Guitar I Love: New Orleans Guitars Voodoo Custom Scarlet Redwood

The New Orleans Guitar Company was founded by Vincent Guidroz in roughly 2001. As it turns out Mr. Guidroz is not only a master luither but also a classic sculpture artist (figurative stone carving) and it is not hard to believe after you get a close look at the top and back carve of this guitar. The guitar has a 5 piece neck through design that is described by musictoyz.com as:

"5 piece neck through design is by far the most straight foward and stable way to build a guitar but involves a lot of hand joinery. This alone is the reason that few manufactures use this type of design, but well worth the effort!"

The back carve on the guitar is a interesting feature that you don't often see, Mr. Guidroz had some particular reasons on why he chose to do it (from musicianshotline.com) :

".....So naturally the neck was my main focus. I had seen so many designs that just didn't stand up long term. I figured that the most stable neck had to be a laminated neck through design with some extra meat behind the head/neck joint. The carved backs really do a good job in not only cutting down on weight but also present the fretboard to the player in a very comfortable position .The carved tops allow me to use a full 3/4'' of top wood in the design because of the neck angle. The wood that the bridge is mounted into has a lot to do with the overall sonic color range of an instrument so by having this kind of thickness in the top wood, I can nail down what the finished sound will be....."   

The only bad thing about this guitar? It was sold...  

The Voodoo Custom Scarlet Redwood features:

- Neck - Mild C
- 5A face cut redwood quilt
- Wooden Pickup Surrounds
- Cocobolo w/3ply binding
- Knobs - Hand Carved
- Electronics - Vol/Tone/PU selector/Phase
- New Orleans inlay mid neck