Acoustic Custom Options

For Steel String Acoustic Guitars

Headstock Veneer

  • East Indian Rosewood
  • Ebony
  • Ziricote
  • Exotic Rosewood
  • Brazilian Rosewood
  • Specialty Burl

Neck Wood Material

  • 2-Piece Honduran Mahogany
  • 1-Piece Select Mahogany
  • Flamed Maple
  • Flamed Mahogany

Neck Shape And Thickness

  • Modern C .825-.880 or .845-.890
  • Modern D .845-.880 or .870-.915
  • Slim/Flat “Fingerstyle”.815-.880
  • Vintage V .870-.915

Soundhole Size

  • 3 7/8” (Small Body Guitar)
  • 4” (Standard Steel)
  • 4 1⁄4” (Enlarged-Bluegrass special)

Volute

  • Smooth Transition (no volute)
  • Vintage Diamond
  • Half Moon

Fingerboard Inlays

  • Pearl Dots 1/8”-1/4”
  • Paua Abalone Dots 1⁄4”
  • Pearl or Abalone Snowflakes
  • “Ludwig” Custom Inlay
  • “Van Eps” Custom Inlay
  • Other Custom Inlays Upon Request

Fingerboard Binding

  • Usually to match body binding
  • Same Material as Fingerboard to blend in as unbound

Tuners

  • Gotoh SD700 open-back
  • Gotoh 510 18:1 or Delta 21:1
  • Gotoh “M6” Style Full or Mini Size
  • Schaller Grand-Tune open-back 18:1
  • Waverly Open Back 16:1
  • Waverly Engraved On Single Plate
  • Schertler Standard and Slotted
  • STD Enclosed 16:1 Chrome or Black

Finish Choices

  • Satin Catalyzed Lacquer
  • Gloss Catalyzed Lacquer
  • Nitro-Cellulose Gloss or Satin
  • Spirit Varnish
  • Oil Varnish

Stain Choices

  • Vintage Mahogany Brown Stain (Martin Mahogany Color)
  • Walnut Stain
  • 3-Tone Sunburst

Electronics

  • Highlander
  • K&K Products
  • LR Baggs
  • Fishman

Binding Material

  • Figured Maple
  • Ebony
  • Indian Rosewood
  • Exotic Rosewood (Amazon-Madagascar-Brazilian)
  • Brazilian Cherry
  • Ivoroid
  • Tortoise
  • Black or White ABS

Rosette

  • Herringbone 3-Band
  • 1/8” Abalone or Pearl 3-band
  • 1⁄4” Abalone or Pearl 3-band
  • Radial Wood Inlay with Abalone
  • Radial Wood Inlay with center strip
  • 1⁄4” Rosewood with B/W/B
  • 3-Band Wood and Laminate

Neck Joint

  • Standard 2-Bolt Glued Fingerboard Tongue
  • Traditional Dovetail with Hot Hide Glue
  • Full Bolt-on (Available on only certain models)

Soundhole Size

  • 3 7/8” (Small Body Guitar)
  • 4” (Standard Steel)
  • 4 1⁄4” (Enlarged-Bluegrass special)

Brace wood

  • Sitka Spruce
  • Red Spruce
  • German Spruce
  • Lutz Spruce
  • Radial Wood Inlay with center strip
  • 1⁄4” Rosewood with B/W/B
  • 3-Band Wood and Laminate

Bracing Method

  • Signature Modern Hybrid Scalloped
  • 30’s Martin Style Forward-Shifted 1⁄4”
  • Non-Scalloped Straight

Bracing Adhesive Type

  • Titebond (Standard)
  • Hot Hide Glue
  • “All-wood Epoxy” (Cocobolo-Ziricote-Ebony-Exotics)

Body Contours

  • Rounded Cutaway
  • Pointed Cutaway
  • Arm Bevel
  • Chest Bevel
  • Thigh Bevel

Fingerboard/Bridge Material

  • Brazilian Cherry
  • East Indian Rosewood
  • Ebony (Striped and Black)
  • Amazon Rosewood
  • Madagascar Rosewood
  • Brazilian Rosewood

Headstock Shape

  • Snakehead (signature)
  • Square Tapered
  • Slotted Square

Headstock Veneer

  • East Indian Rosewood
  • Ebony
  • Ziricote
  • Exotic Rosewood
  • Brazilian Rosewood
  • Specialty Burl

Neck Wood Material

  • 2-Piece Honduran Mahogany
  • 1-Piece Select Mahogany
  • Flamed Maple
  • Flamed Mahogany

Neck Shape And Thickness

  • Modern C .825-.880 or .845-.890
  • Modern D .845-.880 or .870-.915
  • Slim/Flat “Fingerstyle”.815-.880
  • Vintage V .870-.915

Soundhole Size

  • 3 7/8” (Small Body Guitar)
  • 4” (Standard Steel)
  • 4 1⁄4” (Enlarged-Bluegrass special)

Volute

  • Smooth Transition (no volute)
  • Vintage Diamond
  • Half Moon

Fingerboard Inlays

  • Pearl Dots 1/8”-1/4”
  • Paua Abalone Dots 1⁄4”
  • Pearl or Abalone Snowflakes
  • “Ludwig” Custom Inlay
  • “Van Eps” Custom Inlay
  • Other Custom Inlays Upon Request

Fingerboard Binding

  • Usually to match body binding
  • Same Material as Fingerboard to blend in as unbound

Tuners

  • Gotoh SD700 open-back
  • Gotoh 510 18:1 or Delta 21:1
  • Gotoh “M6” Style Full or Mini Size
  • Schaller Grand-Tune open-back 18:1
  • Waverly Open Back 16:1
  • Waverly Engraved On Single Plate
  • Schertler Standard and Slotted
  • STD Enclosed 16:1 Chrome or Black

Finish Choices

  • Satin Catalyzed Lacquer
  • Gloss Catalyzed Lacquer
  • Nitro-Cellulose Gloss or Satin
  • Spirit Varnish
  • Oil Varnish

Stain Choices

  • Vintage Mahogany Brown Stain (Martin Mahogany Color)
  • Walnut Stain
  • 3-Tone Sunburst

Electronics

  • Highlander
  • K&K Products
  • LR Baggs
  • Fishman