Construction

Exotic Guitars are more than works of Art, they incorporate advanced instrument construction techniques for the ultimate results in sound and playability.

Acoustics are built using design features of Violins. Soundboards are carved archtops which won't sag or depress like flat tops. Bridges are high off the soundboard for increased projection, and carved linings are used instead of kerfed strips, to avoid any acoustic damping effects of uneven surfaces.

All internal joints are carved to allow sound vibrations to flow. Soundboard bracing is also similar to the violin family, unlike the flat top guitar X bracing most arch tops use.

The necks are exceptionally thin, some only 3/4" including fretboard. This is achieved with a truss rod design which uses parts from military tanks, which provide 60,000 lbs of pressure on 1/4". With such a strong adjustable reinforcement, very little wood is necessary in the neck profile, however, only the hardest and most resonant woods are used for necks.

The instruments are hand varnished like violins, unlike all other guitars that have sprayed and buffed laquer that cracks and turns to gum with age.

Five hundred years from now an ExoticGuitar will look like the day it was made...and sound even better.

Materials

Exotic Guitars are constructed of the most precious materials.

The strongest, most resonant, and beautiful woods are used. Soundboards are of spruce, cedar or cypress. Necks and carvings are of rosewood, lacewood, figured maple, satinwood, ebony, figured cherry, and purpleheart to name a few.

Inlay is in pearl of all colors, with jade, emeralds rubies, sapphires, diamonds; and various semi precious stones.

All ivory parts are of organic ivory from the nut of the tagua palm tree of South America. Exotic Guitars will not contribute to the elephant slaughter.

Fretboards are elaborate picture inlay of various colored woods and pearl, such that string bending can never wear away the image. Tuners and all hardware are of gold or silver, with the tuning buttons often elaborate sculptures of their own.