David’s Gear

Ron Phillips Guitar

Ron Phillips Guitar

  Small Parlor Guitar: “This is the smaller of the two parlor guitars I offer. The guitar body is made from German Silver and has a lower bout dimension of 11 1/4″. This guitar weighs about three pounds less the a conventional resonator guitar, with far improved sustain and bass response. This is the most […]


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Aaron Morris Custom Guitar built 2011

Aaron Morris Custom Guitar

This guitar was finished in 2011 by Thomasville, NC builder Aaron Morris. I was looking for a guitar that would sound richly acoustic in large sound systems. This small bodied guitar has a very even tone and a great neck. (And it fits in the overhead luggage compartments). Aaron installed an L.R. Baggs Anthem pickup which seems to capture the finely balanced tone of this small bodied guitar.
http://morrismusic.homestead.com/


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Deering Banjo

This is a custom made 5 string Deering Banjo that I designed for a specific sound I wanted. It has a 4″ deep pot and a wooden tone ring. This gives it a bright but mellow, woody sound, perfect for playing my style of clawhammer banjo.

The signatures on the inside are from some of my banjo heroes that I have worked with over the years: Doc Watson, Grandpa Jones, Pete Seeger, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Tommy Jarrell, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Wade Mainer and John Hartford.

Learn to play the banjo with my instructional videos:
Get Started on 5-String Banjo
Clawhammer 1 Repertoire and Technique
Clawhammer Banjo 2


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National Steel Guitar

On the road I carry a National Resorocket guitar built in 2004. This is a newer model using some of the best ideas from the National guitars from the 1920s and 30s. It is a steel body, single cone guitar. The sound is a great blend of beauty and bite. http://www.nationalguitars.com/


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L-00 style guitar built by James Burkett

Built by James Burkett of Dothan, Alabama. It is a copy of a Gibson L-00 with the addition of a cutaway. It is a great instrument for fingerstyle playing with the addition of the Fishman Rare Earth Humbucking pickup.
http://www.burkettguitars.com/


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