The Sedgwick harp guitar follows the style of Knutsen and thefamous Dyer harp guitars made by the Larson brothers. Theupper portion of the sound box is extended on the bass side,similar to a piano's soundboard. These instruments are truelycustom made since no two are identical. The neck to body joinis at the 14th fret where most harp guitar have it at the 12th.The most common arrangement is to have 6 extra bass strings.The tuning for the bass strings as used by Stephen Bennett andAndy McKee are G, A, B, C, D, g
The instrument above has sharpening levers so you can change the pitch of the bass strings by a semi tone (half step). The instrument also has a slottedheadstock and abalone rosettes. This is one of the largest harp guitars I've built, similar in size to the old Dyer harp guitars.You can hear this instrument on German guitarist Simon Wahl's album Déjà vu.
This harp guitar has figured Imbuya (Brazilian Walnut) back and sides. The Brazilian mahogany neck is also figured. There is a center strip on the back aswell as purfling on the back and sides. The case was custom made by Calton Cases. This instrument is currently owned by Jan Vanek.
Here a photos of a custom Sedgwick harp guitar for American musician Rick Sky. He recently released his first album 'I'll Meet You There'. This instrumenthas 7 strings on the fingerboard. The basses fan out because the lowest pitch is a 'D'. This instrument has European spruce front with Indian rosewoodback and sides, which is very rare and difficult to find for harp guitar size. This headstock is similar to my 21-string, which was also requested. Theinstrument is sitting on it's custom Calton case.
This Instrument belongs to multi instrumentalist Paul Oorts
The Sedgwick harp guitar follows the style of Knutsen and the famousDyer harp guitars made by the Larson brothers. The upper portion of the sound box is extended on the bass side, similar to a piano's soundboard. These instruments are truely custom made since no two are identical.The neck to body join is at the 14th fret where most harp guitar have it at the 12th.The most common arrangement is to have 6 extra bass strings. Thetuning for the bass strings as used by Stephen Bennett and Andy McKee are G, A, B, C, D, g
This Instrument belongs to multi instrumentalist Paul Oorts