Premium Features
EXPAND YOUR DESIGN HORIZON
Premium features offer greater flexibility to create a guitar uniquely tailored to you. Some, like multi-scale designs or cutaways, provide specialized functionality along with striking visual impact. Others, such as the Ryan-style arm bevel, enhance playing comfort especially during long sessions. And some options focus purely on adding elegance to your instrument’s appearance.
Explore all these possibilities with Michael Bashkin, your dedicated design partner.
Multi-Scale Fret Design: Perfect for Drop Tunings and a Brighter High End
The multi-scale fret design plays like a traditional guitar but creates a tension gradient across the strings, higher tension on the bass side and lower tension on the treble. This results in greater power and focus on the bass strings, especially beneficial for drop tunings, along with a richer, more complex high-end.
Bashkin guitars offer two multi-scale configurations: 25.75"–25" and 26"–25.4". The first features a slightly longer bass and shorter treble compared to a standard guitar, while the second extends only the bass.
A Cutaway Adds Convenience and Elegance
Most luthiers agree that a cutaway provides easier access to the upper frets without significantly affecting the guitar’s sound. Meanwhile, the graceful curve of the cutaway enhances the instrument’s beauty and visual complexity. On all Bashkin guitars, cutaways are artfully bound with full miters, adding a refined, handcrafted touch.
The Bashkin Headstock: Tradition Meets Modern Design
Inspired by traditional classical guitar headstocks, the signature slotted design on all Bashkin guitars combines timeless elegance with a contemporary touch.
Custom Inlays in Rosettes and Endgrafts
Your guitar offers many ways to express yourself visually, not just tonally. It starts with your choice of model, tonewoods, neck and fret styles, and headstock design. Rosettes and endgrafts open even more creative possibilities.
The rosette, in particular, is one of the guitar’s most prominent visual features, while the endgraft, like the overlay on the back of the headstock, makes a more subtle statement.
Together, these tasteful details express the builder’s artistry and skill. In a collaborative design process where you’re encouraged to participate as Michael’s design partner, they also provide a unique opportunity for you to showcase your personal style.
Ryan-Style Arm Bevel
The Ryan-style arm bevel softens the corner where your arm rests, making the guitar more comfortable to play. The bevel cap is cut from the same wood as the binding, ensuring a seamless flow and perfect color match.
Bashkin Style Fretmarkers
Bashkin style fretmarkers serve as distinctive fret position indicators, appearing on both the top and side of the neck. The inlay is set against a white veneer backing, which allows light to shine through the translucent material, enhancing its natural beauty. This inlay style is available in a wide variety of materials.