Luthier Darren from Decibel Guitars is certainly years ahead of most in his designs and visions. His Javelin model (and the way it’s bent top is conceived) is certainly a work of art in its execution and innovative construction methods. I have recently viewed Misha Mansoor’s video of him receiving the first production model, so please have a look below as well. That boy can play !  Of course my good friend Fred “The Shred” has one of Darren’s creations on order too.

Darren and I have been creating a new way to manufacture the body in two almost equal thickness pieces. Because of the bent top this was a difficult task to program and innovate into CAD. The top wood is usually extremely rare and expensive so waste is not an option. I’ve requested my usual Graphtech nut material, Hannes bridge with Graphtech saddles, snakewood fingerboard and headstock overlay, custom knob positions, 6 way Free-Way toggle, my signature DiMarzio pickups, 14″ to 22″ radius fretboard, stainless Jescar frets and so much more. Darren and I hunted for a very long time to find the top for this guitar. I wanted it to look a certain way and we succeeded in finding the one piece top.

I’m trying to innovate and combine something from my Watchmaking world into this guitar. It’s a product I think will spread fast into guitars. We’ll see how it flies. Darren has also innovated a back plate for the Hannes bridge that will be a first.

We are also designing a Spitz V type of innovative shape. I’ve waited to find the right person to do this with and I think we have something super close to prototype now. Turtles anyone ?

You can follow the build of my Javelin and specifications on Decibel Guitars site.

 

Here is Misha Mansoor of Periphery Decibel:

 

 

 

My guitar in progress:

Radius:

 

Wood layout: