TEXAS NATIVE GUITARS

The story.

A while back I made a guitar for a client, and he wanted it to have only Texas native materials. I said, ok. What a cool idea! In the process of sourcing the woods for his build, I met a cool guy who has a lot of Native wood from Texas on hand. This guy also liked my guitars.

Needless to say, I now have access to a BUNCH of great local hardwoods, and he has a Nice JG Karlin. And he has expressed interest in another build, so I should'nt be running out of wood any time soon.

All of this wood is fully dry, and has been picked from the bottom of the pile, if you will. But even so, the piles of wood that I select my material from have been there for at least 4 years.  As these guitars are made from reclaimed wood, there may occasionally be knots, wormholes and the occasional small crack. All of these I fill and stabilize. This "character" is only found on my Texas native guitars. You will not see it on my standard builds.

 The "character" in this wood is part of what makes these guitars special. Its real. You can see every thing going on with the wood. It is not covered up with thick paint, or pickguards, it is right there reminding you that this guitar is made from something natural. This may not be for everybody, and this is where I remind you that I also make guitars out of fancy pretty wood too. (still with natural finishes!) But for those of you who can appreciate this sort of thing, these are the real deal. This is my idea of environmentally responsible building. Not that I have anything against using non native species, (to a point) as I feel that once the wood is no longer a tree, at least it is being used for something like a guitar, and not cheap outdoor furniture, or trim for a yacht.

This wood was harvested locally, and the trees were going to come down anyway. Why not put them to good use?

All guitars will have bodies made of  these woods, and the fretboards will either be mesquite, or Texas ebony. (the Texas ebony will be a slight upcharge) Necks will be either maple or mahogony, or mesquite or a combination of these.

The wood

The woods I use for these guitars are.....

Mesquite, Pecan, Ash, Sycamore, Hackberry,  Cedar Elm, Texas Ebony  and possibly some others.

The guitars

JG4-10-09 The first Texas native. This is the one that started this whole thing. It has a nicely figured mesquite top, an ash core, and mesquite back. 5 piece mesquite and ash neck. Texas Ebony fretboard, and pickup rings. Bone nut, and the logo was actually made with shells from the Texas coast. Other features are standard, Schaller bridge, Grover mini rotomatic tuners, Hand wound pickups, Medium high frets. This was a real fun build. This guitar is sold.
JG6-02-09 This is Texas native number 2. Its a "K" series bass, with a mesquite top, and spalted pecan back. Mesquite fretboard with turquoise fret markers. 3 piece maple neck. Jumbo frets, fairly chunky neck, Graphite nut,Kent armstrong soapbar and "P" pickups Schaller roller bridge and Gotoh sealed tuners. This base is Available! Go check it out over at the available guitars page.
JG7-01p-09 The first Estrella Also, the third Texas native. This guitar has a spalted pecan body with a good bit of that "character" I was talking about. Maple neck, with a mesquite fretboard. Bone nut, Kent armstrong bridge pickup, hand wound JG humbucker Wilkenson bridge, gotoh tuners Medium high fretwire, mesquite pickup ring and switch knob. 5 bolt neck joint. This guitar is sold
JG4-13-09 This is Texas native #4 1 piece Hackberry body, maple neck, mesquite fingerboard, off set abalone inlay dots, hand wound "Hot" Jg humbuckers with chrome covers. Weighing in at only 7 lbs! This guitar is sold

JG5-1p-10 Coming soon............