Description
Ecliptic Deposit Info
Our schedule fills fast. Reserve your custom Ecliptic.
This refundable deposit reserves your build slot until we finalize your quote. You can accept or decline the official quote. Some woods and extensive custom options may require an additional deposit amount to start the build.

STANDARD SPECS:
- Scale Length: 25.25"
- Lower Bout: 15"
- Body Depth: 4"
- Upper Bout: 11.125"
- Body Length: 18.6"
- Neck Reinforcement: 2-way truss rod w/ hardwood laminates or carbon fiber rods
- Nut & Saddle: bone
- Inlay: 12th fret emblem, offset swoosh fret markers, pearl side dots
- Top Wood: Adirondack spruce, Sitka, Cedar
- Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood, Ovangkol, Mahogany
- Neck: Honduran mahogany
- Body Finish: high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
- Tuners: Gotoh 510 Delta
- Case: Guardian Premium hardshell
OPTIONS & UPGRADES:
- B&S Upgrades: flame maple, wenge, zircote, Brazilian rosewood, black limba, bubinga, others available
- Top Upgrades: Euopean/alpine spruce (moon spruce,) torrified sitka spruce, Oregon Cypress, sinker redwood, others
- Inlay Upgrades: many inlay options and possibilities. We'll guide the design process.
- Nut & Saddle: upgrade to Fossilized Walrus Ivory
- Bridge: ebony or Brazilian rosewood
- Pickup Option: K&K Trinity System, dual source with preamp
- Nut Width: 1-11/16" or 1-3/4"
- Neck Wood: rosewood/wenge laminate upgrade
- Fingerboard: ebony or rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 14" (subtle compound to 16")
- Frets: Jescar EVO Gold or 18% nickel silver
- Neck Finish: satin nitro or hand buffed TruOil varnish
- Neck Shape: Modern Slim-ish or Vintage V-ish
- Tuners Upgrades: Gotoh DeVinci, nickel, black, upgrade to gold, others available
Please inquire for pricing on upgrades & options
Trinity Acoustic System by K&K
The exclusive recommendation for Solstice acoustics

📸 I remember how this piece of cedar smelled when I sanded the top plate. Warm and rich with a dark sweetness.
Do you prefer spruce or cedar soundboards? You`ll hear that cedar is best for fingerstyle players, but it really depends on how you build with it, the body shape, bracing, etc. Not to mention you, the player.
I love making guitars for specific players, tweaking the internal bracing and preparing the wood to get a certain result.
Save 10% on a custom build like this one with our Love It or Leave It ordering program. Link in bio for details.
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Another Ecliptic ready to go🌞 I know these look similar in photos, but what makes them so special is how every build has its own unique features and feel.
If you’re in the market for a custom acoustic build like this one… I’m taking orders on my site! Link in bio for details.
#solsticeguitars #gallery #ecliptic

Swipe to see the progress on one of my latest acoustic builds. This guitar is coming together nicely… stay tuned👀 #inprocess #ecliptic

Views from the office. Just got done with a photo shoot on this one. Already #sold but will post more pics and video soon.
🎸Handcrafted guitars
📍Flagstaff, AZ
www.solsticeguitars.com
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Happy summer solstice!🌞
Today is the longest day of the year, the start of a new season. This is an overdue hello, and preparation for what`s coming next.
(1) This weekend we`ll be launching the Love-It or Leave-It custom order program, a risk-free option if you`re curious about a custom build.
(2) We have a new version of the Transit model coming out in a few weeks. With this new version will also come a new name! The Tellurion.
(3) Lastly, I`ve begun a collaboration with Lindsey Guitar Works. We`ve started a special run of three Meridian models, all being made with Solstice specs & features. We`ll have more info & pre-orders available for you next month.
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Getting some ribs bent up and in the mold. Slow but sure, or way behind schedule.
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Here’s a new bridge plate style I’ve been messing with. It’s cross grain top wood (in this case that’s sinker redwood) with a Port Orford cedar cap. This POC is almost as hard as maple. The final plate is about 120% the thickness of a typical maple plate, but about 85% the mass. I’m expecting a little added stability without sacrificing anything else. That’s the idea.
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Nothing like the classic shine of nitrocellulose lacquer... the real stuff, no polyurethane here folks. 🙃 Here`s a look at the latest acoustic creation!
I`m accepting a limited number of orders for the remaining 2022 schedule.
🎸Handcrafted guitars
📍Flagstaff, AZ
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Not much to see here yet. This prototype experiment is going to be a 24 fret acoustic with a new style of cutaway. Planning to share more details about this design next week.
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Another nice looking pair. Hopefully boxing these up later in the week…
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I like this pair.
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This one is almost out of finish. Next stop is assembly and setup. Then where to after that? Your hands?
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Getting caught up. Kind of…
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I’m using up a bunch of older pics from previous work that never had a chance to post. Sure, let’s call it #throwbackthursday
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It’s #rosette time again…
Another #Ecliptic model coming along.
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Love me some curly #koa #binding … #lookssogood
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