Paul Rhoney

Matt Houar is a good friend of mine.  He plays guitar and synths and does vocals for the Chico, California-based electronic rock duo Team Shark Week.
The body is made from a five-piece Swamp Ash back with a two-piece slip-matched Maple top.  It has hollow “wings” like any Thinline.  The neck is Hard Rock Maple with [...]

I thought I would share a few customer pics of guitars that feature my work.
Here’s one of my favorites, I made the body and pickguard and the customer finished it and added the parts/electronics/etc.:

Another body and pickguard by me, and the rest of the work by the customer:

Be sure to check out the new templates recently added to my Ponoko Showroom!  Linky: http://www.ponoko.com/showroom/PaulRhoneyGuitarCo

Here is a fun one! I’m building this guitar for Joseph Demaree of the Portland, OR-based band The Unit Breed. Joe is an incredible artist and a dear friend of mine. He actually helped considerably with the design of this one, including the stubby upper cutaway. I thought it looked kind of like a cross [...]

The JMDLX is essentially a cross between a Jazzmaster and a Telecaster Deluxe. I was asked with help designing the pickguard and it became so popular that I’ve since made three of these.
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