Model OO Cutaway, Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, German Spruce top, Gotoh X-Gold tuning machines
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with fantastic straight-grained Brazilian Rosewood owned by my good friend.
Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck
Adirondack Top
Headstock-Gotoh tuning machines
Please check out this cool video of Brady Cohan playing my first solid body 6- string. Woodblock art by Campbell Steers. Reclaimed Redwood top, body is spruce with a maple neck; both the neck and body have had the thermal process. Video filmed by Anna Zlokovic and Denny Wong.
I just built this guitar for my sole European dealer in Brighton England, The Acoustic Music Co: http://www.theacousticmusicco.co.uk/…/catalogsearch/result/… Please check it out, it is African Blackwood with German spruce, it's available to buy and it sounds amazing!!
Model BK Cutaway
This BK was built for So Isobe at Miki Musical Instruments in Osaka. If you are In Japan and want to check out a Traugott here's your chance!
Model BK Cutaway
Model BK Cutaway, Brazilian
Model BK Cutaway, Brazilian
Model BK headstock
Model BK Cutaway, German Spruce top
Model BK Cutaway, Gotoh tuners
Model BK Cutaway, Brazilian
Mahogany BK
Model BK, Honduran Mahogany and German Spruce
Mahogany BK
Brazilian Overlay
Mahogany BK
Mahogany BK
Mahogany BK
Okay, this is actually somewhat different, Quilted Mahogany R. Believe me or not but the sound is fantastic, loud, full, bright and articulate!! No Brazilian Rosewood harmed in the making of this guitar! The Tree, from Handloggers in Sausalito Ca from the early 1980's, I had the opportunity to buy the whole tree for $10 a board foot....Alas NO MONEY back then! When I bought it 2 years later it was $100/bd'
Quilted Mahogany R
Gotoh Black Cosmos
Model R
Model R Quilted Mahagony
Quilted Mahogany R
Model R Headstock
Quilted Mahogany R
October 2014 Model R
Sept 2014 BK Fan Fret
Charlie Hunter Solid body 2014
Model OO July 2014
Great performance by Tess Dunn and Rory Freeman at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz. This evening of guitar performances was part of the The Santa Cruz County Art of Guitar Exhibit and Festival. This guitar exhibit runs through March 15 at the R. Blitzer Gallery here in Santa Cruz and features the work of 20 prominent luthiers. http://www.purrgirl.com/aog/
Here are a bunch of shots of my newest guitar, taken by local photographer R.R. Jones, www.rrjones.com. This is a seven-string fan fret with 3 bass strings and the four inner strings of the guitar. The tuning from treble to bass is: D, Bflat, F, C, F, C, G.
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The bridge pieces are designed by Rick Toone, http://www.ricktoone.com/, they are Stainless and Aluminum. The top and back are Brazilian Rosewood, the body is Swamp Ash. The neck is Mahogany and the fingerboard is Ebony. The guitar pick up is made by Jason Lollar, http://www.lollarguitars.com/, and the bass pick up by Bartolini, http://www.bartolini.net/. Lastly, these killer knobs are knurled and custom made of Brazilian Rosewood by David King, http://www.dknob.com/.
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I also got assistance from two up and coming guitar makers in town, Stephen Strahm and Jason Lindsey, I want to thank everyone very much!
- German Spruce Top
- Brazilian Rosewood Back and Sides
It's been awhile since I've made a 12-string guitar or a guitar with serious inlay; a customer requested both for this set of guitars! Each of these Model R cutaways have inlay crafted by Larry Robinson http://robinsoninlays.com/, German Spruce tops and some killer Brazilian Rosewood back and sides.
Brady Cohan, guitarist with American Idol's House Band performs Pink's "Perfect" with Kree Harrison on May 8th http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b7BgkJDcLB8#!
Australian fingerstyle virtuoso Adam Miller was just in the GP studios shooting some video performances and a short lesson using his Traugott Model OO
http://www.guitarplayer.com/video.aspx?bctid=1756110643001§ion=Artists
Model BK cutaway "Tembererana" Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, German Spruce top, gold inlay by Larry Robinson http://robinsoninlays.com/
