Fatherwood Guitar & Co.

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From our bench

A few of the guitars we’ve built. Each one was made to order, so no two are quite alike. Tap any photo to see it full size.

Winter Wine Festival guitar

One of the Winter Wine Festival guitars we’ve built. This one is all mahogany (top, back and sides), with a custom shop-made rosette and Gotoh 510 tuners.

All-mahogany cutaway acoustic guitar with black binding, shot low and angled against black Front of a Winter Wine Festival guitar on a stand, with a Fatherwood plaque at its base Close-up of the shop-made blue and green burst-pattern rosette around the soundhole, strings crossing over it Headstock with gold tuners and the Fatherwood tree-and-pick logo inlaid at the top Back of the guitar in warm, light-brown wood with a matching neck View from the tail of the guitar showing the curved top, warm brown sides and a dark tail wedge Soundhole rosette and dark bridge on the reddish top Headstock face with six gold Gotoh 510 tuners and a pick-shaped logo, against a gray backdrop Low-angle view of the cutaway body and fretboard with a side soundport visible

F1.Clare.Ca

Our concert-size F1.Clare with a Venetian cutaway. This one has a bearclaw Sitka spruce top, quilted sapele back and sides, and Gotoh 510 tuners.

F1.Clare.Ca cutaway acoustic guitar with a bearclaw Sitka spruce top on a black stand, studio-lit against a dark backdrop The same cutaway guitar turned slightly on its stand, showing its reddish-brown side Quilted sapele back of the F1.Clare.Ca, in warm reddish-brown Full-length view of the neck and headstock with decorative inlays Hands holding the guitar up to the camera, showing the red and orange burst rosette

East Indian rosewood F1.Clare.Ca

An Adirondack spruce top over East Indian rosewood back and sides, with a segmented rosette and a soundport in the upper side so the player hears more of the guitar.

Cutaway guitar with a pale top and dark striped sides lying at an angle on black fabric Front of the pale-topped cutaway with a segmented rosette and dark bridge Round soundport cut into the dark striped side of the guitar Segmented black-and-white rosette with iridescent details on a pale top Close-up of the dark striped grain along the guitar's side and cutaway East Indian rosewood back of the guitar, on a stand

Redwood over mahogany F1.Clare.Ca

A redwood top with a simple ringed rosette, Honduran mahogany back and sides, a side soundport and our logo inlaid in the headstock.

Front of a cutaway guitar with a redwood top and dark fretboard on a stand Strings crossing a soundhole with a simple ringed rosette on a reddish top Headstock with the Fatherwood tree-and-pick logo inlay, guitar body beyond Oval soundport in the warm brown side of the guitar Bridge and saddle on the reddish top, looking up toward the neck

Zebrawood F1.Clare.Ca

Zebrawood back and sides, with an Adirondack spruce top and a segmented black rosette.

Front of a cutaway guitar with an Adirondack spruce top and a segmented black rosette Zebrawood back of the guitar, with bold light-and-dark stripes

F2.Addie

Our larger guitar, with our own original body shape. Two finished builds, and a body in the mold.

An F2.Addie cutaway with a warm brown top, iridescent binding and gold tuners, on dark cloth The body of the warm-brown F2.Addie, showing the cutaway, rosette and pinless bridge A pale-topped F2.Addie cutaway on a stand against a light wall An F2.Addie body in a mold, with the Fatherwood label visible inside

F3.Parlor

Our parlor-size guitar. The one pictured has a master-grade bearclaw Sitka spruce top and koa back and sides, and is sold. Woods and details vary by build.

F3.Parlor parlor guitar with a pale spruce top and koa sides, three-quarter view on dark cloth Front of the F3.Parlor against a dark backdrop, showing the rosette and ebony bridge Koa back of the F3.Parlor with strongly figured grain Solid headstock with Gotoh 510 tuners and an abalone shell headstock emblem F3.Parlor body from a low angle, showing the figured koa side Side view of the F3.Parlor body, with figured koa sides Neck heel of the F3.Parlor meeting the koa back

In the shop

A few photos from the workbench while an instrument comes together.

Hands fitting binding along the edge of a guitar body Binding and purfling strips laid across an open guitar body in the shop A guitar side, bent and clamped in a body-shaped mold A braced guitar back laid over its body in a mold

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Tell us how you play, what you love about the guitars you already own, and what you wish they did better. We’ll take it from there, together.

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