by pagelli | Juli 21, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
In the case of our Massari archtop, the innovative qualities of a combination of carefully considered features are greater than the sum of their parts. First, there’s the wood-on-wood tailpiece design, similar to those found on viola de gambas, which we feel offers...
by pagelli | Juli 21, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
Our first patent! It didn’t do us much good, and we didn’t know the guy who first wanted to buy the guitar, so we sold it to someone else – after all, who knew about Joe Satriani at the time? As a result, the rotating pickup guitar became a curiosity of musical...
by pagelli | Juli 21, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
First introduced on our Golden Fretless Bass in 1997, a fingerboard that continues all the way to the instrument’s bridge is still an innovative feature today. The design allows for long sustain and playablity into the highest range, but of course it only works if...
by pagelli | Juli 21, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
A guitar that’s completely covered in Swarovski crystals, arranged in a sunburst pattern! During the bling era, while rappers were suffering from the weight of their gold chains, we were suffering from a strong desire to build a blinged-out guitar! Initially, we...
by pagelli | Juli 20, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
Djamel Laroussi specified that his band logo – an ancient Touareg cross – would be part his guitar’s appearance (more about that in the customMade section), so we figured out a way to prominently include the symbol into the instrument’s design. But while...
by pagelli | Juli 20, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
The innovation here is that it is really two guitars. On the one hand, it’s an archtop with vaguely f-hole-like soundholes and a compressed voice. But once the cover is removed from the center soundhole, it sounds more open, similar to a Gypsy-jazz guitar. The fact...
