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Add to Compare2014 Tippin Custom Crescendo Fan Fret Brazilian/Moonspruce
This amazing Custom Tippin Crescendo Multiscale was originally custom built for us by Master Luthier Bill Tippin. Old Growth Brazilian, Moon Spruce and a 25.5-26.25 multiscale were chosen to make this a super versatile guitar, this one can do it all! The multiscale insures that the Bass will never get weak and the Trebles will always sing! Bill added an Armrest Bevel and stunning Flamed Koa Bindings along with his elegant Sparkle MOP top trim and exquisite Yin-Yang inlay at the 12th fret. This guitar is inspiring in everyway and that’s what it’s all about. Here’s a great video of Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb that features this Tippin guitar.
We loved this one so much that we teamed up with Al Petteway and recorded it on our latest album: Dream Guitars Volume II Hand Picked. It is Track #16 – The South Wind.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Moonspruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2002 Tippin DST 12 Madagascar/Alpine
Bill Tippin is one of the heavyweights in the hand built guitar world, he consistently builds some of the most jaw dropping guitars that we have come through the shop. This DST model in Alpine Spruce and Madagascar Rosewood is no different – it is brilliant. Tone is the name of the game with this guitar and it is a monster! The bass is huge and gut rumbling with very beautiful, clean trebles. Flatpickers are sure to love the power of this guitar, but that isn’t all it can do, it is also incredibly responsive and adept to fingerpicking.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Alpine, Rosewood - Madagascar 
Add to Compare2005 Tippin Crescendo Brazilian/Carpathian
Here is a custom Tippin Crescendo with Brazilian Rosewood and Carpathian Spruce. It is adorned with Curly Maple bindings and purflings. The tone of this guitar is solid, vibrant and rich, with thick, meaty trebles that seem to guide your hand of their own accord. Supported by a foundation of strong, articulate basses and mids, this guitar is a veritable tone machine. Subtle, yet tasteful artistic accents like the half diamond inlay at the nut an Bill’s famous heel design make for fine compliments to the elegant, all wood aesthetic. It’s no wonder both Al Petteway and Paul Heumiller own Tippin guitars. They inspire.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.34 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Carpathian, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare1997 Tippin OMT Indian/Salmon Crate Sitka
I recall sitting with Martin Simpson as he told Bill Tippin that he makes the best OMs on the planet. We have heard ’em all and Bill’s are terrific. The combination of 30 years of experience, a great ear and great hands are what make Bill’s instruments special. This OMT features rare Salmon Crate Sitka Spruce, that was salvaged from the famous Salmon Crate that had been submerged for years. It is perfectly quartered and very silky. This is a versatile guitar that can handle many styles and is responsive to a light touch.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareNew Tippin Staccato Cuban Mahogany/Alpine
Bill Tippin made us this wonderful custom Staccatto model from old growth Cuban Mahogany any Alpine Spruce. He appointed it will natural wood elements, like the Koa top perfling and 1st fret inlay. So it has an understated beauty and elegance. But he put all the tone in this little beast. It is strong and enchanting sounding. It’s like a 000 stuffed inside a single 0 body. It’s a versatile small body guitar that can cover a lot of styles and it handles fingers and pick both very well. With it’s 24.9″ scale it’s easy to hold and play all day long.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Alpine, Mahogany - Cuban 
Add to Compare2006 Tippin DST Mahogany/Adirondack
Here is a super clean Tippin DST, 12 Fret Slope Shoulder Dreadnought. This beast is crafted from Mahogany and Adirondack for a vintage tone. It features a 1 3/4″ neck so it suits fingerstyle as well as being a flatpicking cannon. This is a very versatile guitar, very similar to the one Martin Simpson had built for himself some years ago. The voice is clear and bold with strong trebles. This is a great guitar for single line work, strumming and a great fingerstyle guitar for the player wanted a full Dreadnought voice.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany 
Add to CompareNew Tippin Crescendo Pink Ivory/Yellow Cedar
This was a wonderful custom order project for a client of Dream Guitars. Bill Tippin really created an other-worldly guitar in this elegant Pink Ivory and Alaskan Yellow Cedar Crescendo model. All of the appointments are one-of-a-kind and the inlays feature several exotics shells. The craftsmenship is sublime, something Tippin guitars are known for. The tone is nothing short of magical. Pink Ivory in the hands of a Master, it doesn’t get any better than this…
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Cedar - Alaskan Yellow, Pink Ivory 
Add to Compare2007 Tippin Crescendo African Blackwood/Cedar
Here’s a combination that sounds as great as it looks — African Blackwood back and sides, with a Red Cedar top! Complimented by gorgeous Snakewood trim, this Tippin Crescendo is a study in exquisiteness. DG owner Paul Heumiller and Bill Tippin were perhaps the very first to try this wood combination and it really works. You get a rich, warm voice that has wonderful deep low-mids and weighty trebles. Perfect for fingerstyle. This Crescendo, is the same model that is offered as the Al Petteway model and played by Al. It’s a very versatile body shape.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Cedar, Blackwood - African 
Add to Compare2009 Tippin Crescendo Al Petteway Signature African Blackwood/Sinker Redwood
This beautiful Tippin Al Petteway Model Crescendo is dead mint and features wonderful tone from one of the most striking Sinker Redwood tops we’ve ever seen. Bill’s use of Bloodwood in the purfling and rosette highlights the rich rust hues in Redwood, while the slender MOP Sparkle adds a sophisticated amount of shimmer. The Sinker top is paired with rare African Blackwood and together they create a voice that really breathes.
This Tippin Guitar plays like butter with notes that ring out loud and clear all the way up the fretboard. The appointments are too numbered to mention here, but the highlights are the Cocobolo Armrest Bevel, Side Soundport, First Fret Inlay, MOP Sparkle from top to bottom and Black Pearl buttons on the gold Waverly tuners. It’s all wrapped up in a Calton Deluxe Flight case and topped with Al Petteway’s signature at the 12th fret.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Redwood - Sinker, Blackwood - African 
Add to Compare2007 Tippin Custom Crescendo Brazilian/Adirondack Red
This is a very special custom Tippin Crescendo featuring a set of Brazilian Rosewood to die for. It’s dark and rich with stunning grain. Bill selected on of his finest Adirondack Red Spruce tops for this instrument as well and together these woods make this one of the strongest and most versatile guitars you’ll play. The appointments are ideal, first there’s Bill Tippin’s Goldburst top finish that is set off by the thin red perfling lines that surround fine abalone and Maple lines. Then there are curly Maple bindings on the body, neck and head. All this is capped off with a beautiful Brazilian Rosewood headplate and Brazilian Bridge as well. A superior Tippin guitar much like our own the one Al Petteway now plays for his main axe.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2003 Tippin 000-12TC Brazilian/Adirondack (Red)
Bill Tippin’s guitars are now played by Al Petteway, Peter Jansen, our own Paul Heumiller and a host of others. Bill is revered by other builders for his designs, clean workmanship and superb voice. His 000 has long been a popular choice and is the design that grew into his recent Crescendo model. This beautiful example is crafted from rare curly Brazilian and Adirondack Red Spruce for a classic sound but with Bill’s modern edge. It’s further enhanced with a cutaway, slotted headstock, torch markers and Waverlys. Base price for a Tippin nowadays is $8500 for Indian/Sitka, so this one is a wonderful value as well.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2003 Tippin 000-12T Made For Martin Simpson Cuban Mahogany/Bearclaw Euro
This Tippin 000-12T guitar was custom ordered by Award Winning Guitarist Martin Simpson at the time when Dream Guitars Owner Paul Heumiller was working closely with Martin, so we know this guitar intimately. Paul and Martin hand selected the woods in Bill’s shop and Martin chose the appointments and specs. The set of Cuban Mahogany is very rare and old and worth $3000 on it’s own. The top is a beautiful bearclaw European Spruce with great symmetry and very tight grain. There’s also a slotted headstock with Deco T inlay, matching fret markers, a full abalone top border, Fossil Ivory Pins, Martin’s favorite Highlander IP-1 pickup system and a Calton deluxe flight case. This is a rare chance to own a guitar custom built for Martin Simpson and broken in at his amazing fingertips.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods xx, Mahogany - Cuban 
Add to Compare2004 Tippin Crescendo Brazilian/Italian
This is the very first Prototype of the Tippin Crescendo model which Bill Tippin debuted in 2004. The Crescendo is Bill’s 14 fret 000 designed to offer the full power of a 000 but with the extended fingerboard. Bill used all his very best tonewoods on this guitar including a set of very old and dark Brazilian Rosewood with sultry figure, a master grade Italian Spruce top with a hint of aging toner. Tippin also custom made 5 piece perflings from Curly Maple, Rosewood and fine Abalone. There are matching Abalone inlays at the first fret and at the bottom of the top. The fingerboard is bound in Curly Maple and also has a maple perfling. The headstock sports a Deco T inlay to complete the breathtaking appearance. The tone is nothing short of magical, rich, deep and strong. Our own Al Petteway, who has a signature series Crescendo with Bill, just loved this guitar.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2004 Tippin OM Indian/Spruce Calton, B-Band Included
For those who love a rosewood OM (and don’t we all?), here’s a fantastic Tippin. OMs are one of the most versatile models out there, offering balance, power and comfort. The word is out on Bill Tippin and he is now building for top players like our own Al Petteway and Paul Heumiller, as well as Peter Calo of Carly Simon’s group. This one has a dual source B-Band pickup and a Calton Case. This is a great opportunity for the player seeking a traditional OM built to the highest standards at a very fair value.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareTippin DST 12 Made For Martin Simpson Madagascar/Alpine
Bill Tippin is one of our favorites in these parts, and here’s another reason why. His obsessive attention to detail, impeccable craftsmanship, and singular voice is clearly evident in this slope shoulder that was built for award winning guitarist Martin Simpson of England. The Madagascar rosewood back and sides are stunning, and they pair beautifully with an Alpine Spruce top to produce a tone that is both confident and velvety. Dream Guitars owner Paul Heumiller worked with Martin and Bill when this guitar was built and remembers it fondly. “Martin and I met Bill Tippin in the late 1990s and Martin flipped over Bill’s guitars and immediately ordered this DST and a 000.” – Paul Heumiller
Bill Tippin is one of our true master builders who offers a voice that’s founded in the great american guitars of the past but with fresh ideas all his own. The quality of the craftsmanship and attention to detail is second to none. Bill’s trademarks are outstanding tonewoods, handmade perflings, and abundant natural wood beauty. His tone is defined by full, rich treble strings; warm, balanced bass response and wonderful energy.