Script logo on Daniel Slaman guitars

From now on, all guitars will feature a "Slaman"script logo on the headstock, cut and inlaid by Daniel himself in Mother of Pearl. The North sea 1923 guitar is the only model to carry "The Slaman" and also features a hand-cut old style flowerpot in Mother of Pearl.

Cases now included on pricelist

Prices in the price list now include a high quality custom made case from makers like Calton or Kingham.Click the image to see a picture of Calton Cases.

Click the image to see a custom made Kingham case.

Available pickups for your next guitar: an extensive list and pictures of pickups that are available now by Gibson, Benedetto, Kent Armstrong, DiMarzio, D'Armond ; click here to go there.

New: North sea Twins

What is more beautiful than a guitar ? Right, two guitars ! Now available are the North sea Twins; two guitars, ordered at the same time and in some way related; a 16 and 17 inch model, a cutaway and a non-cutaway, an acoustic and an electric guitar, a six string and and a seven string, a blonde and a sunburst brunette, the possibilities are endless. Also tonal differences are possible, such as one guitar for comping and one for chord melody / solo style playing. And as a special offer I will subtract 5 % of the total price of the two Twin guitars.

This is what a North sea Twins set of guitars could look like:
16 and 17 inch Thinline Florentine cutaway guitars

New top woods: Oregon pine and Alaska yellow cedar

In recent years Daniel has used alternative woods for spruce (European, Sitka and Engelmann) on prototype guitars : Oregon pine and Alaska yellow cedar. The Oregon pine or Douglas fir is select quality old growth wood with an amazing fine grain, very responsive as a top wood. The old growth trees are 400 + years old (the tree started life somewhere around the year 1550).

The Alaska yellow cedar is even older at over 500 growth rings and counting. It has a fine, even texture and it has a very pleasant odour when worked ! If you are looking for a guitar that is a little different, responsive and lightweight, the Alaska yellow cedar could be a consideration.

Look at a picture of Alaska yellow cedar and Douglas fir

Now available: flamed mahogany wood for necks

Daniel now has available a small stock of very well flamed mahogany for necks. This wood is softer than maple and will help in achieving a deep, rounded tone on an all acoustic instrument. A flamed mahogany neck will cost an additional $ 50,- in a Standard AA quality guitar. (no price change in AAA Premium and AAAA Elite quality woods). See photo.

Also available is lightweight Honduras mahogany, quartersawn, straight grain wood. (no flames, no price change)

A custom made North sea guitar with a flamed mahogany neck was made for Chris Metcalfe in Great Britain.

flamed mahogany