OUR WORKS





Beautifully hand crafted guitars.


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.



OUR Work





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Lefthand Dreadnought 001



The guitar that started it all. Our first made was a Lefthand Dreadnought with Cherry Fretboard Markers aligned to the left view Black Walnut back and sides, Engelmann Spruce Top, Maple Bindings, Mahogany Neck, Mercanti Bridge, Black LH Pickguard, Bone Nut and Saddle, Cedar Kerfing, Spruce and Cedar Scalloped Double X Braced soundboard, Rosewood head place, and Madrone back plate. Surrounding the sound hole is a beautiful multi color arrow rosette pointing clockwise.



Dreadnought 002



Mahogany back and sides, beautifully quartersawn Sitka Spruce Top, Mahognay neck, diamond shaped fret markers, Rosewood bridge, bone nut and saddle, Black bindings all around, with a multi stripe herringbone rosette pointing clockwise. Scalloped bracing.



Dreadnought 003



Beautiful Black Walnut of mostly sapwood for a beautiful contrast on the back. This instrument is Black Walnut back and sides, lovely flashy Aspen top, Mercanti bridge, bone nut and saddle, Mahogany Neck, Rosewood heel cap, MOP fret markers in the standard pattern. multicolor rosette with converging arrows at the bottom of the sound hole, butternut bindings on the body, white bindings on the neck. Scallop bracing in the standard dreadnought positioning.



004 Acoustic Bass



Mahogany Back and Sides, Spruce top, Cutaway with Nayto Neck with Curly Maple heel cap, multi line sound hole rosette with white bindings.



005 Dreadnought



Black Walnut back and sides with perfectly quartersawn Engelmann Spruce top loaded with medulary rays or silking, Mercanti bridge, Bone nut and saddle, tricolor brown arrow rosette pointing clockwise, Maple binding throughout, Rosewood fretboard with MOP fret markers, black side markers, faux Tortoise pickguard, Padauk headplate, Rosewood heel cap, Rosewood and Curly Maple end wedge.



006 Orchestra Model



Zebra wood backa and sides with perfectly quartersawn Engelmann Spruce top loaded with Medulary rays (some call this silking). Ebony fretboard with Abalone fret markers, Ebony bridge, Padauk head plate Maple bindings throughout with black side markers on the neck, Mahognay neck, and pearlescent white chrome open back tuners.




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A. R. Savino



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Contact Us
262-629-0628


tony@arsave.com
Open by appointment give us a call.
A. R. Savino Guitar Company is located in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. Conveniently located between Milwaukee, WI, and Chicago, IL. We are only open by appointment however, we will accomodate your schedule.
When a custom guitar is ordered, we will send (email or text) updates as to the progress your custom guitar. Have a special neck you are in love with, bring the guitar along, so we can template the neck and duplicate on your Wisconsin custom built hand crafted guitar.


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