Coming Soon:
Currently building a guitar I designed at Bridge Builder Custom Guitars. Production is in progress.
Specifications:
Model Name: Orchid 6
Weight: TBD
Top/Back: Quilted Maple with Pink over Blue Stain
Core: Spanish Cedar
Accent Layer: Single Dyed Black Poplar
Neck: 5 Piece Quartersawn Mahogany & Maple with Graphite Reinforcement Bars, 10 Degree Tilt Headstock
Neck Specs: Removeable Spoke Wheel, Inlaid Graphite Reinforcement Bars
Neck Joint: Bolt-on
Fretboard: Ebony
Frets: 22 Jescar Evo (Gold)
Fretboard Inlay: Pearloid Shell Dots
Side Inlay: Bridge Builder Bright-Glo Glow Silver with Green Glow-in-the-Dark Centers
Fingerboard Radius: Compound 9.5”-16” Scale Length: 25.5”
Bridge: Schaller Hannes (Gold)
Headstock Inlay: Pearloid Shell
Pickguard: Pearl
Tuners: Hipshot Griplock (Gold)
Hardware (Tuners, Frets, Pickups Rings): Gold Anodized
Knobs: Witch Hat (Gold)
Nut: Black Tusq, 43mm
Finish: High Gloss Automotive Grade Polyurethane (Body and Headstock) Bridge Builder SuperSilk (Neck)
Strings: D’addario NYXL .010”-.046”
Builds I was a part of:
Below are some guitars I had a part in bringing to life at Bridge Builder.
More photos available https://www.jkennedyguitars.com/builds.
Custom 50 Piece Multi-Material Inlay (Designed & Manufactured by Me)
50 Piece Inlay (Process, Post CNC)
50 Piece Inlay (Inset into Guitar Body)
Figured Hornet
Pale Moon Ebony Hornet
JazzBuilder
Movingi Hornet
Quilted Maple Hornet
Flame Walnut Hornet
Quilted Maple TFX
Quilted Maple TFX
Flamed Claro Walnut Hornet
Quilted Maple TFX
Koa Hornet
Quilted Maple TFX
Quilted Maple JC
Flame Maple Oxcart 7
Pomelle Sapelle Oxcart 7
Left Handed Burl Maple Hornet
KOA Hornet
Quilted Maple Oxcart
Quilted Maple Bass