Arie van spronssen Country & Bluegrass MISCELLANEOUS repair contact

Arie van spronssen

My name is Arie van Spronssen and I like to build stringed instruments like the flattop guitar, Resophonic guitar (dobro) Selmer copy (hotclub guitar) and classical. I also build bluegrass mandolins like the F5 and A model. Information is provided on the instrumentpages.

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info@vanspronssenguitars.com

Blogs

Mandola voor Noureddine

Onlangs werd ik gebeld door Noureddine A. en hij vroeg mij om een mandola te bouwen. Noureddine wilde er

OO model gitaar van Rio ...

Deze blog gaat over het bouwen van een OO model gitaar van Rio palissander en torrified Adirondak.

Art. in American Lutherie

Hieronder staat het artikel en is tevens te downloaden als PDF Download

Bluegrassfestival aan het Pijnackerplein te Rotterdam

25 jaar geleden kwam ik in aanraking wet de bluegrass wereld. Voor mij was dat een nieuw fenomeen waar ik al gauw verliefd op werd. Ik bezocht zoveel…

Country & Bluegrass

The main instruments in bluegrass music are the Mandolin, Dobro, Bass, Guitar and Banjo. Typically there are no drums . My instrument-making involves the first four instruments mentioned. The banjo is yet to come. Hope you enjoy your visit.

STEELSTRING MANDOLIN resonator contact

STEELSTRING

Gibson L met piezo 

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		eur. Spruce
Honduran mahogany
Honduran mahogany
rosewood
47 mm
600 mm
All true oil

Gibson J45 sloped shoulders 

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		Sitka spruce
Honduran mahogany
Honduran mahogany
Rosewood
45 mm
630 mm
Nitro (neck true oil)

Gibson L1

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		Red cedar
Honduran mahogany
Honduran mahogany
Ebony
47 mm
600 mm
French polish (neck true oil)

Mandolin

Mandolin - Two horn model

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		eur. spruce
flamed maple
flamed maple
ebony
27 mm
350 mm
Nitro

Mandolin - Gibson F5 model

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		eur. spruce
Flamed maple
Flamed maple
ebony
27 mm
350 mm
Stained + nitro

Mandolin - Two horn model

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		eur. spruce
Brazilian rosewood
maple
ebony
27 mm
350 mm
Nitro

Resonator

Dobro Spider Cone

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		Eur. spruce
Honduran mahogany
Walnut
spider bridge
635 mm
47 mm
Nitro

Dobro Tricone

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		Quilted mahogany
Honduran mahogany
Quilted mahogany
spider bridge
635 mm
47 mm
Nitro

Dobro Biscuit Cone

Top
B + S
Neck
Fretboard
Nut
Scale
Finish 		Curly maple
Honduran mahogany
Katalox
Biscuit
590 mm
47 mm
Nitro

Miscellaneous

Some workclips of the things I do. Restoring, repairing and building

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Repair

Repair is an important part of lutherie. 
On this page some clips of repairs I have made.

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Contact

Arie van Spronssen

Hand Crafted Quality Guitars
Akkerwinde 12
2403 GK Alphen aan den Rijn

+31 (0) 6 28 944 358
info@vanspronssenguitars.com