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Brand New de Wit 15″, French Walnut/Sinker Redwood
Gijs De Wit brings us this brand new 15” model. Featuring Gij’s own “Scooped” shoulder design, In lieu of a cutaway this scooped shoulder offers access to higher notes. This isn’t the only innovative design present, carbon fiber reinforced lightweight bracing, and an active braceless back to name a few. The top on this creature is an Old Growth Sinker Redwood, and an antique French Walnut back and sides. The neck is made of wenge, buttoned up with some incredibly smooth Alessi Tuners.
Other keywords/misspellings: luthier, lutherie, multiscale, pinless bridge, french polish, concerto classic cases
$11,440 Add to cartScale Length 25.625 in - 26.125 in Nut Width 1.718 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Redwood - Sinker, Walnut Add to CompareBrand New de Wit 15″, Macassar Ebony/Sinker Red Cedar
From the workbench of Gijs de Wit, we have a 2024 15″ model featuring his signature bent shoulder design in lieu of a cutaway, with Macassar ebony for the back and sides, and Sinker Cedar on top. Jescar frets, ebony bindings, and a uniquely beveled soundhole. This guitar offers both comfort and a strong sense of modernity, perfect for today’s fingerstyle player.
Other keywords/misspellings: Luthier, Lutherie, bespoke, european, netherlands, hiscox
SOLD Add to cartScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.28 in Woods Cedar - Sinker, Ebony - Macassar Add to CompareBrand New De Wit Modified Dreadnought, Narra/Bearclaw German Spruce
Our first guitar from Gjis De Wit packs a punch. His Modified Dreadnought body, here rendered with florentine cutaway and angled bindings, plays great and has a voice equal parts power and articulation. It’s an excellent choice for fingerstyle play, or strumming when you need chords to remain crisp and clear. The multiscale setup is 26-25” with a unique fanning that makes the first position feel like a standard fretboard. Back and sides are gorgeously figured Narra, paired with Bearclaw German Spruce on top. The neck is actually Padauk, but Gjis has veneered its length in Ebony—ditto for the Spanish Cedar bridge—which creates a great contrast to the Narra/Spruce color scheme. De Wit painstakingly inlaid the headstock, heel, and bindings with a geometric motif, and installed premium Alessi tuners for added class. Additionally, the veneered bridge features individual phosphor bronze saddles for each string. All of this comes wrapped up in a swanky custom Art Case dressed up with leather—a fitting house for a well-dressed guitar. Interested in taking this one for a spin? Give us a shout!
Other keywords: 2020, fingerpicking, modern guitar, luthier, lutherie, de wit guitars, asian padauk, nara, bear claw spruce
SOLD Add to cartScale Length 25 in - 26 in Nut Width 1.68 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Narra
The first time I ever held a guitar was when I was 9 years old, at my uncle’s place. Three years later my brother walked in with a guitar and for me that was love at first sight; from then on I spent all of my time playing and practising, which quickly resulted in performances in a variety of bands.
I later read an article about Anno Galama, it was during this period that I started customizing and repairing guitars myself. Work orders kept coming in and this eventually led to the completion of my first guitar in about 1980.I worked for Anno for several years and the quality of my work improved.
I was doing a lot of experimenting with hollow body’s and at some point I realized that I was searching for more resonance than a hollowed-out slab of wood could give me, so I decided to start building acoustic guitars.
To make this switch possible I needed a more professional workspace, so in 2007 we bought our house with workshop here in the center of Heerenveen.