My Newest "Baby" :)

Born: December 22, 2005 Weight: Unknown. Well, its not really a "baby" in the typical meaning, but it is one of my latest loves in my life :). A friend of mine introduced me to a guy down in Heyworth, IL (about 10-15 miles south of Bloomington, IL) named Kevin Swaim. Kevin is a guitar luthier that does a bunch of guitar work on the side. After seeing a lot of his work and having him work on a lot of my current guitars setting them up, I decided to have him make me a guitar from the ground up. The guitar he built, is totally a custom built guitar. It started out as large blocks of wood, that he hand shaped into what you see now! He started out by making the body. It is made out of high quality mahogany wood. Mahogany wood is my favorite for the guitar body, because it sounds so rich, warm, and has so much depth to the sound. The neck is made out of two types of woods, flame maple and ebony. He took a quartersawn piece of flame maple, cut the rough shape of the neck, glued on the fingerboard, and finished the shaping process. The fingerboard is ebony wood, and the back of the neck and headstock are made out of the flame maple. Once everything was fully shaped and sanded, he finished it with a Tru-Oil finish. I had him do that so it would not cover up beauty of the wood! The final pieces were fretting the guitar and setting it up for intonation, and playability, both of which are two of Kevin's supreme capabilities. I am really very pleased with the guitar, which has become my favorite guitar to play! If you would like to see Kevin's other work check out his website at http://home.mchsi.com/~kswaim.

To look at pictures of my other guitars and recording studio, please check out the following link!

02/2006 -- Eric's Musical Gear and Recording Studio