Vesuvius_custom

Vesuvius custom guitar

Spalted Maple top, Master Grade Brazilian Mahogany hollow body,Two piece neck: Macassar Ebony / Indian Mahogany, Seymour Duncan pickups and 24K gold plated hardware.

A wide variety of exotic woods and electronics available.

Starting at $5995. Email inquiries welcome: sales@ionbalu.com

There are many guitar makers out there who are making some amazing guitars, some of which I personally know and admire. Then, why have I decided to make guitars? Why are my guitars better? To begin with, I must acknowledge what the whole world knows already. We are making the world's best wooden mutes for all brass instruments now for nine years.

I have used my creativity, woodworking skills, music education (two masters degrees in classical music), and my perfect pitch (click here to learn how I got my perfect pitch) to create the worlds best wooden mutes for brass instruments that I never played. It was easy to make the best horn mute, since I can play the horn; but making the world's best mutes for tuba, euphonium, Wagner tuba, trombone and trumpet required more than just woodworking abilities. It required creativity, dedication and a good ear. I always loved challenges, so the next step up for me was, naturally, making a guitar (here is the story about my first guitar). Making a guitar requires not only the mastery of woodworking, but also the perfect balance between resonance and electronics, along with the "it" factor.

The Vesuvius guitar represents a dream that not only came through, but a dream that I must pass forward, a dream that many of you can have and enjoy.

Let there be no doubt that we are offering the highest level of satisfaction along with exemplary customer service. Quality products are what we do here, and one fact that demonstrates that is that we have had seven returned mutes in nine years and over 4500 mutes sold. Four of them were returned because we shipped the wrong color. Only three of them were returned because people did not like them. That is above 99.9% customer satisfaction. Out pledge is to replicate that amazing success here.

The body of the Vesuvius guitar is compartmented in a way to help project the sound outward and assure great resonance. Pair that with good electronics, and you get a one of a kind guitar.

We decided to acquire blank guitar necks from Warmoth. www.warmoth.com. We chose them because they are a company that has their production here in the US, and because they have high quality work. You can choose any specification and wood combination for your neck, and we'll order it for you and make YOUR next guitar. No effort will be spared to ensure the highest quality product.

Terms: a $1500 deposit is required to start building your dream guitar. We are so confident that we can build your dream guitar, that we are able to offer you a 100% money back guarantee, no questions asked, in the event that you decide not to keep the guitar once in your possession.

Once the guitar is finished, we will contact you to inform you. Full payment is required prior to shipping the guitar out. You will receive periodic emails with pictures to inform you of the progress of your instrument.

Time: We guarantee that your guitar will be finished in 90 days, once we have received your deposit and are in agreement about your choice of wood, hardware, and electronics. This may seem like a long time, but most of it will be spent waiting for your custom neck to arrive at our shop.

Next in line is an acoustic guitar followed by a bass.

Balu Musik

since 2002

sales@ionbalu.com

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1.855.IB MUSIK

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Fax: 1.866.604.3986