Cyr Custom Guitars introduced a new line of Hand Crafted instruments last year that use the finest woods, finishes, and electronics. Our goal is to build instruments that are unique in the combinations of woods and designs, so that you will be able to play an instrument that is the only one like it in the world--an instrument that is exactly what YOU want! The features and options for these instruments include: Bodies: Maple or Alder bodies fabricated by hand in the SMCTek shop Many exotic woods can be used to build a unique instrument: Bookmatched Flame and Quilt maple tops Flamed koa Claro Walnut What do you have in mind? Custom routings are available for custom pickup installations and rear control cavities Bass styles include Jazz, Precision, and the Cyr Guitars "Oakhurst" bass, and custom designs on request Guitar styles include Strat, Tele, and Jazzmaster. We can also do custom designs on request Necks: Birdseye and flame hard rock maple--and other exotic woods are available as well Maple, Birdseye Maple, Rosewood, Ebony are available for the fretboards SMCTek necks feature double-action truss rods for maximum control and stability All sizes of fret wire are available, as well as fretless with or without inlaid maple lines Abalone shell or mother-of-pearl dot inlays We can do other types of inlays as well Electronics: Pickups by Kent Armstrong, Bartolini, MightyMite, Seymour Duncan, or whatever! Tell us what you want, and we'll get it Active electronics or active EQ can be installed Hardware: Guitar Bridges: Vintage Style, Floyd Rose licensed, and Wilkinson tremolos are available, as well as hardtail Bridges Bass Bridges: Cast Brass is standard, and Schaller and other brands are available. We can install strings through the body as well. Neck and pickguard screws are stainless steel for a long rust-free life, and bass necks are mounted with six neck screws for stability All brands of tuning machines are available from aftermarket types to top name brands (Gotoh, Schaller, Kluson, etc.) Finish: The necks are finished with satin lacquer to enhance playability. Rosewood & Ebony fretboards are oiled, maple fretboards are finished with satin lacquer High gloss lacquer is available for the face of the headstock We can also do headstock overlays This guitar, like the bass above, has been under construction since December 2003, when Steve started work on the neck while home at Christmas from Hawaii. The guitar has these specs: Solid alder 2-piece body with a quilted maple bookmatched top. Neck characteristics: Highly-figured flamed hard maple Indian rosewood fretboard 12" radius fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets Abalone 1/4" position markers with white side marker dots 1-11/16" wide at the nut Vintage V neck profile--fast neck with a very nice feel Chrome hardware: Diecast tuners Hardtail bridge with through-the-body string attachment Pickups Humbucking ceramic-magnet pickup from TNT Guitars - great crunchy tone MightyMite ceramic magnet single-coil pickups for that classic glassy tone Semi-gloss lacquer finish   These three pictures are the second instrument hand-made by SMCTek. The body is alder, with a five-piece top of walnut, flamed koa, and flame maple (a bookmatched set with a lot of "character"). The neck is flame maple with a rosewood fretboard, 7mm mother-of-pearl position markers, a double-action truss rod, and it features a vintage V profile. The pickups are Kent Armstrongs--the single coils are model VS4 "Vintage Strat" pickups with AlNiCo magnets, and the bridge pickup is a model WPU10 high-output distortion humbucker. The center pickup is reverse-wound, reverse polarity. The guitar features a hardtail bridge, and rear access to the control cavity. Swamp Ash, Walnut, Koa, and Birdseye Tele