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Taos Nylon String Crossover Guitar - SOLD

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    Taos

    This guitar features a western red cedar top with cocobolo back and sides. The scale length is 25.5". Although a nylon string instrument, this guitar is made with playing comfort in mind. The finger board sports a compound radius, starting at the nut at 16". The fingerboard is 1.875" wide at the nut. The top features a traditional version of Torres 7 fan bracing. The rosette is a Celtic horse of awabi abalone. All of the typical Lame Horse features are here, including adjustable playing action, access panel, and upgraded VS Tuners. Please take a look at the photos below, and listen to the sound sample included with video below.   Price $10,900. 

    SOLD!

    Video

     Please check out an audio sample of the guitar on this video. The recording was made with one SE5200 microphone directly to a Tascam digital recorder. The recording is not modified in any way. No equalization or effects were added. What you hear is all guitar, nothing else.

    La Cathedral OM - Available from Lame Horse Guitars

    Contact us about this beautiful OM.  Specs - Top-Engelmann spruce. Back and sides - highly figured katalox. Neck 7 piece Honduran mahogany. Fingerboard - ebony. Bridge - Indian rosewood. Scale length - 25.5” 14 fret. Rosette - pomelle bubinga, red abalone, turquoise, with 10 sound holes, side port. Head plate - pommelle bubinga. VS tuners with ebony buttons. Rear access panel. Adjustable playing action. $10,900

    La Cathedral

      Western Red Cedar - Koa Saddle Pal

      This instrument is one of the the most sensitive and responsive guitars we have ever built. Please take a moment to listen to the demo below. It is for sale at

       The North American Guitar - Nashville - London.


      SOLD

      Listen to a Demo of This Guitar

      In Progress Photos

      Top Bracing

      Cedar Top Being Finished

      Top Bracing

      As unconventional as a Saddle Pal rosette may look at times. The bracing is not so unconventional at all.

      Inside

      Cedar Top Being Finished

      Top Bracing

      The double sides are maple finished with a Celtic pattern in keeping with the rosette.

      Cedar Top Being Finished

      Cedar Top Being Finished

      Koa Back Undergoing Finishing

      We use a special algorithm to select all our tops for the perfect density and stiffness. We carefully measure the Young's modulus, density, and longitudinal resonant frequency of all wood we are considering as guitar tops.

      Koa Back Undergoing Finishing

      Koa Back Undergoing Finishing

      Koa Back Undergoing Finishing

      The weight and resonant properties of koa seem to work extremely well for our Saddle Pal model.

      Rosette and Side Ports

      Koa Back Undergoing Finishing

      Back, Side, Ebony Binding

      A long laborious process of listening and measuring the spectrograms of the various modes of vibration of the guitar is done to achieve final voicing and determine final port sizes.

      Back, Side, Ebony Binding

      Koa Back Undergoing Finishing

      Back, Side, Ebony Binding

      And of course, in the end, it all has to look nice!


      Finished Photos

        Price of Cedar - Koa Saddle Pal $9800. SOLD

        This guitar comes in a custom Calton Case.  Equipped with Graphtech slot head tuners, custom made for Lame Horse Instruments, and has all standard Lame Horse features - access panel, adjustable playing action, 7 piece neck, and slotted peg head.

        THIS INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN SOLD BY THE North American GUITAR!

        Honduran Mahogany Ukulele

          Two Lame Horse Komona Wanna Leiya Ukuleles

          Click on the blue action button to read the story of the "Original Cowboy Ukulele."

          Both Solid Honduran Mahogany Top, Back, and Sides

          We feel Honduran mahogany gives the best combination of bark and sweetness for the perfect ukulele sound. 

          TENOR UKULELE

          These ukuleles have almost exactly identical specifications, however, they are different sizes. One is the popular concert size, being slightly larger than a soprano uke. The other is a tenor, the next larger size up from a concert. Price -Tenor $799 - Concert $699

          Specifications

          This instrument has solid Honduran mahogany back, sides, and neck. It has rosewood binding, peg head overlay, fingerboard, and bridge. It has geared Grover ukulele tuners with black buttons. Bone is used for the saddle and nut. A cowgirl pinup is on the back. These images are very durable. However, these images are also easily removed for anyone who just prefers a plain mahogany back to the graphic. A hardshell, green velour lined, faux alligator case is supplied with the instrument. Photos of the details of the instrument and case are included.

          Learn the History of the Cowboy Ukes

          Unlike our guitars and Gitjos which are all made in Texas, these ukuleles are made of imported parts, and only partly constructed by us in an effort to keep their price low. However, the quality of the uke and its sound is high.

          Click here to Read the Story of the Original Cowboy Uke

          OM Model - SOLD!

          This black topped Italian alpine spruce - Madagascar rosewood  guitar is our latest OM. It features  a Venetian cutaway, ebony fingerboard, a nontraditionally shaped sound hole, Macassar ebony bindings, Tibitian turquoise purflings, and Tibetian turquoise  buttons on custom VS tuners. The rosette is crafted from away abalone, Tibetian turquoise, green abalone, and black pearl. Of course, like all Lame Horse Guitars, it features adjustable playing action, multi laminate Honduran mahogany neck, and a rear access panel.

          Brian Love describes and demonstrates the OM.

          Lame Horse OM

            Give her A Listen!

            Sold, but we would love to make you one

            by the The North American Guitar

            London, England

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