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Luthier Greg Jackson combines the best of modern materials with
traditional techniques to create a wide range of uncommonly fine,
custom-fitted acoustic guitars, classical guitars, electric guitars,
bass guitars, mandolins and other stringed instruments.
Jaket Instruments is a full service luthier shop based in the heart
of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex in North Texas.
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Who needs a custom instrument?
We design and build custom guitars for professional musicians who
require a custom sound and fit - and an instrument truly unique in design.
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Jaket custom guitars - and all Jaket stringed instruments - are
designed for adherents of every musical style, including rock, blues,
country , folk, bluegrass, fingerpicking, jazz and classical.
Our handcrafted instruments are created for the musician who finds
it difficult, even painful, to play off-the-rack equipment.
A custom-fitted guitar can make all the difference for the musician
whose hand size makes it frustrating to find an instrument that
plays comfortably.
We also perform repair work on quality vintage guitars and other
stringed instruments.
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Your basic Jaket
starts at $1800.00. Built
with wood chosen for sound quality, we use book-matched Honduran Mahogany
for the sides, back and neck, with a graphite-assisted book-matched
spruce top with a rosewood fingerboard and bridge. We use Schaller
or Grover tuning machines, and Maccasser ebony veneer is deployed
for the pickguard and head stock. The fingerboard is dressed with
abalone dot inlay. and the finished instrument rests inside a five-ply
hard shell case.
All Jaket custom guitars
come with a lifetime-limited warranty for the original purchaser,guaranteeing
against problems of workmanship and/or materials. The warranty does
NOT include damage due to moisture, heat or gross negligence. Nor
does it cover damage to the finish.
What
upgrades do you offer?
Discerning customers who require a distinctive, more elaborate Jaket,
have the option of an array of wood and aesthetic upgrades:
- A choice of wood,
including rosewood, bubinga, walnut, cypress, figured maple and
others are available for the back and sides. Ebony is available
for fingerboard and bridge.
- Body cutaways for
accessing upper frets.
- Ebony and Ebony-Holly
woodbinding and purfling.
- Custom-designed patterns
inlaid with exotic materials, including mother-of-pearl and abalone.
- Hand finishing, designed
to bring out the beauty of the instrument without dampening the
resonance.
- Hand rubbed French
Polish, as used by classic violinmakers, creates a visually striking
instrument with an acoustically transparent finish.
- Classical and Flamenco
designs use traditional woods with graphite assists on the top
and neck for increased mid-range and treble response.
- We build commissioned
arch-tops and owner-concept guitars.
- Mammoth ivory, black
water buffalo horn, or graphite saddles, nuts, or tuner buttons.
- Passive or active
pick-up systems with handbuilt-in transducers.
Can you fix it?
We perform repair work
on vintage and quality stringed instruments (and selected instruments
of lesser quality, but that retain great sentimental value). Garage
sale specials are strongly discouraged.
To view an informative 4.45 minute documentary on Jaket Instruments
click here.
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