The Grand Candy, an acoustic of big sound and balanced tone.   This guitar is based upon the Taylor Grand Auditorium, but recalls the shape of the Martin 000-18.    It comes in a variety of tone woods, from Fiddleback Maple to Sapelle Mahogany and Oregon Myrtlewood to Honduran Rosewood.                        

The Djangolin!

The Nashwood “Djangolin” is inspired by the famous guitar designed by the Italian builder Mario Maccaferi for Selmer of France, and immortalized by Django Reinhardt in the development of Gypsy Jazz. Like the Selmer, the “Djangolin” has a steep radius on the top and bottom, making it less a “flattop” and more a domed top instrument. The bracing, like Selmer’s Gypsy guitars, is based upon the Neopoleton Mandolin which runs perpendicular to the grain of the instrument’s top and is often called “ladder” bracing. The bridge is placed at a structural fold called the “pliage”, which allows a great deal of string tension and in turn gives the instrument it’s punch and volume. Two attributes I felt were ideal for mandolin construction. These instruments have all the character, tone, response of a Gibson F-5.