Guitars that have left the shop, the wood they started as, and the hardware made for them. Tap any photo to see it larger.
Quilted maple Diablo
Deep-arched quilt top over a solid body, finished in UV-stable dye.
Korina back
Every back is shaped by hand so the guitar sits balanced on your leg.
Spalted Diablo
Spalted maple top, no two ever alike.
Long horn detail
The dominant long horn balances the body and hooks onto your leg.
Registered headstock
The headstock shape is a registered Driskill trademark.
Tiger inlaid Diablo
Two tigers inlaid down the fretboard on a quilt top.
Green Diablo
Green over flame, dyed rather than painted so the figure stays alive.
Tiger's Eye Diablo
The tiger's eye finish shifts as you move under the light.
Tiger's Eye body
One-piece top, book-matched only where the figure asks for it.
Body in the grass
Daylight is the only honest test of a dye job.
Flame headstock
Headstock veneer matched to the top.
Bolero — cocobolo Diablo
Cocobolo top and back, an unusually heavy and resonant build.
Bolero back
Matched cocobolo on the back, carved for forearm and rib clearance.
Sunset Diablo
A burst laid down in transparent dye, straight onto the figure.
Mike's Diablo
Built to order, down to the fret wire and the radius.
Thomas's Diablo
Stainless frets, carbon-reinforced neck, Brazilian rosewood board.
Driskill Stop Tail
Wrap-around bridge with adjustable saddles, machined in house.
Stop Tail, back
Every edge radiused, no sharp corner anywhere on it.
Adjustable saddles
Individually adjustable saddles inside a single mass of metal.
Solid brass tremolo
One piece of solid brass. Mass, so it never robs the note.
Quilt maple, resawn
Resawn and sanded. This is what becomes a Diablo top.
Quilt maple set
Sets are chosen years before they ever get glued down.
Heavy figure
Figure this heavy is rare, and it dictates the whole build.
In the paint booth
Non-fading, UV-stable dyes, sprayed one body at a time.
