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Acoustic Guitar Construction | Ukulele Construction

Throughout our website you can see many step by step images of acoustic guitar construction and ukulele construction. In fact, when you order a custom instrument you will have the thrill of watching your instrument come to life in images posted as it is progressing in the shop. Here we provide a look at some of the current, and most recent, projects Jay has been working on.

Custom Guitar Projects at Lichty Guitars

See a variety of posts with acoustic guitar construction images

See a variety of posts with ukulele construction images

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Currently on the luthier’s bench / or coming soon …

Pau Ferro Concert Ukulele

* This ukulele is available for pre-order and will be available to ship early June *

Features: Pau Ferro back, sides and headplate, Red cedar top, snakewood rosette, mahogany neck, ebony fretboard and bridge, side soundport, K&K pickup, Ameritage case

Price: $3,425

Pau Ferro Concert Ukulele construction

Ziricote Tenor Ukulele

* This ukulele is available for pre-order and will be available to ship early June *

Features: Ziricote back, sides and headplate, spruce top, mahogany neck, ebony radiused fretboard and bridge, slotted headstock, side soundport, pearl rosette, K&K pick-up

Estimate Price: $3,650

Ziricote Tenor Ukulele wood

Custom Madagascar Rosewood OM Guitar with Englemann Spruce top and burl rosette

Custom Madagascar Rosewood Guitar components

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Alchemist Guitar with Sinker redwood Top

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Alchemist Guitar

Custom Cocobolo and Sinker Redwood Alchemist Guitar

Custom Guitar Construction, Alchemist G70

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Recently Completed

Chechen Baritone Ukulele

Chechen Baritone Ukulele - B50 Lichty Ukulele

Custom Indian Rosewood Ukulele with Hand Scripted Poem

Custom Ukulele, Indian Rosewood High G Tenor

Custom Cocobolo Low G Tenor Ukulele

Custom Ukulele, Cocobolo Low G Tenor Ukulele

Cocobolo Baritone Ukulele

Cocobolo Baritone Ukulele U46

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Low G Tenor Ukulele

Brazilian Rosewood Tenor Ukulele, Sinker Redwood T47

Custom Chechen OM Guitar

Chechen Guitar - Custom OM Guitar G69

Custom Cocobolo Alchemist Guitar

Custom Acoustic Guitar, Cocobolo and Cedar Alchemist

Granadillo Low-G Tenor Ukulele

Granadillo Tenor Ukulele with cedar top

Wenge and Sinker Redwood Tenor Ukulele with Cutaway

Wenge Tenor Ukulele, cutaway

Custom Ancient Kauri Dream Guitar

Ancient Kauri Guitar, Custom Lichty Dream Guitar

Custom Cocobolo Sinker Redwood Baritone Ukulele

Custom Cocobolo Baritone Ukulele

Wenge Concert Ukulele with Curly Redwood top

Wenge Concert Ukulele, curly redwood top

Custom Cocobolo Sinker Redwood Low-G Tenor Ukulele

Custom Tenor Ukulele, Cocobolo and Sinker Redwood

Lacewood Low-G Tenor Ukulele

Lacewood Low-G Tenor Ukulele

Black Limba Concert Ukulele

Handmade Concert Ukulele, Black Limba

African Mahogany Dreadnought Guitar

African Mahogany Dreadnought Guitar

Custom Walnut Baritone Ukulele

Custom Baritone Ukulele, Walnut

Custom Left-handed Crossover Guitar

Custom Left-Handed Guitar - Cocobolo Crossover Guitar

Pau Ferro OM Diamond Series Guitar – Available 

Pau Ferro Guitar, OM Diamond Series

Custom Granadillo Sinker Redwood Baritone Ukulele

Custom Ukulele - Baritone Granadillo Ukulele

Custom Cocobolo Tenor Ukulele

Custom Ukulele, Cocobolo Sinker Redwood Tenor Uke-11

Custom Bubinga Baritone Ukulele

Custom Ukulele - Bubinga Baritone

Wenge Small Jumbo Guitar

Wenge Guitar, small jumbo with cutaway

Indian Rosewood Dreadnought with Sitka Spruce top

Indian Rosewood Dreadnought Guitar

Custom Cocobolo Alchemist with Sinker Redwood top

Custom Guitar, Cocobolo Alchemist-15

Custom Cocobolo Baritone Ukulele

Custom Ukulele, Cocobolo Baritone Ukulele

Chechen Small Jumbo Guitarthis guitar will be available through Guitar Gallery in Nashville

Chechen Guitar, small jumb cutaway

Lacewood Crossover Guitar – Available

Lacewood Crossover Guitar

Cocobolo Tenor Ukulele with a Sinker Redwood Top – custom uke for Kimo Hussey

Kimo Hussey Custom Ukulele

Indian Rosewood / Sinker Redwood Small Jumbo for Randall Bramblett

Randall Bramblett Guitar, Sinker Redwood Top

Custom Granadillo Baritone Ukulele – sold

Cutaway Ukulele

Wenge Tenor Ukulele 

Wenge Tenor Ukulele with Sinker Redwood

Maple Dream Guitar

Maple Dream Guitar

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnought Guitar

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Guitar

Chechen Dreadnought Guitar - sold

Handmade Chechen Guitar

Koa Tenor Ukulele - sold

Lichty Handmade Koa Tenor Ukulele

Cocobolo Crossover Guitar 

Cocobolo Crossover Guitar

The Lichty Dream Guitar - not for sale

Lichty Dream Guitar, birdseye maple

Custom Indian Rosewood Low-G Tenor Ukulele - sold

Custom Indian Rosewood Ukulele

Ambrosia Maple Dreadnought Guitar 

Ambrosia Maple Lichty Guitar

Pau Ferro Crossover Guitar - SOLD

Pau Ferro Crossover Guitar

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Baritone Ukulele with a Sinker Redwood top

Custom Ukulele Construction

Latest one-on-one guitar building workshop with student, David Lanik

Jay Lichty and guitar workshop student David Lanik

Custom Cuban Mahogany OM Guitar - SOLD

Shohei Toyoda Custom Acoustic Guitar

Granadillo Tenor Ukulele - sold

Granadillo Tenor Ukulele

Brazilian Rosewood OM Guitar – Lichty Guitar - Available

Brazilian Rosewood Guitar

Granadillo Low G Tenor Ukulele – Available

Granadillo Tenor Ukulele

Indian Rosewood Crossover Guitar – SOLD

Crossover Guitar, Indian Rosewood

African Mahogany Baritone Ukulele 

Handmade Mahogany Baritone Ukulele with Sunburst Finish

Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnought Guitar – Available

Handmade Brazilian Rosewood Guitar

Custom Beech Six-String Tenor Ukulele with black finish and custom inlay – SOLD

Custom Six String Tenor Ukulele

Rope Mahogany OM with sunburst finish – sold

Mahogany Guitar with Sunburst

Cocobolo Tenor Ukulele – SOLD

Cocobolo Tenor Ukulele, T21

Ziricote Bard, a modified parlor guitar – Available

Ziricote Bard Guitar,

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnought Guitar – SOLD

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Guitar

Custom Pau Ferro Tenor Ukulele – SOLD

Custom Pau Ferro Tenor Ukulele

Indian Rosewood Tenor Ukulele with Sinker Redwood top – SOLD

Indian Rosewood Tenor Ukulele, T18

Cocobolo Dreadnought with an Adirondack Spruce top – SOLD

Cocobolo Dreadnought Guitar

Cocobolo Alchemist (modified OM) – Available

Cocobolo Guitar, Alchemist G45

Left Handed Om Guitar: Indian Rosewood and Sinker Redwood – Available

Handmade left handed guitar, Indian Rosewood, Sinker Redwood

Alchemist:  Curly Mahogany with Snakewood bridge, fretboard and trim – SOLD

Handmade Mahogany Guitar, The Alchemist, G 43-23

Brazilian Rosewood Baritone Ukulele – SOLD

Baritone Brazilian Rosewood Ukulele, Lichty Guitars

Custom Pau Ferro Dreadnought Guitar with a Sinker Redwood Top – SOLD

Custom Pau Ferro Dreadnought Guitar

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnought Guitar – SOLD

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnought Guitar, Lichty Guitars, G40

Three Guitars & One Ukulele – Lichty/Hipolito Custom Guitar Maker and Artist Collaboration

Hand painted custom guitars, Lichty Guitars, artwork by Clark Hipolit

Hand painted custom guitars, Lichty Guitars, artwork by Clark Hipolit

Hand painted custom guitars, Lichty Guitars, artwork by Clark Hipolit

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Handmade Custom Acoustic Guitar, Sapele OM Lichty Guitar, G38

Handmade Acoustic Claro Walnut Guitar, Lichty Guitars, g34

Custom Brazilian Rosewood Tenor Ukulele, Lichty Guitars, t16

Custom Koa Handmade Tenor Ukulele, Lichty Guitars, t17

Handmade Acoustic Guitar, Hormigo Dreadnought Guitar, Lichty Guitars, g33