Paul Klemm makes acoustic guitars to order, whether its a six-string guitar, 12 string guitar, or flamenco guitar.  He uses high quality woods and materials and crafts each guitar passionately and with the skill he has acquired over 25 years.

Paul Klemm's painstakingly precise craftsmanship on his guitars' neck and frets makes for effortless playability, perfect tuning, and virtually zero string rattling.

Custom Acoustic Guitars:

Examples of 6-string acoustic guitars:

• Flamenco

• "Dot Guitar"

• "Butterfly" Acoustic/Electric

• OO

12-string guitar:

• Replica of Leo Kottke Taylor

Materials

Paul prefers to use slabs of aged and semi-rare wood on his guitars.  For example, a land development project in 1980 cut down and disposed of many trees.  Paul and his father knew of an old cherry tree on that plot and cut it down so that it would not go to waste.  Paul has made about 20 instruments from that tree.

According to Paul, the interesting thing about dead wood is that its molecular structure changes over time, and the wood actually crystallizes (think petrified forest).  While working with this wood is a lot more difficult, the benefit of using this wood on acoustic guitars is that the sound quality of the guitar has higher resonance and clarity, because the sound waves bounce off of the harder surfaces rather than being absorbed.

The different parts of the acoustic guitars are usually made out of different materials.  Here are some of the options for materials on the different parts of the acoustic guitar:

Call Paul today at 815-965-3379 to discuss your custom guitar.

Handmade Acoustic Guitars For Sale

Here are some examples of guitars that Paul has made which are for sale:

12 String Guitar - handmade copy of Leo Kottke Taylor

Mahogany back and sides      
Sitka spruce top
Maple binding
Ebony fretboard
Mahogany neck
adjustable truss rod
Lacquer finish
handmade.
case included            

$2200 OBO

$900
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"Dot Guitar"

Guitar - acoustic, small jumbo size, handmade w/ mother of pearl dots

Small jumbo size
Mahogany neck, back, & sides
Sitka spruce top
Mother of pearl dots throughout
Adjustable truss rod
Lacquer finish
handmade.
case included

$2000 OBO
$900
$700
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"Butterfly Guitar"

acoustic-electric with butterfly shaped rosette & inlay

Top: sitka spruce
Back/ sides: Indian rosewood
Maple binding
Abalone rosette (butterfly)
Abalone neck lines
Mahogany neck
State-of-the-art K & K pickup system
Lacquer finish
handmade.
case included

<$1800 OBO

$900

SOLD

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