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”Getting my hands on a Batson guitar for the first time was quite a revelation. I was awestruck by the incredible visual sense of design first, and then the thing that really mattered (the sound of the thing, that is) was both unique and enticing. The guitar’s tone seems to come from every part of the instrument at once. The balance and clarity were immediately evident. I’ve never heard or seen anything like a Batson guitar, that’s for sure. The instrument is so sonically compelling, and it also benefits from a design aesthetic determined by an approach to sound projection that I have never before encountered…I feel privileged to have finally made the discovery.”
Don Ross (one of the greatest, most respected guitar players in the world)
Brazilian Rosewood Grand Concert
Brazilian Grand Concert
Adirondack/Brazilian Grand Concert with Macassar Ebony Bevel
Adirondack Spruce Grand Concert with Sloped Venetian Cutaway and Brazilian Radial Purfling
Brazilian Rosewood Headstock with Brazilian Radial Purfling
Adirondack/Brazilian Grand Concert
North American Sycamore (sunburst) Headstock
North American Sycamore/Sitka Spruce with Sunburst Finish
Venetian (S-Shape) Cutaway with Select Paua Abalone Purfling
North American Sycamore with Sunburst Finish
Quilted maple Grand Concert with Flamed Maple neck
Cocobolo Headstock
Quilted maple and Sitka spruce Grand Concert
This baby sounds and feels very nice.
Maple and Ebony slotted Headstockwith Violin Tuners
Auditorium Crossover
Auditorium Crossover
flamed maple bevel with ebony purfling lines
Custom Tailpiece with Hebre letter inlay
Maple and Ebony with Violin Tuners
Flamed Maple back, sides, neck
Maple and Ebony with Violin Tuners
Auditorium Crossover
sinker redwood grand concert
oregon myrtle grand concert
Oregon Myrtle with ebony binding
oregon myrlte grand concert back
oh! Canada
Sinker Redwood with Ebony Bevel (grand concert)
myrtle/sinker redwood/ebony bevel
jumbo- marbled walnut back
salvaged redwood top with cocobolo bridge
salvaged redwood jumbo with cocobolo appointments
marbled walnut jumbo back
Jumbo: Walnut/Salvaged Redwood/Koa Bevel
Jumbo: Walnut/Salvaged Redwood/Koa Bevel/Cocobolo bridge & fretboard
cocobolo fretboard with floral inlay
Sinker Redwood top (Grand Concert Model)
Custom 'modified' V-shape neck
Macassar Ebony Grand Concert with flamed Koa Binding
Bill's scorpion inlay
Redwood Burl Headstock with Banjo Tuners
Bill's custom Batson
Bill's custom Batson
Koa, snakewood, sinker redwood
Front of Bill's guitar (Sinker Redwood/Snakewood Bevel)
Florentine Cutaway (sinker redwood/koa/snakewood)
the Back of Bill's guitar (Koa)
koa back, snakewood baskstrip
Redwood Burl Headstock with Banjo Tuners and custom snakewood buttons and a client-specified inlay
custom snakewood tuning machine buttons
Koa with snakewood binding, some back/side purfling and a backstrip
Custom Numbered fret markers
We designed a Scorpion for Bill's 12th fret inlay
Parlor Slotted Headstock with Ebony Veneer and Waverly Tuners
Beeswing Mahogany Parlor with Carpathian Spruce top and 12 fret neck
Oregon Myrtle/Sinker Redwood GC
Grant sanding bridges
Crotch Mahogany (laminated, double back) Parlor, Ebony binding, Maple neck
Cocobolo GC with Ebony Binding
African Blackwood Headstock (w/ some custom inlays)
Curly, sapped Redwood with African Blackwood fretboard, bloodwood binding and some custom inlays
African Blackwood Headstock (w/ some custom inlays)
gluing in the binding
cleaning out the binding channel
'Exclusively Batson' guitars, headed to Long Island
'Exclusively Batson' guitars, headed to Long Island
a group of guitars headed out
Necks with custom inlay
Cory working on a bevel
Our apprentice, Nathan, jointing a back set
Michael Batson learning the trade
Lattice Bracing
Lattice Bracing (Curly Redwood Top)
Oregon Myrtle/Sinker Redwood GC w/ Walnut Bevel
Back of Headstock (Walnut)/Black Chrome Gotoh 510z
Slotted Headstock - Cocobolo
Cocobolo Tailpiece
Port Orford Cedar Parlor, w/ Cocobolo appointments
Quilted Sapele Parlor
Oregon Myrtle/Sinker Redwood GC
Oregon Myrtle/Sinker Redwood GC
Oregon Myrtle/Sinker Redwood GC
7-string Jumbo Baritone (and Grant on a Tractor)
Zebrawood Aud/Venetian Cutaway
7-string Jumbo Baritone (and Grant enjoying a cigar)
Zebrawood/Western Cedar/Venetian Cutaway
Western Red Cedar Aud w/ Venetian Cutaway
Mahogany Radial Purfling - Sitka spruce/Olivewood
Bearclaw Sitka/Olivewood Aud. w/ Radial purfling
Bearclaw Sitka Spruce Auditorium w/ Florentine Cutaway
Fiddleback Mahogany GC
Fiddleback Mahogany/Bearclaw Adirondack/Ebony Bevel
Quilted Maple GC
Englemann Spruce GC
Ebony Headstock
Ziricote Parlor - Venetian Cutaway
Soundport - Ziricote Parlor
Ziricote Parlor headstock
Carpathian Spruce/Ziricote Parlor w/ koa bevel
Carpathian Spruce/Ziricote Parlor w/ koa bevel
Carpathian Spruce/Ziricote Parlor w/ koa bevel
Ziricote Parlor headstock
Ziricote GC with Maple neck
Sinker Redwd/Ziricote GC w/ Koa Bevel
Ziricote Headstock
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
The 'Tilted Palm' Guitar
Jacaranda Back - Auditorium
Surly Redwood Auditorium
Parlor with Macassar Ebony Bevel
Sapele/Spruce Parlor (12 Fret Neck)
Cory and Grant @ Work
Cory at Work
a pile of half-built guitars
our 'Neck Pile'
Sinker Redwood/Macassar Ebony GC
Sinker Redwood/Macassar Ebony GC
Sinker Redwood/Macassar Ebony GC
Sinker Redwood/Macassar Ebony GC
Installing kerfing
Oregon Myrtle/Engleman Spruce Auditorium
Oregon Myrtle/Engleman Spruce Auditorium
Ebony Headstock w/ Black Chrome Gotohs