William L. Janelle
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  • Maine Public Radio Interview
  • WMTW, Steve Minich, "TOTAL MAINE" Carved Guitars Feature
  • WMTW - Steve Minich, "Made in Maine", Wood Sculptor Feature
  • Nicole Estaphan, WCVB Boston, "CHRONICLE"

G​uitars

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SCREAMING EAGLE - Body carved from white walnut, neck shaped from red oak, fretboard is cherry scale length is 25.5 inches, neck and bridge pickups are hand-wound single coil, Guyker tuner machine heads, vintage style bridge.
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SCREAMING EAGLE
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BLACKBIRD - Body carved from black walnut, neck shaped from rock maple, fretboard is padauk and rock maple scale length 34 inches, neck pickup is a custom double-wind hand-wound humbucker spiltable at the push pull volume pot, bridge pickup is a high output hand-wound single coil, Guyker tuner machine heads, vintage style bridge.
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BLACKBIRD
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BIG RED - Body carved from white walnut, neck shaped from red oak, fretboard cherry scale length is 25.5 inches, neck pickup is a double-wind hand-wound spiltable humbucker, bridge pickup is side by side hand-wound spiltable, both at the push pull volume pot, Grover tuner machine heads, vintage style bridge.
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STRIPES - Body carved from white walnut, black walnut, birch and maple, neck shaped from mahogany, fretboard is quarter sawn rock maple scale length is 25.5 inches, pickups are hand-wound P-90s, plus a four way tele mod at the volume pot, Addaray tuner machine heads, vintage style bridge.
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THE BAGEL - Body carved from white walnut, neck shaped from maple, fretboard is purpleheart and rock maple scale length is 25.5 inches, neck and bridge pickups are a double-wind hand-wound humbuckers splitable at the push push volume pot, plus a four way tele mod at the tone pot, Addaray tuner machine heads, Kaish roller bridge, Dopro vibrato tailpiece, onboard amp and speaker.
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BLUE JAY - Body carved from white walnut, neck shaped from maple, fretboard is quarter sawn white oak scale length is 25.5 inches, neck pickup is a hand-wound single coil, bridge pickup is hand- wound humbucker spiltable at the volume pot, Addaray tuner mechine heads, Musiclily bridge.
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BLUE JAY
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JAZZ - Body is hollowed out white walnut with an 1880s book-matched old growth vertical grain white walnut board, neck is shaped from maple, fretboard exotic woods scale length is 25.5 inches, neck pickup is a double-wind hand-wound humbucker splitable at the volume pot, bridge pickup is a piezo, Eddaray lockable tuner mechine heads, bone bridge with brass pegs.
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BURL - Body carved from white walnut maple and cherry, neck shaped from maple, fretboard is white oak scale length is 25.5 inches, pickups are custom hand-wound P90s with a 4 way tele mod at the volume pot, Guyker tuner machine heads, vintage style bridge.
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PARLOR ACOUSTIC - Body is hollowed out white pine with an 1880s book-matched old growth vertical grain white walnut board, neck is shaped from mahognay, fretboard is purpleheart scale lenth is 24 inches, Eddaray tuner machine heads, pickup is a piezo under the bridge, bridge is bone and pins are steel.