09 Dec Shop Gallery
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23 Dec Years-Old Sitka spruce Tops
Walter Lipton Private Collection When Walter Lipton called us the summer of 2020, we knew he must have some lovely woods for sale...
12 Nov Redwood Trestle Tops
Salvaged Redwood Bridge Tops General History: Throughout the coastal railways in the Pacific Northwest, large timber trestle bridges were used to span gulches, rivers and creeks. During theheyday of their construction (which lasted until the early 1950s), Coastal Redwood was the material of choice due to its size and its natural rot /insect resistance. To support the large spans needed, some timbers were as long as 26' with cross sectional dimensions of over two square feet. The trees used to produce thiswood were virgin old-growth and several feet in diameter. As time has passed almost all of these railway bridges have been decommissioned. Luckily, some of the wood from these decommissioned bridges has found new life as re-sawn timbers used for instrument...
03 Jun Changing of the Guards
(from left: Jeff Huss, Brian Dickel, Kimberly Dalton, Mark Dalton) It is with mixed emotions and a sense of nostalgia that Huss & Dalton Guitar Company (H&D) announces the impending retirement of company co-founder, Jeff Huss. Together with business partner, Mark Dalton, Jeff began this journey over 25 years ago in his humble garage before quickly growing into one of the most respected leaders in the boutique guitar market. In conjunction with Jeff’s retirement H&D is pleased to announce that Brian Dickel, former bassist for The Steel Wheels, has partnered with Mark to continue the tradition of excellence and provide new energy and vision for the future. Jeff’s humor, demeanor, and steady leadership will be missed. Not one to seek the spotlight,...
03 Jun Twenty Five
The concept of building guitars for a living began in the Rockfish Valley of Virginia probably in the winter of '94 folding in to Spring/Summer '95. It's hard to remember the exact moment in time it formed. Two guys with ideas, skill, passion, determination...
27 May Jeff Huss at the set-up bench…
Our Authorized Dealer in Taiwan, Guitar Kids Music Center is owned by a young, smart man, Allen Chen. We met Allen a few years ago at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. Allen started studying and learning about our build process and by the next year's show, he was ready to add our line to his shop. He has represented us very well. This past NAMM show, 2020, Allen placed an order for four custom guitars and added another one about mid-way through that batch being completed.https://guitarkids.net/ Enter Arrow Wei. She is a very young rising star in Taiwan and we've now completed a custom built OM-C Custom for her. We worked closely with Allen...
19 May Long, lost logs from Belize…
Huss & Dalton began sourcing reclaimed sinker Mahogany back and side sets in 2010. We love working with this wood...