Paul Rhoney

Making a batch of Oceana Juniors

Paul Rhoney — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:42:16 +0000

Baritone Paramour Prototype

Paul Rhoney — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:44:18 +0000

New String Supplier

Paul Rhoney — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:49:11 +0000

I’ve decided to use on place for all of my string needs, and that place is Curt Mangan Strings. They’ve come to me very highly recommended by a number of respectable luthiers, and they’re some of the friendliest folks I have ever talked to.

Check them out!

http://www.curtmangan.com

Pascal’s Thinline Jazzmonster

Paul Rhoney — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:13:38 +0000

Mike’s DMB LS Panthera Onca

Paul Rhoney — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:09:47 +0000

And by DMB I mean Dark Metallic Bronze, not Dave Mathew’s Band.

Brett’s Teisco TB-64 Clone

Paul Rhoney — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:35:55 +0000

Paramour Prototype

Paul Rhoney — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:29:23 +0000

Mike’s Thinline Gretschmaster

Paul Rhoney — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:38:28 +0000

Here’s the plan for this one. Mike will be supplying the neck for it (I forget where he said he’s getting it).

And here’s the in-progress photos. More to come, soon!

Things I won’t do (or at least don’t want to).

Paul Rhoney — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:46:22 +0000

1. Plastic nuts. Even on a cheap guitar, I think one of the easiest things you can do to squeak the best out of that instrument is to put a bone nut on it. There are some other acceptable nut materials (GraphTech TusQ, Ebony, Ironwood, MOP), but plastic, or some other types of synthetic material are just not acceptable. And why shouldn’t you put the best on your guitar? Even the cheapest of cheap factory-mass-produced guitar, is still an instrument. At this point it’s already carved and assembled in to what it is, so why not make the most of it. And in that line of thought, a proper nut is one of the best places to start.

2. Purple Guitars Ok, so I’m not altogether serious here. If somebody really wants a purple finish on their guitar, I’ll do it, but I won’t like it! Unless it’s one of those Prince guitars. Or I’m making a guitar for Prince. His Purpleness can have all the Purple he wants.

3. Coming soon… I’m sure of it.

On Finishing

Paul Rhoney — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:30:57 +0000

My finishes aren’t perfect. That probably goes without saying, but I’m putting it out there. They might look perfect in photographs, and to me, that’s good enough. But if you hold one of my guitars up close and personal, and you really get nit-picky about the finish you’ll probably see that it’s got some flaws. It might have some room for improvement. No finish I do, even at its best will be free of fine swirl scratches, at least for now. Those scratches might only be visible only in the most critical of lights, but they’re there. And still, I’m proud of the finishes I do. They’re thin finishes and they look good in pictures and on stage, where it counts. I’m always working hard to improve everything about my guitars, and I feel like I can confidently say that someday I will be doing finishes that look like “factory” perfect finishes. But for now, I feel like the finishes I do are awesome, and worth what I charge for them.