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Dart Instruments

Name: Dart Instruments
Address: 520 Highway 128, Philo, CA, 95466, US
Telephone: +17078952493
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12/22/2022

Just finished & for sale! This 14-fret parlor guitar has a reclaimed local old growth redwood top, Honduras rosewood sides & back, boxwood binding/heelcap, colorful marquetry purfling, ebony bridge/fretboard/peghead overlay, and a Honduras mahogany neck.

The redwood top has gorgeous medullary grain pattern & from a tree that was easily 1,000 years old - maybe much older - with 25 growth rings per inch over what we’re assuming was at least a four-foot radius. Any redwood experts want to weigh in on this?

This one is also David’s first guitar with a soundport, on the player’s side upper bout. The soundport acts as a monitor, directing sound waves towards the player’s ears as well as from the front aperture. This guitar sounds a lot bigger than its parlor size - available for demo at the Dart Instruments showroom.

$7,500

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12/09/2022

TOMORROW: December 10, 2022

David Dart Holiday Pop-Up Showcase

1 - 7 PM

10500 Lansing Street, Mendocino (across the street from Harvest Market)

Meet Mendocino County master luthier David L. Dart & try out some of his finely crafted musical instruments. David has designed and built nearly sixty different types of instruments in his career: guitars of many varieties, all members of the mandolin family, lutes, hurdy-gurdys, Appalachian dulcimers, basses large and small, four sizes of ukuleles, and many more.

Featuring acoustic guitars, a fretless acoustic bass, as well as a pair of ukuleles for demonstration and purchase.

12/07/2022

Brand new and FOR SALE: 2022 David Dart all-mahogany parlor guitar. This one has a dynamic & well-balanced sound; don’t let the small body fool you. 14 frets to the body & a 24-3/4” string length for smooth bends and light action. Perfect for singing holiday tunes around the fire!

David’s parlor guitars tend to get snapped up quickly, so get in touch ASAP if you’re interested in this beauty.

$7,500 w/ hard shell case

Priority holiday shipping available.

Features: Figured Honduras mahogany top / back / sides / neck, ebony fingerboard / bridge / peghead overlay, Honduras rosewood binding, herringbone purfling & soundhole inlay, hand-cut abalone fingerboard diamond inlay, mother-of-pearl Dart logo.

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12/03/2022

Brand-new custom dreadnought (or is it dreadnaught?) for our talented friend .media - Honduras mahogany & Sitka spruce, Honduras rosewood binding, ebony fretboard/bridge/overlay, and custom feather fretboard inlay. Maybe you’ll see this one at an upcoming gig!

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11/19/2022

“This is a guitar I made for my son Eli Dart. The size and style were made to his specs and the ornamentation for memories. The back and sides are made from wood my Grandfather (Eli's great grandfather) harvested in Angola, Africa, in the early 1920's. I do not know what kind of wood it is. It is heavy and a bit waxy like Rosewood and beautiful! The top wood is Sitka Spruce from Ketchikan Alaska. A big blow-down, not logged, and shipped as split blocks to be sawed by me into top wood.

The ornamentation is from his memories of growing up on a ridge in Redwood country and a swing in a Maple tree. The Green Man is watching over it all.”

-David Dart

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11/17/2022

Brand new: custom David Dart parlor guitar, with master-grade Sitka spruce top, Honduras rosewood sides & back, Honduras rosewood neck, fine herringbone purfling, ebony appointments, and celestial-themed inlay. That’s the Scorpio constellation on the upper frets ✨🪐

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05/10/2022

This baritone growls on the bass end & still sings through the treble notes. We built this one based on David’s Small Jumbo (SJ) body. Its 28.5” string length holds all the way down to a low A & feels great tuned to B as well. There are sixteen frets to the body, so it’s a breeze to play your first position phrasings & grips all the way up around the 12th feet octave. Nimble & dynamic response for fingerpickers & powerful projection when flat-picked.

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05/09/2022

📷: Justin Gordon /

02/02/2022

Just shipped: a gorgeous custom Honduras rosewood / Sitka spruce OM guitar, this time with David’s ever-popular hummingbird, abalone purfling, and a slot head. The ab purfling combined with boxwood binding beautifully contrasts the dark rosewood.

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11/23/2021

Work in progress: Sitka spruce & Honduras rosewood OM guitar, with slot head, boxwood binding & abalone purfling, as well as David’s ever-popular hummingbird inlay ✨
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Address

520 Highway 128
Philo, CA
95466

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17078952493

Website

http://www.luthier.com/

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