In the style of a Gibson/Epiphone Firebird, a tribute to one of the coolest guitars. Gibson was having a moment and hired an automotive industry designer (Kalamazoo isn't that far from Detroit...) to design this one. They even created a special pickup for it (the Firebird pickup). The one in this guitar may be the "best" (everyone's ears and tasete are different): A D'Urbano Magnetics Firebird hand-wound my Mr. Fabulous down under. I added the Vibrola because it is not uncommon, looks cool, and if you only have 1 pickup, you need some extra tricks. The "banjo" like tuners are from Riot Tuners in Oregon and are beautifully made and designed. The scratch plate and truss rod cover were designed and hand cut by me. I hand-carved the tremolo bar tip from a piece of cocobolo. There are some finishing touches I still need to attend to.

This one should be ready Summer 2025 and will come in a very nice padded Road Runner bass bag (as it won't fit into a normal guitar case). A lot of special parts and a lot of work made a special guitar -- this one will list about $1400. If I'm able to part with it...

Shipping CAN be arranged for this item.

I like to infuse meaning into a build, make a great guitar, but also say a little something. Call attention to something that matters and maybe do a little good.

I love our Lowcountry birds! When I learned that there used to be a Lowcountry or Carolina Parakeet (now extinct), and that these beautiful little critters used to flit about the magnolia trees across the land, I was a little bummed. So I built them a line of guitars (eh, do what you can). With each Parakeet I sell, $50 from the price will be donated to a Lowcountry wildlife preservation organization.

The top is Canary wood to represent the parakeet we lost and the back is Magnolia, harvested here in the Lowcountry to represent something prehistoric from the Lowcountry that still endures.

The Cabronita is already available and this double cut LP style will be ready in May 2025, priced around $795. It has the coolest, sleekest wraparound bridge I've found so far (Gotoh) with matching black chrome tuners. This one is almost ready, but I don't have any newer pictures yet.

I want you to love your guitar. That's why I put so much effort into the fretwork and setup. It should feel amazing. I want you to be able to play things you couldn't before.

But it's music, so it has to sound great, too. I can put $200 pickups in every guitar, but then I have to pass all of that cost on to you (and maybe they are not quite the pickups you really wanted). The sonically-fun-for-both-of-us answer is to make the pickups. The point is to bring you that $200 sound for much less. 

Update: I've made Tele pickup sets, Tele bridge pickups paired with a P90 in the neck, made the P90 also, and have some P90 sets in various guitars. I'm about to start making Firebird pickups (mini humbucker in size, but not in design) because they may just be the sound I was looking for: P90 like growl at 10, kinda sweet and pretty about 7 and humbucking. The second Parakeet will have a pair of Firebirds.

For now, they are only available in our guitars.