1998 - Spalt Instruments

G9801 'Blue Square'

Redwood body with Maple neck w/Rosewood fingerboard. Bridge humbucker/neck singlecoil pickup configuration.

G9802 'BU'

I found some old wooden sign letters which yielded the jumping-off point for the design of a few bodies. The guitar has a Mahogany back and a custom-order flame Koa Warmoth neck with Ebony fingerboard (I occasionally used Warmoth necks on some of the first guitars I built).

G9804 'White aRm'

G9805 'Reverse T'

'Reverse T' also makes use of one of the sign letters I found. The guitar has a Redwood body with an Indian Rosewood neck. Fralin P-90 pickups with custom made celluloid covers. The green switch tip is made of catalin, an early form of plastic which was used in art-deco period radios.

G9806 '&'

G9807 'MS'

G9808 'For Rent'

Fralin Strat set, Bird's eye Maple neck. Gotho Steel block tremolo. The body is Mahogany. I found the old 'for rent' sign in the basement of my brother's house in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Judging by the phone number it dates from the 30's or 40's. In order to keep it legible I matched the pickup covers to complete the letters of the sign.

G9809 'Bedrooms'

Redwood body w/ Mahogany neck and Rosewood fingerboard. Two Lollar minihumbuckers, Hipshot bridge and Sperzel locking tuners. I added the recessed f-hole during the final adaptation of the body.

G9813 'Japanese Gold'

Mahogany body with Mahogany neck. Rosewood fingerboard and headstock overlay. Aged Kluson-style Gotho tuners. 2 P-90's with tortoiseshell celluloid custom covers.

G9814 'Gears'

This body always attracted a lot of attention. For a long time I hesitated to turn it into a guitar, since it was very heavy, due to all the metal parts included in the decoration. In the end my Italian distributor Daniele Cabibbe prevailed and I fitted a Mahogany neck w/Rosewood fingerboard and two Lollar Imperial humbuckers. The tailpiece is custom made to fit the design - I also relieved the Mahogany body as much as possible to reduce the weight. It's a spectacular instrument, even though it's still pretty heavy...

X9815 'Red B Blue'

One of the letters I found in my brother's basement. The back had a nice red color. This one remains as 'body only' in a private collection.

G9817 'Gun & Roses'

Poplar body. Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard. Two vintage Gibson minihumbuckers. A rusty old toy gun I found buried in the yard combines with some dried roses. The sculpted body reveals some see-though sections.

G9819 'Guitarguitar'

The first longscale guitar I made, with a 27" scale. The neck is Purpleheart w/Wenge stringers.

G9820 'Leger d'main'

Birch body with Maple neck and Rosewood fingerboard. I came across an old Kahler tremolo which cleaned up nicely. Bridge humbucker and neck singlecoil pickup combination.