The Steel Guitar Forum

William Coulter’s personal Santa Cruz! This road-wise, opened up, and otherwise bombshell 2005 SCGC OM has seen William through many years of gigs and recordings. Now it’s time to pass the torch, so to speak, and we’re here to make sure it goes to a good home. Brazilian Rosewood and European S...

From German luthier Otto Rauch we have a powerful example of the kind of richness and clarity a nylon string instrument can achieve. This 2009 "Mumbo Jumbo" Concert Classical is built from a beautiful set of Madagascar Rosewood for the back and sides and an Italian Spruce top--and the latt...

Shining like a silver dollar, this 2003 National Resophonic Style III in Nickel-plated Brass is worth every penny. Bedecked with "Lilly of the Valley" engraving of vines and flowers twining around the soundholes, bridge, and back and set up with a tricone resonator, this Style III is the c...

Playing this guitar is like sleeping in on Sunday morning. Our 2008 Franklin OM with Brazilian Rosewood and German Spruce has a lively voice that doesn’t take much nudging to sing, and when it does the tones that come belting out of this soundhole are clear as birdsong and rich like an extra spoon...

Several years ago we hosted fingerstylist extraordinaire Pete Huttlinger for a concert, and while he was here we spent some time with his Bozung J guitar. After the show, we immediately understood why so many of our customers were telling us about Chris Bozung's CB guitars. Chris builds a wonderful ...

This is not your average Dreadnought, all boom and no balance—the response is even from string to string and fret to fret. Don Musser, when he isn’t building guitars, is selling tonewood to luthiers, so it should come as no surprise that the woods are incredible on this Dread. Brazilian Rosewood...

If this 2012 Traugott R were a flower, it'd be in full bloom. The voice has clarity and openness in spades; the kind of string-to-string separation to breathe new color into each chord; a response at once swift and easy. This model R demonstrates why Jeff Traugott's guitars are so revered. Jeff's un...

1969 was a very good year to be a Martin D-28--this newly restored Dreadnought has miles and miles of sweet tunes behind it, and many miles yet before it. All the superlatives which made Martin guitars legendary--their thunderous projection, warmth, clarity, and depth--are out in full force once you...

We've got a hearthrob for all you flatpicking maestros who want a Dreadnought for cannonading at the Bluegrass session that can also handle delicate fingerstyle arrangements when you're playing solo--this 1986 Somogyi Mod D with Indian Rosewood and Sitka Spruce is the birthday present you've been wa...

Even Michi Matsuda’s prototypes are incredible! We recently stumbled upon just such a gem with this 2008 Nylon String Prototype in Ziricote and Italian Spruce. A flattened Florentine cutaway swoops away from the fretboard, and many of the appointments are Wenge. The neck has a shallow C profile (a...

Little ‘ole 2009 Collings 01A packs a wallop (or two). This is Collings’ smallest 00 size with a 24 7/8 inch scale over Mahogany and Adirondack Spruce. Our pistol 01A might be small, but it’s fierce with the crisp response that put Collings on the guitar map in the first place, and it’s in i...

This Ramirez 1A has had over four decades to open up--and it hasn't wasted a second. Featuring some gorgeous Indian Rosewood for the back and sides and Cedar for the top, this 1973 Ramirez has stood the test of time and still manages to shine. All that juicy Cedar warmth and opened up sustain doveta...

Brand spankin' new but already explosively loud and rich, this 2016 SJ from Michael Keller is the new kid on the block at DG, and everyone wants to be his friend. One of our Dream Series guitars, this "Rose" was made with one of Paul's personal sets of Brazilian Rosewood (and what a set it...

If we could play Kim Walker guitars all day, trust us, we would. Kim’s instruments are what we like to call Universal Favorites: there’s enough of a vintage air to appease the staunchest Martin-phile, more than enough clarity and control to make the fingerstylist drool, and a rich resonance and ...

Let the Somogyi party commence! We just got in another Brazilian Rosewood Mod D, this time #231 built in 1999! This Mod D has the immense, triumphant bass for which Ervin has garnered praise from across the globe, along with fat, round trebles and a clean midrange to balance out the voice. Stylistic...

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If you’re interested in having your mind blown wide open, this is the guitar for you. Peggy White’s brand new OM is that sweet, sweet dream that all you fingerstylists awake from in the morning. You know, the one where you just want to curl back up and play tunes all day with an amazing instrume...

In the select market of crossover carbon fiber nylon-string guitars (that’s a mouthful), Emerald’s X20 line stands out from the others. All-carbon fiber construction makes for a perfectly, consistently stable instrument that won’t go out of tune, and the onboard B-Band UST A3T preamp and picku...

Here we have a Leo Posch GA-RW in East Indian Rosewood and Adirondack (Red) Spruce. This is a guitar well suited to fingerstyle playing and recording, it has glassy trebles with punchy mids and smooth and even basses. Playability is fast and easy with a nice round neck profile. This will be certain ...

How to describe the experience of playing this 2015 BRS from Dake Traphagen? It’s something akin to that overwhelming sense of warmth and satisfaction after a delicious dinner with friends. The voice is replete with rich, flowing overtones and trebles that hang in the air like ripe fruits. Traphag...

If the essence of the word smooth were to manifest in the shape of a guitar, it’d look something like this 1997 PS-14 Presentation Taylor. The contours of Abalone purfling across the Engelmann Spruce top and Rosewood sides, Pearl inlay across the fretboard, quietly rippling grain in the Brazilian ...

We are lucky to have another amazing guitar to adorn our walls today: a 2007 0000 from Walter Lipton himself! This is the sort of guitar which just begs to be played. First, you are drawn to the gorgeous and interesting Herringbone trim across the European Spruce top and the rosette in alternating b...

Life tastes a pinch sweeter with a Sobell in your hands, sure, but when you first put finger to string with this 1992 Sobell Model 1 there's enough sugar to sweeten a year's coffee. Majestically opened up, this Brazilian-and-German-Spruce Model 1 sings with complex and colorful mid tones and trebles...

Dontcho Ivanov does Flamed Maple right! This 2017 Snow Parlor combines a sleek, striking visual aesthetic with an expressive blend of warm bass notes and voluptuous trebles; not to mention Dontcho's icy smooth setup and spacious 1 13/16" nut for a play feel that's easy on the hands. The Italian...

Wanted: 2016 Lowden 0-50c seeking serious companion for music-making fun. Will lend a woody, balanced voice in exchange for room and board in a 45% humidity home. Can’t cook, but will provide musical inspiration 24/7/365. If interested, please send an email to sales@dreamguitars.com. Here the Lowd...