While not a completed guitar for sale, I do have several back & side sets available of the Yellow Birch from the NH White Mountains available for making a few more custom guitars.
More12 fret 000 (2021-08 )
Heronfield Yellow Birch 12 fret 000 24.9″ scale 1.75″ nut Bear Claw Sitka Spruce NH Yellow Birch Granadillo fingerboard, headstock, bridge, end wedge & binding Walnut burl rosette Blue Paua Ablalone inlay and binding Carbon fiber...
MoreMaking Dragon Tongue 12 fret OM (2019-05)
Selecting flamed red maple NH red spruce weighted top for gluing Prepping edges of the back for gluing gGlued back Rosette Scraped rosette Gluing back braces Shaping sides Look at that wood! Bending sides Sides in the mold Trimming joint Gluing...
MoreMichael Penny
2021-08 12 fret 000 Michael Penny dropping by to play the 12 fret 000 being offered for auction at the Heronfield Academy Spring Fundraiser Auction starting May 6 until May 10, 2021. The guitar is Alaskan Bear Claw Sitka Spruce and NH Yellow...
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Mr. Rob Thomas, Music Director of Heronfield Academy, dropped by the studio to try out & demo the new custom guitar being offered up during the Spring Fundraiser Auction beginning May 6th though May 10th 2021. Heronfield Online Silent Auction...
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12 fret 000 (2013-02)
Fence Row Cherry 12 fret 000 24.9″ scale 1.75″ nut Bear Claw Sitka Spruce (reclaimed from a login bridge in Vancouver, BC) Cherry (cut from a fence row in Derry, NH) Persimmon fingerboard (Arkansas) with black mother of pearl inlay...
MoreMaking Cherry Dreadnaught (2021-06)
Heronfield Academy Silent Auction is now LIVE
Trying out the latest guitar
Another 12 fret 000, bear claw sitka spruce and yellow birch.
MoreA write up on a music blog
My recent single, Carry the Water (for Erin), was featured on a Italian music blog: https://www.indieitalia.it/post/tim-gaudreau-carry-the-water-for-erin-la-voce-dell-indie-impegnato A rough English translation is pasted in below: Tim Gaudreau...
MoreD45 (2012-01)
Tim’s first Guitar 14 fret Dreadnaught 25.4″ scale 1 7/8 nut Sitka Spruce Indian Rosewood Blue Paua Abalone inlay
MoreDreadnaught (2019-03)
Dreadnaught 14 fret 25.4″ scale Torrefied Sitka Spruce Mahogany
MoreRyan Judd
Just between Us, composed and played by Ryan Judd on Tim’s first guitar, D-45 #01. 14 fret Dreadnought, Sitka Spruce and Rosewood.
MoreIntro to the 12 fret 000
Here’s a just finished, new custom 12 fret 000, bear claw sitka spruce and NH yellow birch. Will be auctioned as part of the Heronfield Academy Spring Fundraiser starting May 5th: Heronfield Silent Auction (In the quick off the cuff video...
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Here’s a song that I wrote for my friend Erin. Inspiration came from a full moon ceremony, a Prayer for Water, led by a Lakota healer. This was held at the farm during a two year long drought. Listen here...
MoreMaking the Heronfield Yellow Birch 12 fret 000 (2021-08)
Yellow Birch fresh off of the sawmill This is what it should look like finished Stickering Planing the first pieces after drying Routing sides down to proper size Bending the sides Bending the sides Gluing the book matched top Top Bent sides...
MoreClassical Flamenco (2020-07)
This guitar was custom designed for a small player. Classical Flamenco 12 fret 630 mm scale 50 mm nut Torrefied Sitka Spruce Mediterranean Cypress Granadillo fingerboard, binding, headstock & end wedge Sloan Classical tuning machines with...
MoreMaking the first guitar (2012-01)
12 fret 000 Christmas tree (2022-009)
This yellow birch, once saved from becoming firewood, creates a really nice, well-balanced sound with great resonance. Sounds great finger-picked but has surprising volume when strummed. Christmas tree Yellow Birch 000 12 fret 000 24.9″ scale...
More14 fret OM wedge (2022-011)
This guitar is for the 2022 Spring Fundraiser at Heronfield Academy. This 14 fret OM has a few of special features including a heron soundport and heron inlay plus a wedge body shape to increase the ergonomics of playing a full sized guitar. The...
More12 fret OM (2019-05)
Dragon Tongue 12 fret hybrid OM 25.34″ scale 1 7/16″ nut NH Adirondack Spruce NH Red Maple Paduak fingerboard, headstock, bridge & end wedge Maple binding Walnut burl rosette Mother of Pearl inlay and binding Waverly silver...
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