The Workshop
What you get
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To follow the project constantly, beginning with our work together on the design, the specs, etc. and all along the production process as I send you pictures of each of the steps of my work.
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A 100% custom guitar: the only limit is y/our creativity (and a few of the laws of physics).
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Carefully sourced wood which has a history, a soul.
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Huge possibilities for personalising the guitar: design, finish, aged looks, inlays, pickups…
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A cautious choice of part-providers
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A craftsman’s know-how for contemporary guitars
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Constant availability for follow-up services.
Lutherie
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Craftsman’s work: the guitars are built one by one, by hand, in my small workshop in the Tarn near Albi(south-western France)
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Rare and exceptional woods: 5000-year old fossilised morta (bog-wood), Honduras mahogany crotch, black & white ebony, all sorts of exotic woods… But also lesser-known French woods: fruit trees with excellent acoustic properties as well as ash, maple, oak, birch and willow burls and crotches.
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The woods I work with have all been dried for at least 5 years.
Finish
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A crucial step for aesthetic reasons: I pay a lot of attention to it.
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Polyurethane or nitrocellulose lacquer available for shiny, matte or satin finishes.
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For me, very thin satin or mat finishes are those that respect and showcase the wood best.
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“Vintage” finishes with a light or heavy artificial aging are available.
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An oil finish is also possible, for the most pleasant feel of the wood-grain