Marfione Lacote Style Curly Maple Romantic Guitar

My Lacote style guitars are interpretations of Rene Lacote’s traditional paddle-type or figure-8 headstock creations with the fingerboard resting on the top of the instrument as opposed flush with body. Unlike the originals both the back and sides are lined with top grade sitka spruce as opposed to just the back. I hand select the maple for the back and sides. The five-piece back offers me more choices in terms of finding nicely flamed wood as can work with smaller billets of of maple that would otherwise be unusable die to side. Other than the Planetary Pegs and neck mounting hardware the guitar is entirely crafted by me using both hand tools and CNC technology  in my Morganton, NC shop. I’m building on a commission basis at the moment You can reach out to me at via phone 828-652-9814 or email cs@marfioneguitars.com if you’re interested in commissioning me to build you and instrument.