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I came to steel string making from having originally learned to make classical guitars in the Spanish tradition. I believe this has informed my approach to steel string acoustics in that I aim to build a very lightweight and responsive instrument that will be sensitive to every nuance of the player's technique whilst having a full and powerful sound. Although I list five different models here, they are essentially body shapes and are typical of what I build. However, because I build guitars one at a time by hand without the use of a lot of jigs I can be very flexible as far as shapes and dimensions are concerned: the specifications given for each model are just a guide to what I consider to be typical dimensions. If you want a different scale length, nut width, body depth or even body shape, that's not a problem and of course left-handed guitars will not incur a surcharge. I currently have five steel-string models. The Pavilion is the largest and is an X-braced 'small jumbo' type; the Pavilion Baritone uses the standard Pavilion body with a 735mm scale for low tunings; the Arbour uses the same body shape as the Pavilion but scaled down to dimensions similar to a 000 size; the Rufus is similar to the arbour, but has a lower waist; and the Parlour is small-body, slotted head design based on Martin's 00 body shape with twelve frets to the body, well suited to fingerpicking. I can fit acoustic pickup systems to the player's requirements.
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