La Due Guitars

The second weirdest guitar ever built in the laboratory of Dr. Frankenluthier; An eight string "octo-bass". Number 130, this guitar is a look at a bass guitar ...played with octave strings like a 12-string. It even required custom made strings. This guitar is my J55B-8 model, made with a Butternut back and rims, Douglas Fir top, Walnut trim. A second attempt would surely yield a better instrument but this turned out very well. Please keep in mind that I'm really not a bass player when you watch the video. See more

La Due Guitars is dropping the land line! The old 692-4338 number is being retired. La Due Guitars and Dr. Frankenluthier can now be reached at 607-725-5886. Guitars related and social calls are both welcome.

Guitar #131 came to life at 4:00 pm today. This is a J53 (jumbo) guitar in Curly White Ash with Padauk trim, Sitka Spruce top and Pau Fero fingerboard. The Ash for this guitar came from a log I acquired just a mile down the road from where I live.

Preparing And Gluing A Bridge

Fabricating a neck blank at the La Due Guitars Workshop

BLACK FRIDAY BLOWOUT AT LA DUE GUITARS. Buy a guitar at the regular price and get it at the regular price! Free set of strings. All guitars made of real wood. A...ll cases open and close. Order now, quick turn around time, only five months. Plenty of free parking! I took the meter down. Every guitar guaranteed to make a sound. Over 5,000,000,000 notes installed in each instrument. No charge for breathing the air while you're the shop. The picture says it all folks: WE'RE HUUUUUUGE! (largest guitar manufacturer in the entire town of Triangle, NY) HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE FROM LA DUE GUITARS See more

It takes a long time to make five guitars. Just reporting the progress at the La Due Guitars Workshop.

A Weird One In The Works. I'm thinking acoustic bass, but with four double course strings, tuned in octaves. I've seen electric basses in this configuration, ...but never an acoustic. Gotta Try it. This one is a jumbo body, 18 inch lower bout with a Douglas Fir top and a Butternut back and rims, specific materials chosen for specific reasons. I'm looking for a fat, mellow sound. This one makes a fifth instrument in the in-process group. Stay tuned! See more

What Sort of Guitars Can You Make Out of This Stuff? In about two years, we'll find out. What is yellow wood? 1 : any of various trees having yellowish wood or ...yielding a yellow extract especially : a leguminous tree (Cladrastis lutea) of the southern U.S. having showy white fragrant flowers and yielding a yellow dye. 2 : the wood of a yellowwood tree. What is yellow wood used for? Native Americans used the wood for building and carvings. Early settlers prized the wood for gunstocks. The root bark of yellowwood was a primary dye ingredient for early settlers in the southern Appalachians. The bright yellow wood is used by woodworkers for small specialty items.