Works In Progress

If you're interested in buying one of these instruments, please email me at:
sales@dewguitars.com, or call me at (401) 722-7168.

I currently have the following guitars in progress:
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Small Jumbo - Cocobolo / Adirondack Red Spruce

An SJ, this guitar promises to be an exceptional sounding instrument. It already has fantastic resonance.
It has a Master grade Adirondack top and a beautifully figured Nicaraguan Cocobolo back and sides.
It also has red abalone heart pearl in the rosette and around the perimeter of this lightly bear-clawed top.
The body is bound in ebony, with Black/White purflings on the sides and back.
This guitar will be fitted with an ebony bridge and fretboard, and the headstock will have a
matching piece of Cocobolo, taken from the same piece of wood as the back.

Italian Spruce / Black Acacia OM

Italian Spruce / Black Acacia OM

Black Acacia Back

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Black Acacia is a wonderful tonewood. It is similar in appearance to it's cousin Koa, but lighter in color, and is thought to be
an even better tonewood. This OM will have a classic OM sound, perfect for fingerstyle or folk style music. The Italian Spruce top is beautiful. It has cocobolo bindings, and a Paua Abalone center ring in the rosette.

OM - Brazilian Rosewood / Adirondack Red Spruce

This is guitar is being made for the New England Luthiers Group OM Colaboration project.
It will have some traditional appointments including a 3-ring rosette with red heart abalone center ring,
as well as grained ivoroid bindings. It is still open to debate wheter or not this will be a Style-45 instrument. In all likelihood,
it will be a Style-42, but I can still change my mind on this. The sides are beautifully quartersawn,
straight-grained, brick red Brazilian Rosewood brought into the U.S. back in the early 1960's. They also exhibit some
beautiful spider-webbing. The back is mostly nicely quartered, with a great spalted sapwood stripe up the middle.
The Red Spruce top is nice and hite, with wide grain like what is typically found on pre-war Martin guitars.