E Harp Guitar with Inlay

It is a traditional practice of mine to always embark on two builds whenever I receive a commission.

This is for several reasons. On one hand it is practical. If I make two instruments side by side I double up on efficiency but also have a “plan B” if I make an irredeemable mistake along the way. Hopefully.

Another reason, on the other hand, is that by the time I finish an instrument my client is usually very anxious to receive it and it is difficult to arrange a proper photo session let alone a going away party. For this reason I suffer terrible separation anxiety. If I have another sibling instrument in the pipeline my suffering is lessened to some extent, and I also have the opportunity to go overboard with embellishment if I feel like it.

This Harp Guitar has all the engineering of the first effort with an additional attention to inlay and electronics.

A unique “smart” switching system allows the player to use a single stereo 1/4” cable to run a stereo signal into a dedicated stereo instrument amplifier. One can also use two mono 1/4” cables to run stereo signals into two different mono instrument amplifiers. A single mono 1/4” cable can also be used to run a summed mono signal into a single conventional instrument amplifier.

Lightweight 16:1 ratio Peghed brand tuners are used to keep the instrument nicely balanced. After spending some time with this large menagerie of strings, one tends to begin to develop a muscle memory directed at the lower spectrum of frequencies. Little stabbing and flipping motions exude monstrous low frequency accompaniment to the guitar. Try to set aside a little time to explore and be sure to take pictures while you are there.