I finished this guitar in October 2008 and I actually hated to see it go. It is a great sounding instrument with plenty of sustain, volume and a chord voice that sounds like a grand piano. Back and sides are quartersawn Brazilian rosewood and the top is Eastern Red spruce. Solid abalone shell inlay ebony fingerboard, bridge and engraved Waverly tuners.
Flagler guitar fini October, 2008
Custom NGC inlay
Bound peghead with Abalone logo
Brazilian rosewood back and sides
L to R: Art Headley, Phil Burt, Jim Turpin, Barry Bianchi, Tommy Jordan, Marty Lanham, Dick Daniels. Kneeling: Mike Maddux and Warren Knorr. Photo: Charmaine Lanham
This is a picture of a very special gathering at the Steve Kaufman’s Guitar Kamp 2008. Jim Turpin, who is holding his two NGC’s, got this group of Nashville Guitar Company instrument owners together. What a feeling it was to see so many of my “children” all at the same time!
Here's the family!
After taking the photos, we had a swell jam session. The sweet voices of my “family” will be ringing in my ears for a long while.
The NGC Circle of Life
Photo, story, etc.
Photo, story, etc.
Jerry McCann and his NGC guitar
Jerry McCann's cutaway
Brazilian rosewood back
I met Jerry McCann early in my musical journey in northern California. He had a trio called “Show of Hands” and I recorded an original tune on their album. I then lost track of Jerry for about 30 years and when we got back in touch he asked me to make a guitar for him. Jerry is a fantastic musician and he is at home on an electric or acoustic guitar. I built a large body cut away style [ Jerry is one of the few players who can use the entire fingerboard on an acoustic ] with Brazilian rosewood and an Adirondack spruce. Jerry uses this guitar for all his solo gigs, songwriting and recording. He also asked me to make an “M” shaped bridge and inlays.
These days Jerry works in the San Diego area – check out his website: http://jerrymccann.com for some samples of his music.
The headstock on Kevin's cutaway.
Custom inlay
A side view of the cutaway.
This turned out to be one beautiful guitar.
This is an unusual guitar I made for a great player. We have all seen Kevin Eubanks play his electric on the Tonight Show but he is also a great acoustic guitarist.
Kevin contacted me in 2005 about building an acoustic with a neck that allows playing access to the last fret on the fingerboard. To achieve this configuration, the neck extends into the body, and the sides fit into slots cut in the side of the neck. Classical guitars use this type of construction.
He asked for some special inlay and that his initials be inlayed on the guitar.
Here is a video clip of Kevin playing some very nice original music on this guitar:
