Early A-Wedges: Dave’s 3
I went to visit David Schmidt, who has a small collection of custom built guitars and 3 of Kevin's earliest an perhaps most important historical builds-- The Wooden Roundback, the Calico Balmoral, and the first Quilted Maple A-wedge. All the guitars were built in the 90's while Kevin was inventing some of the processes and ideas that he uses today. I visited Mr. Schmidt, in response to a modification that he wanted.
Hart & Huntington
Guitar for "The Company". After Kevin Built Pink's guitar, her husband Cary Hart commissioned him to build a guitar to hang in the Hart in Huntington Tattoo parlor. Features a Quilted Maple Back and sides, Adirondack Spurce top, Maple Neck, and Quilted Maple Fretboard.
Monkey Pod & Sinker Redwood
Monkey Pod back and sides, figured flame mahogony neck, Brazillian Rosewood fretboard and bridge, and a beveled Sinker Redwood top.
Do you own a Kevin Clark guitar? Contact us.
Do you own a Kevin Clark guitar? Please Use the General contact sheet to send your own pictures of your Kevin Clark Guitar, or set up an appointment with Kevin's photographer to come out to do a shoot for you.
KC-40
Introducing the all new KC-40 guitar, featuring a larger uperbout, 4 1/2" body, Indian rosewood or mahogony back and sides, and spruce or cedar top.
Cutaways
This is one of the tightest cutaway radius offered by any luthier. because of the difficulty and process involved with bending wood at this radius, never mind woods like ziricote, cocobolo, ebony, brazilian and the other "crack-woods" Kevin has an up-charge of $300.
Double Neck
"They chose a mastergrade redwood top, Mastergrade laced cocobolo back and ziricote sides, 2 lightwheight 7-string Korina Necks with Madagascar Rosewood Fretboards, and a modified forward X-brace reinforced with the same material that helicopter blades are made of, and 2 L.R. Baggs iMix systems."
Redesigning the acoustic guitar
The 3 year wait is over, Kevin's taking new orders! He's moved his shop and all his equipment from Winsted to Torrington, and is committed to his customers on a full time basis. All his private comissions have been completed and he is ready for new orders
About
Being the man that fixed broken, swelling, sinking, and/or cracking guitars, Kevin had lots of ideas for keeping them together. "Measure twice, cut once", has been his philosophy in regards to not only construction and wood choice, but in the fundamentals of design. Kevin's expertise is specific to the build at hand, and his knowledge and skill are to the degree that he has one of his A-Wedge's entirely out of spalted maple, it sounds good, and it's absolutely solid even after 5 years of abuse from it's touring owner.
More Featured Posts
Classical Cocobolo A-wedge
Gloss Cocobolo back, sides, center stripe and finger board, Sinker Redwood top, abalone shell and mother of pearl. Two-piece nylon string bridge. Forward waste design, [Read more] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Classical Cocobolo A-wedge", url: "http://kevinmichaelclarkguitars.com/?p=779" }); Read More →
Early A-Wedges: Dave’s 3
Story by -Ben Pegg I went to visit David Schmidt, who has a small collection of custom built guitars and 3 of Kevin’s earliest, and perhaps, most important historical builds– The Brazilian Rosewood Wooden Roundback, the Calico Balmoral, and the first Quilted Maple A-wedge®. All the guitars were built in the 90’s while Kevin was inventing some of the processes and ideas that he... [Read more]
Hart & Huntington
This is one of two guitars Kevin built for ‘the company’. The first H+H was given to artist, songrwriter, and record producer Butch Walker while getting a tattoo at the Hart and Huntington tattoo parlor. This second guitar was built for Kevin’s longtime friend Murph, who featured on the hit A&E reality series Inked. The guitar features a Quilted Maple Back and sides, Adirondack Spurce... [Read more]
Blondie
Blondie: Flamed Maple & figured Koa Back & Sides, 3 piece maple, walnut, and myrtle neck, quarter sawn flamed maple fingerboard. Scionic Soundhole, 14 fret-to-body; 20th fret deep cutaway. -Photos taken along the Oregon trail, Massachusetts -> New York -> Pennsylvania -> Ohio -> Michigan -> Indiana -> Illinois -> Iowa [Read more] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Blondie",... [Read more]
Cedar Brinnivere
Kevin’s Been redesiging his brace pattern and introduced a new model in April 2009, which Featured a larger upperbout than his traditional brenivere model, as well as a completely redesigned brace pattern. The Guitar went over so well with Kevin and there owners that Kevin has implemented the brace pattern into the Cedar Brinivere which he’s building alongside 4 other guitars. The Brinivere... [Read more]
