Photos of a handcrafted Classical guitar made by luthier Maxwell Sipe
Two finished classical guitars made with ziricote wood and Honduran rosewood.
A custom Burmese Rosewood classical guitar for the Guitar Foundation of America Convention. Made by Max Sipe, Portland Luthier.
Here is my second steel string of the year. I completed it about a week ago before heading off to the Guitar foundation of America convention. Making the pickguard material is a fun project and I was trying to match the faux tortoise buttons on the Waverly machines. The picture is of my second attempt which was pretty close. The first pickguard I made turned out way too dark. The flamed mahogany is really amazing and I was really happy with how it turned out as I'm really getting the hang of the switch from nitrocellulose lacquer to a water based finish for some of my instruments.
A Spartan model classical guitar made east indian rosewood and spruce with a matte finish and spalted maple accents.
Handmade ukulele or uke out of sinker sitka wood and claro walnuthandcrafted in Portland, OR by luthier Maxwell Sipe.
Pictures of two completed handmade classical guitars by luthier Maxwell Sipe. One is made with African blackwood and the other is of east indian rosewood.