Hatcher's Studio 2018

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by mikealpine

Mark, is this a Woodstock guitar? It's a beautiful instrument, would be lovely to see in person.

Thanks mikealpine! I'm afraid I already have the Ovangkol Josie one sold. I am bringing it to Woodstock for the new owner to pick up. However, I did just string up another Josie that I'll be displaying. I thought I should bring a base priced small jumbo. It will give me something to point at when I talk about what my base price gets you:





This guitar has some very old Indian Rosewood for the back and sides, old growth Western Red Cedar top and some very old Honduran Mahogany for the neck and some internal parts.
My base price includes a lot of features that are typically only available as upcharges, like the semi-hemispherical fret end dressing, bound fretboard, active lattice braced back, cross grained center back laminate, and much more:







The headstock on this guitar has highly figured and spalted Maple and is layed up with a maple laminate/purfling on both the top and the on the Indian Rosewood backstrap. You can see this maple layer under the fretboard as well.





The binding, bridge, heel cap, tuner buttons, and fretboard are Black Ebony. Black Buffalo horn bridge pins are used as well as maple purfling all around. The rosette is spalted Maple. Of course a bone nut and saddle are standard.
These are the kinds of things I plan to talk about at the show.







I should mention that a sound port comes standard on the Josie small jumbo Model.

[magirus]

Understated beauty and elegance, marvellous!

[ukejon]

Mark’s cedar topped guitars are sublime.....this will be amazing.

[pattste]

That Ovangkol/Engelman Josie small jumbo is breathtaking. Can't wait to see your beautiful guitars in Woodstock.

[TomB'sox]

That is one heckofa base priced guitar Mark, that is someone's once in a lifetime find!!!

[mikealpine]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

That is one heckofa base priced guitar Mark, that is someone's once in a lifetime find!!!

That is nothing that I would consider "base". Another beauty. This is going to be a dangerous show. Bringing along a cousin, he's looking for something. I hope he falls in love with this. Kind of like having a friend with a boat, he buys it, I get to play it!

[DamianL]

That base model is my favourite of this whole thread!

So elegant and inviting.

D

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by magirus

Understated beauty and elegance, marvellous!

Thanks magirus, I think most people love the basic look and shape of guitars. It doesn't take much to say a lot with a guitar.

Originally Posted by ukejon

Mark’s cedar topped guitars are sublime.....this will be amazing.

Thanks ukejon, Cedar is one of my favorites. It's the first wood I recommend for a player with a light touch. However, I have worked out the bracing to extend the headroom beyond the expectations that are often held for cedar.

Originally Posted by pattste

That Ovangkol/Engelman Josie small jumbo is breathtaking. Can't wait to see your beautiful guitars in Woodstock.

Great! See you there. Thanks for commenting

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

That is one heckofa base priced guitar Mark, that is someone's once in a lifetime find!!!

Thanks Tom, I guess I'm trying to point out what is included in a base price varies greatly.

Originally Posted by mikealpine

That is nothing that I would consider "base". Another beauty. This is going to be a dangerous show. Bringing along a cousin, he's looking for something. I hope he falls in love with this. Kind of like having a friend with a boat, he buys it, I get to play it!

Thanks Mike, Yeah these shows can be dangerous! I look forward to seeing you there!


Mark

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by DamianL

That base model is my favourite of this whole thread!

So elegant and inviting.

D

Thanks for commenting DamianL, It's easy to love the look of a good strait grained guitar without all the whistles and bells. My problem is I love all of them one way or another. I'm lucky I can do this for a living!

[Mark Hatcher]

I'm all set for Woodstock. I spent this morning polishing up the four guitars for the show. I never have this many guitars in the studio at any given time so it was a fun opportunity to play and compare them.
I want to show some variety at this exhibition which I hope shows some range of what I do. Here are the headstocks:



I am also a big fan of alternative woods for necks:



This is New Hampshire local Sugar Maple (Hard Maple), Koa, Eastern Black Walnut, and Honduras Mahogany. You can tell I have a preference for satin finished necks!


See you at the show!

Mark

[Erithon]

Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher

I'm all set for Woodstock. I spent this morning polishing up the four guitars for the show. I never have this many guitars in the studio at any given time so it was a fun opportunity to play and compare them.

Congratulations, Mark! Will you have time to launch the new website before the show as well?

Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher

Here are the headstocks:

Stunning. I've never seen you do an inverse pillow headstock before--is that new? It's a nice variation, and gives your clients even more options to choose from.

Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher

You can tell I have a preference for satin finished necks!

As do I!

[justonwo]

Love those curvy headstocks!

[Diamondave]

Superb works, truly stunning, have a great show...!

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by Erithon

Congratulations, Mark! Will you have time to launch the new website before the show as well?

Stunning. I've never seen you do an inverse pillow headstock before--is that new? It's a nice variation, and gives your clients even more options to choose from

Thanks for commenting Eriton. I'm afraid I won't have the new website up before the show. I have the photos, content, layout, and navigation all set but, have run into software bugs which requires me to devote more time than I have until after the show.

That was a new twist on that headstock that I used for the Unlimited Series Penelope model. My favorite part about having a concave top is it presented the opportunity to turn up the end in a natural way. No one notices it unless it's pointed out which is the kind of charmingly natural detail work I love to do. Here are a couple pictures that show what I'm talking about. The first one was in the build process where that turned up end is more evident:

Originally Posted by justonwo

Love those curvy headstocks!

Thanks justonwo!

Originally Posted by Diamondave

Superb works, truly stunning, have a great show...!

Thank you Diamondave!

[ruby50]

Mark

Your work is stunning, but a close second is your photography. Care to share any tips?? Camera? Lighting?

Thanks for the thread

Ed