a long journey through India. I learned a lot during my travels and spent much time studying old world craftsmanship. The rare Red Sanders fingerboard on this guitar was brought back with me. This body style is the first of several that feature my original neck-through design. This design is unique because it allows for a book-matched top to be combined with a through-body guitar. The chambered body sides add resonance and reduce weight. In an effort to build a guitar with absolutely no plastic parts, I fabricated special rear adjusting pickup mounts and wooden knobs. This guitar also features a magnetic truss rod cover and water buffalo horn string ferrules. As an added touch, I finished it with organic shellac from India to give it a beautiful, all natural shine.

Special Features:

Chambered body adds resonance and reduces weight. Custom wound pickups mounted without rings. Custom wood knobs and water buffalo horn selector switch. Tibetan auspicious symbol "jumping fish" inlay..

Woods:

Curley Maple neck-through body with Purple Heart top and bookmatched headstock. Mahogany body sides. An ultra rare 100+year old Red Sanders fingerboard salvaged from an old home in south india.

Inlay: Abalone

Hardware: Gotoh tune-o-matic bridge and 510 tuners,

Neck pup: Hand wound PAF style - shellac potted

Bridge pup: Hand wound PAF style - shellac potted

Nut: Polished water buffalo horn

Scale: 25.5" - 22 jumbo frets