Tiger-tortoise top, Lance Amplification pickups, Mastery Bridge and Vibrato. Arnold Hoyer 1960s whacky shape, walnut neck, wenge fretboard. Fun.

Limited edition black Mastery bridge and vibrato. 3 X Lance WRTB, behind-the-bridge lipstick and under-the-guard piezo pickups.

An amazing amalgam of antipodal avian anatomy. Slathered in metallic blue.

Smoked green burst 30.5" scale mastery monster.

Fantastic beast with gold appointments and TV Jones power.

Fiddleback maple, Lance humbuckers and deco details.

With curtis novak goldfoils, behind-the-bridge pickup and mastery hardware.

Non reverse firebird with internal sympathetic harp. Pelham blue with brass bits. Unique noise making capabilities.

Fun, bigs by equipped double cut guitar with big noise, crazy horse potential. Vintage formica top and matching headstock.

A classy grand piano of a guitar. 28.5" scale - tuned B to B to make the ultimate studio secret weapon. TV Jones Super'trons x 3. Vintage, lacquered brass highlights.

Vintage 'Bayou Fire' Formica over recycled fir with 'Tiger'tort celluloid guard. All in the best possible taste.

Colourful recycling scheme ! A fantastic player with sparkly Lance Amplification pickups and ice cream parlour hues.

Bigsby. Tv Jones. Gold on gold !

Inspired by the Guya LG200T and the Intermark Cipher. Curtis Novak pickups, Mastery M1 bridge & vintage Hagstrøm tremar. Amazing to behold and this one stayed local - 5 minutes from the workshop !

The double cut cookie-cutter gets an 80s make over with a little Giorgetto Giugiaro Nikon F3 / Volkswagen Golf highlight here and there ...

Japanese angularity. Absolute simplicity.

Very classy. Hagstrøm tremar. Lance pickups.

A sunburst semi hollow twelve for a friend.

Recycled materials. Colourful language. A dreamy birthday surprise.

Blue formica over douglas fir. 28.5" scale. Lance custom pickup trio. Handmade tailpiece. 6 position rotary control.

douglas fir body with recycled basketball court top, queensland maple neck. headstock veneered with yardsticks. ABM bridge. harvester aluminium tailpiece. happy birthday van !

With spectacular TV Jones trons, gold acrylic guard and unique handmade parts. 25" scale. Super solid feel from the full-width tenon neck joint and the brass tailpiece.

Douglas fir and Queensland maple. Wenge fretboard. Full size lance humbuckers. Solid sounds.

Colour inspiration from a neighbourhood parked-car. Beautiful, unique WRFB pickups from Lance Amplification ( my in-house brand and partner in sonic exploration ). The full Mastery.

Aluminium + padauk neck. Lance single coil trapezoidal-bobbin pickups. Unique up on it.

With Lance bass mini-humbuckers and hand made brass bridge / tailpiece combo.

Built to accomodate vintage Kay speedbump pickups and the glorious Mastery bridge / vibrato combination. Hollow construction. Macassar fretboard.

That Wandrè shape again, this time in my favourite baritone scale - 28.5" with Mastery gear and Lance pickups - WRTB in the bridge and Z coils in the middle / neck positions. Lush.

Recycled formica over redwood, ebony fretboard, Lance Amplification Rod/Claw RC90 pickups. 28.5" scale. Twangy.

32" scale. Recycled hoop pine body. New Guinea Rosewood neck. Lance Amplification WRTB4 pickups. Big fun.

Offset Harvester with Lance Amplification WRFB pickups ( wide-range magnet pole mini-humbuckers ) and low tension Bigsby setup. Dreamy tremolo action with jazzblaster-esque output !

Mastery bridge and a set of hand-wound Fralin pickups combine with fine, art-deco details to make this recycler-finish harvester unique. Fralin twangmaster and P90 pickups, stainless steel string plate, bound kurly koa headstock. Twangin' !

Surf colour, surf sounds. This thing rips. Vintage spec'ed pickups from Lance Amplification and Mastery gear to boot.

A special, sparkled creation with behind-the-bridge weirdness and Mastery Bridge awesomeness. Four x unique WRFB pickups by Lance Amplification wound exclusively for this Harvester.

A new Custöhm with Lance Amplification RC90s and a custom alloy tailpiece. Light and lively.

for sale * at foundsound in melbourne. twelve ( count 'em ) strings and two WRTB pickups from Lance Amplification. Each pickup has twelve ( count 'em ) magnet poles - in the style of the Seth Lover fender humbuckers of the 70s. New Guinea walnut neck, hoop pine body. the lightest harvester goldthwait yet.

'candled' black rose lacquer, hollow body, tv jones t-armond pickups, mastery bridge and vibrato, two tiered acrylic pickguard, nutty pickup angles, beaucoup binding - this guitar has the lot. the t-armonds sound spectacular.

a lovely rhubarb-red machine with 'the full mastery' and a set of lance amplification wide-range-t-bird pickups. the body and headstock shapes are inspired by the wandre tigrè.

a 23.5" scale little secret weapon. this guitar plays nicely in dropped tunings with a set of 12 to 54s and a lazy B16 bigsby setup. it features Roadhouse Vistatone pickups - with their unique Supro twang and a whole world of touch sensitivity and gain potential. the fretboard is some rare, bold striped ebony over a queensland maple neck - with a slim fender-esque carve. the body is yet another culled from my 1930s clear, straight hoop pine stock. enjoy

another collaboration with australian artist jeff raglus. psychedelic paint under clear lacquer over an ash slab body and queensland maple neck. unique handmade tailpiece, ruby acrylic guard ... it's currently brightening up my workshop no end. enjoy !

recycled redwood body with its original weathered green paint in situ stabilised under clear lacquer. slender neck of queensland maple. lance amplification pickups ( jazzmaster poles in the neck position ) rotary switch, unique tailpiece, space-age, split-level ivory acrylic guard.

With Mastery bridge and vibrato on the short 24" scale this cutie is a fine player. I had a hard time letting go. My loss is Portland Oregon's gain this time around. Featuring remilled hoop pine, New Guinea rosewood and a special ebony veneer on the bound hatchet-headstock. Pickups by Curtis Novak.

Another Goldthwait medium-scale bass. New Guinea Rosewood neck with carbon fibre re-enforcement and Koa headstock veneer. Re-milled hoop pine body and a pair of 'plonky' Curtis Novak gold-foil reproduction pickups.

Recycled redwood mantlepieces with thier original paint stabilised under nitro lacquer and sliced into firebird form. Pickups by Lance Amplification - handwound for Harvester. Mastery bridge and vibrato. NOS laminex marble headstock over a queensland maple neck.

32" scale bass from recycled woods : queensland maple, silky oak, douglas fir. Padauk fretboard, TV Jones Thunder'trons and an ebony/brass bridge.

A Mastery equipped offset bodied, set-neck guitar. Pickups by Lance Amplification with jazzmaster magnet poles in the neck position and regular P90 at the bridge. 25" scale. Queensland maple.

*Sigh* ... asymmetry, it's my favourite kind of symmetry ! This exploration of one of Antonio Pioli's original shapes from 1960s Italy features a New Guinea Rosewood body topped with vintage formica sheet. NOS Hagström tremar, Manlius pickups, Mastery M5 bridge. 'Buddy' headstock of aluminium and myrtle.

For a friend. Tele cookie cutter shape with 25" scale and a compact build for a female player ( neck to body join occurs at the 15th fret ). Glorious TV Jones pickups and Hipshot bridge. Recycled/remilled hoop pine body, two tone paint, blackheart sassafras headstock veneer over queensland maple, custom harvester parts.

Finished in rustic 'Black Rose' sunburst lacquer, this special twin-pickup Harvester bass was a pleasure to build and is amazing to play. As a bass player I'm really enjoying watching these these little instruments evolve. This one features an ebony and brass handmade bridge and gold foil pickups from Curtis Novak in California. 32" scale.

A colaboration with amazing Australian painter, designer, flugel-horn player, guitarist, composer and graphic artist Jeff Raglus. Jeff painted the thinline Victorian ash body and the 'evil eye' inlay for the headstock while I cooked up some whacky, offset-waist 60s Chicago influenced luthiery. 25" scale, Manlius ( NY ) hot howling goat pickups, one-off prototype Harvester trapeze tailpiece etc etc

A request from a customer to explore the shapes of the Californian 1970s metal-neck pioneer - with a Harvester twist led to this little beastie. Pickups by Jerry Sentell. bridge by Hipshot and lots of custom fabrication by Harvester. Enjoy !

Another riff on the inspirational work of Antonio Wandrè Pioli. Hybrid neck design of padauk and aluminium. Curtis Novak pickups custom wound to fit the harvester trapezoidal mould. Red smoked lacquer finish. Mastery-ed up the ying-yang [ Mastery M5 bridge and vibrato ]. NOS Schadow pushbutton array. Fun times.

Rustic douglas fir remilled and rejigged into our favourite, fiery, avian form factor. gorgeous TV jones pickups. Whacky italian-job headstock.

With a body made from 'Sugar Shed' hoop pine ( roof beams from a 1936 sugar warehouse ) and a neck of beautiful padauk with ziricote board - this one was a pleasure to put together as a 'back burner' guitar for direct sale. I have modified the bigsby trem to simulate the lazy action of a vintage grestch or guild archtop - without tension-bar and fine-tuned it's geometry with a unique recess into the guitar's top. Pickups are from Manlius in NY - a wide range humbucker in the neck and strong P90 at the bridge.

A variation on one of my favourite themes. P90 pickups by Roadhouse. Vintage NOS trem by Hagström of Sweden. Padauk fretboard. Queensland maple body and neck. 25" scale.

Another in the Recycler series, this time in familiar cookie-cutter form. Pickups by Manlius. Bridge by Mastery. Black-painted brass plates inspired by my vintage Nikon camera. 25" scale with the neck/body join at the 15th fret. Padauk fretboard. Queensland maple neck. Douglas fir body.

A lovely koa topped twelve. 15.5" Hoop pine body. Figured queensland maple neck. + A sparkling set of TV Jones Super'trons.

Another hybrid metal neck guitar - again featuring the 'Buddy' headstock style. This one takes some sentimental inspiration from the customer's grandfather's favourite 1960s Glastron boat! Trapezoidal'Narrow Range' pickups custom made for Harvester by Curtis Novak. Bridge by Mastery.

Another Wandrè inspired beast. NOS Hagstrom tremar and Teisco goldfoils complete this one. Sounds like a Steinway that ate a Sho-Bud.

24" scale. Curtis Novak goldfoil pickups. Mastery bridge & tremolo. Ziricote fretboard.

3 pickups, no waiting! NOS Hagström tremar. A slinky little design exercise inspired by some of my customers' 1960s vintage Kalamazoo built guitars - with a re-designed neck joint and 'reverse batwing' 'stock. Fun.

Third in the series. This one has a body of lovely close grained australian cedar ( toona australis ) topped with douglas fir. Super lightweight and resonant. Queensland maple neck, padauk fretboard. P90 style pickups handwound by Schuyler Dean of San Fransisco.

Antonio styled after the Wandrè Cobra ~1963. with mastery bridge and vibrato. custom-wound single-coil pickups by jerry sentell.

With a single vintage gold-foil pickup and a unique offset-tulip body shape. 'Sounds like 4 pianos'.

Purple ! With a 'behind the bridge' lipstick pickup which can be engaged with a slider switch - then mixed with the 'normal' signal. Curtis Novak jaguar vintage style pickups, Mastery bridge and vibrato. Fun.

Using my new interpretation of the Wandrè slotted headstock for the first time, this guitar features smoked finish, 'W' hole, giant recessed phenolic volume control and NOS Hagstrom Tremar. Timbers used are Sheoak, Padauk and Queensland Maple. The three Manlius NewYorker humbuckers sound incredible.

Owing a lot to dear old Antonio 'Wandre' Pioli & with a brave customer looking for something unique and loud ... this one took me in a more sculptural direction. Less decorative, less textures and layers, more machine-like grace ( i hope ! ) - design-wise it aims to fuse a few of Pioli's more Daliesque moments into one slippery shape.

A 34" scale monster of a bass. Replicated in mahogany and queensland maple with a little carbon fibre reinforcement in the slender neck. The pickups were wound for me by Thunderbucker Ranch in Oregon. Enjoy Rene ! I'm jealous.

From the Recycler series. So much fun to make. This one howls for hi-watts !

Another rustic fir topped batwing baby. This time featuring Roadhouse P90s. The padauk fretboard is the key to some great sustain and snap through those lovely pickups.

A very 'custom' build for a Queensland customer. Figured Queensland maple body with padauk neck and Indian rosewood board. The NOS 60s Hagström tremar is the pivotal point in this whole equation ... set as a floating trem with Gibson style neck angle - the feel is delightful. Manlius pickups P90 and New Yorker Deluxe - wound as a matched pair.

For my good friend Liam - this wooden necked guitar takes it's shape from the Wandrè powertone ( as does the Antonio Prototipo below ). Here it is matched with a Welson inspired neck in my favourite 25" scale. The pickups were wound for us by Mick at Manlius Guitars in NY.

Harvester Antonio hybrid neck-through system with tremolo in the style of the Wandrè Tigre. 3 X P90 pickups custom wound for Harvester by Curtis Novak. Candled deep gold lacquer. Padauk board. 25" scale.

Well, I have said a lot about this guitar in these pages ... it marks the first foray into hybrid aluminium/paduak neck construction. 25" scale. custom pickups wound by Manlius ( NY ) Candled black-rose burst lacquer. 4 way switching - utilising NOS Schadow mixing-desk array.

With recycled/reclaimed/resawn brush box basketball court flooring as a snappy hardwood drop-top, this guitar has a body of lightweight, chambered basswood & a neck of stunning tiger striped maple. 25" scale. ebony board. bigsby B5. tone-pros tune-o-matic. vintage Gibson deluxe humbucker at neck position and Sentell P90 at bridge. The bound headstock overlay is made from ancient folding tape measures inlaid with a small roundel of the basketball court. Delightful to play, I'm enjoying the nexus of bigsby, ebony board & mini-hum.

Lightweight, thin bodied, short scaled, tele styled, harvester re-imagined machine for Daniel in Norway. The push button ( Schadow N.O.S. vintage mixing console switch ) engages the pickups ( customer supplied dano re-issues ) in series for extra grunt.

25" Scale 21 Fret White Beech body/neck Ebony Board

Another from the Simpletone series of 2010. A Curtis Novak JM180 pickup ( like a lively P90 in jazzmaster clothing - with a switchable whole 'nother level of power available on demand ) is the heart of this instrument. The fancy Koa headstock overlay elaborates on a very spartan theme in flatout 'fyrbyrd' red. With NOS bakelite knobs, Jetsons approved pickguard, brigalow fretboard, wraparound bridge and all-round snotty 'junior' attitude.

For my good friend and band-mate Willy. Made with a very Les Paul Junioresque bat of a neck and a slightly shorter 'Smurfhead' headstock as requested. 25" scale 12" radius 2 x Seymour quarters. Australian White Beech body and neck.

Something a little different ... a 25" scale offset waist beauty ( ? ) with a TV Jones Classic Filtertron where it counts. 20 frets to allow for a bridge set back into the body. Rosewood board with large frets. Lightweight wraparound bridge. Custom/Maverick mutant headstock with Rickenbackerised tuners and custom alloy string tree ...

A 'Non Reverse' style guitar in blue. This one has 3 P90 style pickups and a fretboard of Queensland Ironwood. The centre pickup is wired thru a 'blend' knob. Made for my good friend, Dave Brown. 2006

An offset-waist 24" scale set-neck beauty for a good friend. My first commissioned instrument, my first 'offset' build. *sigh*