Guitar Sculpture
2016
2016
2009
2009
Mahogany, maple, ebony, Steinberger tuners, Schaller roller bridge,TV Jones Powertron Plus pickup
38: x 12” x 4”
2008
Ash, maple, ebony, Steinberger tuners, Wilkinson tremelo, Carvin S22B pickup, enamel, varnish, marbles
2008
Purpleheart, paduak, varnish, GFS PB Pro PLUS Alnico P Bass style pickups, Schaller Tuners, Leo Quan Badass bridge
36” x 12.5” x 4”
2010
Walnut, curly maple, Waverly tuners, Bigsby tremelo, Schaller roller bridge, Carvin AP-11 pickups, 3-way switch
37” x 11” x 5”
2010
Ash, maple, ebony, dyes, varnish, Seymour Duncan Soapbar P-90s, Schaller locking tuner, Schaller roller bridge
46” x 13” x 5”
2008
ROCK-n-ROLL TOYS!
All the work centers on a figure or figures within a shape that represents music played or imagined.
The guitar format allows me to bend metaphorical space and create adjacent allegories extending across the sides to the back. Several guitars have another ”image piece” on the back that add to metaphors on the front. The hardwoods are hand-carved to a thinner and more freely vibrating surface allowing the wood’s harmonics to be emphasized. Components are selected to blend into the designs as other elements within a narrative composition. All my work is also about something else, I am always seeking an expressed duality in all things.