Patented Body and Headstock Design!
	Superb Balance and Ergonomics Not only is the guitar beautifully balanced, but the controls are laid out for your convenience.  Everything falls naturally to your hand.
Semi-Hollowbody Neck Through Design I like the aesthetics of archtop guitars but I am not willing to live with typical archtop feedback problems.   My Neck-Through Semi-Hollowbody design eliminates the excess feedback and achieves an ideal balance at a comfortable weight.  This is a guitar you will want to hold and to play, hour after hour! In the photograph, you can see the curly maple neck, as it goes all the way through the guitar.
	Uniquely Sculpted, Patented, Neck Joint My special, carved, neck joint is not only comfortable, but offers superb access to the 22 Fret Neck.
Solid Wood Carved-Top with Inlaid Accent Line Unlike many other thinline and archtop guitars, there is no veneer-covered plywood here.  These guitars are carved from solid, premium tonewoods.  The violin-style purfling adds a beautiful and eye-catching touch of class to the carved tops.
	Solid Wood Carved-Back I believe that tops and backs carved from solid wood give the guitar a truer "singing" quality than plywood plates can ever achieve.
Fitted Matching Wood Control Cover I got tired of looking at plastic plates on the backs of guitars.  'nuff said.
	Ebony Fretboard with Inlaid Accent Line This subtle, elegant, accent line is continued from the headstock.  It defines the shape of the board and ties in the shape of the fingerboard and headstock.  This picture also shows the unobtrusive truss-rod adjustment hole.
Pickups Lindy Fralin Humbuckers at neck and bridge (except for Lindy Fralin P90s on the Blues Queen).  Lindy Fralin pickups have superb tone and are extremely consistent from guitar to guitar.  In my opinion, they are as good or better than any other pickup you can buy.
	At the Nut One of the weakest spots on every guitar is under the nut ... I put a radiused volute on the back of the headstock and another radius on the headplate veneer.  These features not only add to the aesthetic value of the guitar but also serve as a functional reinforcement of the weakest area of the guitar.
Tuners I use the stunning Gotoh 510 Tuners.  These premium 18:1 ratio tuners are not only ergonomically designed, they are also stunningly beautiful.
	Ebony Carved Top Headstock Veneer Not only does the three-dimensional headplate add structural strength, as I discuss above, but it adds an elegance to my patented headstock.
Ebony Tailpiece The Elite and Jazz Elite come with a carved Ebony Tailpiece (Tone Pro Tailpiece optional).  I love the looks of archtop guitars, so I wanted to have a tailpiece, but I didn't want a floating tailpiece that, in my opinion, robs tone from the guitar.  Therefore, I designed this unique tailpiece that is mounted solidly to the top of the guitar.
	Tone Pro Bridge I use Tone Pro bridges for two reasons.  First, they lock, so that when you are restringing the guitar, the tailpiece doesn't slip off the posts and slide down the top of your favorite guitar, damaging the finish before your eyes.  Second, I feel that the locking mechanisms on the bridge and tailpiece add sustain to the instrument.
5-way Switching for Humbucker and Single Coil Sound I use the premium Dimarzio Multipole switch for coil tapping.  Switch positions are humbuckers at 1,3 and 5; single coils at 2,4.
	Hum-reducing conductive paint in the control cavity
Custom Hard-Shell Tweed Case