This Guitar is in the hands of a dear friend of mine, Sam Phelps.  Sam is a musician extraordinaire, producer, performer and touring artist playing with such acts as Izabella, 4 Guys from Reno, Brian Rogers and many others.

The guitar is my “student electric” guitar I built while attending R-V and it features…

Two piece Mahogany body

Two piece, glued in, Mahogany neck with an Ebony fingerboard and headcap

24 5/8 inch scale

Jumbo frets, I think.  It’s been a while since I saw it last.

Book matched burled Maple top

“Tortise” Binding

Belly carve

Weird morphing inlays and the “Christian Allen” signature inlay on the headcap all done in  Abalone.

A Seymour Duncan 59 in the neck and a Custom Custom in the bridge

Master volume and a  tone for each pickup and a push/pull on the bridge tone to tap the pickup to become a single coil.

Mini cut-off switch

Three way selector switch

Schaller tune-a-matic bridge and tail piece and Schaller M-6 tuners with Ebony buttons

I would like to explore this shape more so in the future.  I Like how it looks now, but I think this was just step one.  I would like to smooth out some of the lines and refine the inlays.  I like the concept of the morphing inlays; each shape in motion to the next; but again, the lines can be refined.  Carve tops are something that I definitely want to explore, perhaps this will be the guitar to explore with?..

Thanks for checking things out, till next time…..