Tip House Guitars

01/22/2026

Finishing up a couple of D28-style guitars in the shop today:

A lot of steel string players don't know what Mahogany actually looks like because of the stained Mahogany necks found on the guitars of Martin,and other American manufacturers.. Natural Mahogany is much a lighter golden brown color that looks almost orange under a clear finish.. This is familiar to...

09/29/2025

Gluing top bracing in the go-bar deck:

08/15/2025

A couple of guitars from the last cohort:

08/14/2025

Next cohort of guitars loaded up and ready to build: three D28-style herringbone models and a D18-style Snakewood special.

04/14/2025

A couple of D18s and a D28 starting to take shape ...

03/19/2025

Getting reqady to start the next set of guitars: two D18s and a D28:
https://www.tiphouseguitars.com/l/marshalling-supplies/

03/06/2025

My new case line - smaller and lighter than my current line up, same price.

01/30/2025

I'm trying a bunch of new things out on this prototype, including gluing the bridge on and using a brass rod to locate the precise saddle slot location by matching the fretted & harmonic octave notes, a trick I learned from Kenny Smith. I have also strung up the guitar without finish in order to voice it by sanding the top, Ala Ervin Somogyi.

01/14/2025

Making and installing herringbone.

01/01/2025

It's always exciting when things begin to look like a guitar. Happy New Years everyone!