Collector Series Guitars

Of the many guitars to come out of my shop, only a handful qualify for Collector Series status. These guitars represent the culmination of my craft to date, and are the ones I'm personally most proud of. Though all my guitars are essentially custom guitars, these Collector Series guitars stand out in terms of a unified design aesthetic combined with special features and detailing not found on Bashkin Guitars' standard models.

Great Wave

The Great Wave guitar was inspired by my fondness for Japanese wood block prints. The top is Adirondack spruce and the back and sides are a unique set of CITES-certified dark Brazilian rosewood. The binding is curly koa, as is the rosette. The headstock inlay was inspired by Hokusai's Great Wave, probably the best-known example of Japanese wood block art, and was executed by master inlay artist Jimmi Wingert. The guitars is a multiscale, or fanned-fret, design (25.75-25"). The splay or motion of the frets is intended visually to "push" the wave across the headstock. In keeping with the inlay theme, I used fossilized walrus ivory for the nut.

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