The Mustapick Arena OM

This is a versatile and powerful guitar for both fingerstylists and flatpickers. With regard to tone, I follow one simple principle, that I'm always looking for more of everything. I want great volume, low lows, high highs, and a huge dynamic range. With this guitar the basses are very full and rich, but focused and never muddy. The midrange of any guitar is the real sweetspot of its timbre. A strong upper midrange provides a kind of "sweetness". Fat trebles with sustaining upper partials provide a bell-like tone.

Sitka Spruce/Narra | Engelmann/Bloodwood
Curly Koa/Malaysian Blackwood | European Spruce/Sapele
Sitka Spruce/African Mahogany | Adirondack Spruce/Honduran Mahogany

This Arena features an Engelmann Spruce top, bloodwood back and sides, and curly koa trim. Here's a video of Don Alder playing his original Marshal's Lanai on this guitar.

Lower bout: 15", Upper bout: 11", Scale lengths: 25.5" or 25.7" or custom, Depth at heel: 3.75", Depth at tailblock 4.25"