Colin Keefe 'R' Model Hand Made Acoustic Guitar with Hard Case

'R' Model information

The 'R' Model was one of my designs from quite early in my making career. The basic idea was to merge two of my then favourite guitars, a Martin 00 and a Gibson LG. It's more Martin-esc in it's body shape but it's much deeper in it's body depth more like the Gibson. Whilst I quite often make them with a slotted headstock I have made them with a Martin style solid headstock. The scale length is standard Gibson which is 24 3/4". 

The aim was to produce a small, comfortable guitar with a warmer bass sound making it more versatile for different styles of playing. I always try to match the timbers on any guitar I build, both for sound and aesthetics.

More details about Colin Keefe

I am a professional luthier with over 25 years full-time experience making and repairing guitars and many other stringed instruments, based in the County Durham, UK.

As well as making a variety of guitars and mandolins based on my own designs, customised for each customer, I also specialise in major guitar repairs and restorations. Over the years I have repaired and/or restored all major guitar makes including Martin, Gibson, Guild, Fender, Gretsch, Ramirez, Taylor, Harmony, Stella, Dobro/National, Fylde, Hofner and Rickenbacker. In fact there are not many I haven’t restored, including some fairly esoteric custom made instruments and vintage/antique models. I also build and repair mandolins, mandolas and banjos, and electric guitars and basses

I have built over 140 instruments and performed over 500 major restorations in my career. I wouldn’t like to estimate how many re-frets, neck resets, re-finishes etc I’ve done but I recently noticed that I have issued over 4,000 invoices. Now that makes me feel old!