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Stonetree's custom built guitars are customer specific and tailored for the individual artist. Customers choose body style, neck profile, fingerboard, fretwire, pickups, embellishments, colors, etc. All instruments feature the finest available tonewoods, quartersawn wood for necks, genuine mother-of-pearl or abalone fret markers, bone nuts, stainless steel fretwire, superior hardware and electronics, CTS and Switchcraft components, Buzz Feiten Tuning System and thin nitrocellulose lacquer finishes for the ultimate in tone and reliability. These ingredients are crafted into  functional works of art. Even the most basic instrument is tweaked to the nth degree and packed with tone! Kit parts are not used--I begin each guitar with raw lumber.

Click here to view examples of my inlay work

We also have a limited stock of old growth Brazilian Rosewood. When it was actually harvested, nobody knows, but it was acquired over 30 years ago. This rare and beautiful wood is excellent for fingerboards or a striking top plate on a guitar or bass body.                                                                  Call 307.326.8170 or email scott@stonetreeguitars.com for a quote.

'So pretty--makes you want to slap your grandma!' Billy McCoy-lead guitar w/Janie Fricke

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Paul Sapata

Spanish Cedar body and neck-thru, maple top, Barden pickups

Ray Schwartz

Swamp ash w/maple binding, maple neck, Fralins

Curt Lund

Roscoe Deluxe Sr. w/interchangeable necks, Fralins, tooled leather pickguard

Jim Olsen

Maple top on chambered Korina, Brazilian fingerboard, Fralins

Alysia Kraft

Sitka spruce top, maple back & sides, rosewood fingerboard & bridge.

Brian Sauer

Red burl top, mahogany back & set-neck, B-bender, Fralins, roller nut

Jimmy Karp

Mahogany body w/mahogany set neck, 24.75" Indian rosewood fingerboard, Seymour Duncan pickups

Rick Jones

Quilted maple top on chambered mahogany body, Birdseye fingerboard, Fralin Vintage hot

Paul Sapata

Chambered mahogany w/spruce top, Fralin P-92s, birdseye maple fingerboard, neck, Bigsby

 

Joe Bonamassa

BARITONE mahogany body/neck, Brazilian fingerboard, Duncan lipstick pickups

Eric 'Roscoe' Ambel

Chambered mahogany w/spruce top, Fralin P-92s, rosewood fingerboard, Bigsby

 

Joel Platts

Chambered mahogany w/spruce top, Fralin P-92s, rosewood fingerboard, Bigsby

Kenton Morin

Carved flame maple top, chambered mahogany back, Brazilian fingerboard, Duncan Blackback pickups

Rick Goryeb

Mahogany body and neck, Brazilian fingerboard, Fralins

Joe Bonamassa

Mahogany body & neck, Fralin pickups, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard

Mike Sanford

Chambered mahogany body w/flame koa top, one piece rosewood neck, Fralins

Rick Goryeb

Lefty with swamp ash body, birdseye maple fingerboard, Fralins

Steve Mesple

Swamp ash body, birdseye maple fingerboard, Fralins

Jackie Fish

Swamp ash body, ebony fingerboard, Fralin pickups, B-Bender

Roscoe

Alder body, rosewood fingerboard, Fralins. Custom paint by Todd Hanson of Hanson Graphix.

Billy McCoy

Swamp ash body, Birdseye maple fingerboard, Fralins

Here's what one of my recent customers had to say...

Scott, I had to write to say thank you for building the perfect T-style guitar for me. I’m having trouble putting it down long enough to write…

My new Stonetree is everything I wanted when I first ordered this guitar, and all the pieces came together better than I could have imagined. In terms of looks, it is a thing of beauty. The finish is the perfect compliment to the birdseye maple neck and fretboard, as well as the maple body binding (what a great choice that was!). The abalone inlay work is gorgeous and truly makes it a personalized instrument, one that I’m proud to show off and brag a little about. Even the case is a work of art.

Looks are something that catches your eye, but the tone and playability you have produced are what keeps bringing me back to it. Acoustically it just resonates and rings the way all of my favorite guitars have. I find myself playing it unplugged time and again because it just sounds and feels perfect for me. Of course plugged in it has all that Tele-twang and spank that I was looking for, but it’s that acoustic tone and feel that makes it a truly great instrument to me.

Finally, I have to compliment you on your woodworking skills. The craftsmanship on my new guitar is of the highest quality, better than anything I have seen in a guitar in a long time, including some more expensive guitars I have gone through. The fit and finish are perfect as are the balance and feel. It’s obvious that you love what you do because you do it so well, and it shows. And I can honestly say I’m so glad that I picked you to build my dream guitar. It was one of the wisest decisions I’ve made in a long time! Great job, and thanks for working with me so closely to finalize the specs and build the guitar I’ll always have handy. I can’t imagine you topping this one, but when I save up enough money I may just have to put you to the test on a matching S-style…

Ray

Susan Sangiacomo

Dulcimer with walnut top, back & sides, Waverly tuners

Roland Pritzker

Maple/Purpleheart neck-thru, alder/flamed maple body, ebony fingerboard and Basslines active soapbars.

Michael Hewett

Swamp ash body, rosewood fingerboard, Fralins

Curt Lund

Swamp ash body, rosewood fingerboard, Fralins and B-Bender

Sam Platts

Swamp ash body, birdseye maple fingerboard and Fralins. Yes, that's my boy!

Curt Lund

Hardtail, one piece alder body, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, Fralins.

Dennis Feeney

Swamp ash body, birdseye maple fingerboard and Fralins

Steve Kaufman

Swamp ash body, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and Fralins

Staley Rogers

5 String neck-through bass, alder/quilted maple body, maple/purpleheart neck w/ebony fingerboard and Duncan Basslines active soapbars, 3-band EQ.

Shane Douglas

Quilted maple on chambered swamp ash, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard.

Eric 'Roscoe' Ambel

Swamp ash body, birdseye maple fingerboard and Fralins.

Tammy Newkirk

Chambered swamp ash w/flame maple top, Bois 'd Rose fingerboard and Bardens.

Joe Parrie

Maple neck through, Pau Ferro/Alder body, Pau Ferro fingerboard and Basslines active soapbars.

 

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