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Update Summer 2009: There is one special little guitar that will be released in July if AWOL buyer doesn't surface by August 1. Call for details. 310-522-9596
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Klimt Model E
2009 Amazing German bearclaw spruce top African blackwood back and sides Cutaway Cocobolo binding with black and white top purfling Cocobolo bevel Klimt inspired inlay Calton Case Nut: 1 25/32" String Spacing: 2 1/4" Gold/Ebonoid Gotoh 510s
I kept looking at the sapwood on this piece of African blackwood and it kept nagging at me. It haunted me for many months. It's not really a special sapwood strip, I was just in that state of mind, in the wee small hours, when my muse shows up, so I patiently set it aside. One day as Jimmi and I were browsing through her library, I saw what had been haunting me, and the plan was born. Jimmi artfully captured what I wanted, the rich textural qualities of Klimt's designs, and she worked various elements into the back and the rosette. I opted for cocobolo to set off the African blackwood. I love the rich reds and oranges that make the whole design feel so warm.
Price: $INQUIRE
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Faery CM (OO)
2005 German spruce top Brazilian back and sides Cutaway Koa binding with abalone top purfling Jimmi's cool Faery inlay Calton Case Nut: 1 3/4" String Spacing: 2 1/4" Violet chrome Gotoh 510s
This is beautiful little girl is being put up for adoption. Dad has an E on order and needs to make room. The guitar is in excellent condition, faithfully but carefully played. The tone is a nicely broken in and opened up. The master grade beautifully silked top has begun to take on a golden glow and the Brazilian is just to die for. If you've read my site you know photos are a weak spot around here. I PROMISE better pictures soon unless someone with terrific sense snaps this up before I get to them.
Price: $11,250
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Harp Guitar
Italian spruce top Sycamore back and sides Cutaway Seven sub basses Ebony binding with black/white/black purfling Cool Mackintosh inspired design
This is the fourth Kathy Wingert Harp Guitar. I was greatly inspired by my experience building my first two instruments and wanted to try my hand at playing one. Stephen Bennett offered the best advice saying to just play and don't think too much about the subs. I'm still too unfamiliar to have much success just ignoring all those beautiful extra strings, but I'm having a lot of fun arranging very simple melodies with basses, simple exercises to get acquainted with the spacing, and finding ways to adapt what I already know to the beautiful instrument.
The amazing design (trust me, pictures don't do it justice) was a continuation of our fascination with the work of Margaret McDonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Jimmi drew up the design and created the overlays for the harp head and headstock. I did the inlay in the spruce of the harp arm itself, and Jimmi created and cut the rose for the harp arm soundhole.Price: $SOLD
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Harp Guitar
Italian spruce top Mahogany back and sides Cutaway Six sub basses Cocobolo binding with black/white/black purfling Side port
This is the first Kathy Wingert Harp Guitar. The project was inspired and guided by my client and friend, Frank Doucette.
With kind generosity, Gregg Miner provided me with examples of historic instruments to examine. Frank and Gregg brought to the project more experience than I would have been able to gather on my own. The assignment I was given was to bring the "Wingert sound" to this instrument. I think I saw Frank smile. Better pictures will be added to the main site at a later date.Price: $SOLD Click On Any Image
One of the great pleasures of being an independent luthier is to have the chance to make custom guitars for discriminating customers looking for the guitar of their dreams. I love the creative part of being a guitar maker. Helping a guitarist design a guitar to fit his or her body, hands, and style of play is what custom luthiers do, and that is only a small part of what sets the hand-made guitar apart from high-end factory guitars.
Custom hand-made, high-quality guitars, whether a steel-string guitar or classical guitar, should reflect the heart of the luthier and the desires of the player. Acoustic guitars are such a versatile and beautiful way to express musical ideas, that it is no wonder they are so popular, and it is the rare musical genre or soloist or group that does not include a guitar.
With so many beautiful guitars available, it is no wonder that we are in what has been referred to as the "Golden Age of Lutherie." It seems to me that it is really the "Golden Age of Information" where a player, with the desire to find just the right fit in a guitar, is able to find a guitar across the country or across the world; and the luthiers who build them are able to find parts, tools, and materials that were almost unobtainable to our independent guitar making pioneers.
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