Are you dreaming of a custom guitar, and want one on a budget? You can consider having A. R. Savino build one for you. We are in the early stages of building one off guitars, so there are savings to get one built by Luthier A. R. Savino. We have produced multiples (one lefty and the rest are right handed) and have two right handed guitars (Dreadnought and OM style) in process (one for a client, and one for stock). We do not mass produce to ensure the highest quality. Our maximum number of units being made is thhree at a time. This allows for us to work on crafting one of our instruments while the others have time to rest from curing of adhesives, or our hand rubbed blonde shellac to set, and the like. We can use your type of preferred strings, and tuners. We currently have several high quality brand names in stock. You can inquire on brands, and colors. We use Rosewood fretboards, heal caps, and head plates on mahogany necks (we have some other options, too). We hand craft our bridges. Bone Saddles and Nuts are utilized. Beautiful Rosettes are inlayed around the sound hole (several options), and we add endplates. Bindings used contrast the soundboard, and back and side sets. At this time we offer OM and Dreadnought style in left hand or right hand versions. Lead times in the eight to twelve week range, at this time.
Left Hand Dreadnought Style Guitar
eNGELMANN SPRUCE TOP WITH ROSEWOOD FRETBOARD
Left Hand Dreadnought Style Guitar
bACK AND SIDES MADE WITH BLACK WALNUT WITH MAPLE BINDINGS AND MAHOGANY NECK
Left Hand Dreadnought Style Guitar
bLACK gOTOH TUNERS ON A LAMINATED MADRONE BACKPLATE
Head Plate Design
Ebony head plate with inlaid maple logo and client's initials Chrome finish gotoh tuners
End Plate Design
Rosewood with curly maple flanked butternut binding over black walnut sides
End Plate Design
Rosewood with maple end plate flanked by black walnut sides and maple binding
Back of Headstock
The guitar on the left has a birdseye maple back plate and small style tuners the guitar on the right has a curly madrone backplate and large style tuners. All Guitars will now have the headstock trimmed as shown on the left
Front of Right Hand and Left Hand Headstocks
Both headplates are laminated rosewood with bone nuts. All guitars will now have the headstock design shown on the left
Neck Joint
The mahogany neck attachment point to the body with a rosewood heal cap.
Gallery
2022-2023
With every guitar built a sound hole needs to be cutout leaving us with a small piece of every guitar we build.
Dreadnought guitar in process. This one is Rosewood with a back strip and has Maple Binding. The neck fitting process is beginning.
The front of the Dreadnought has light bear claw Sitka Spruce with colorful rosette.
Our fixture for routing the bridge for the saddle.
Head stock logo on Ebony. (First font test). If you have a favorite let me know.
Head stock logo on Padauk. (Second font test).
Headstock logos on Zircote, Padauk and Ebony. (Third font test).
Same as the one shown at the left in the completed stage. This one is customize for our customer.
