In February of 2008 I completed construction of my 100th Guitar. 2008 also marks my 10th year as a full time guitarmaker.

I built this special Bristlecone to commemorate these two events.

For more information and pictures of this guitar, click here.

I built this Tamarack to display at the Montreal Guitar Festival. It has a very powerful, clear, balanced tone suitable for a variety of musical styles.

Features:

-- Panama rosewood and European spruce
-- Contoured Cutaway
-- Manzer Wedge body
-- Curly maple purflings
-- 1 3/4" nut width
-- 25.5" scale length

Price $7800

This archtop was designed to bring together the best of both the archtop and the flattop tone. It combines the clarity and projection of an archtop with the sensitivity and warmth of a flattop guitar.

This is a great guitar for acoustic Jazz.

The woods are European spruce with curly Big Leaf Maple back and sides. The bindings and tuner knobs are snakewood. Other appointments are black ebony and 24 K gold.

Price $10,000

Guitarist Alex de Grassi recently spent time with all three of the guitars listed above. Here's what he has to say:

"Mark Blanchard's guitars combine impeccable craftsmanship and ease of playing with big volume and a balanced, even tone up and down the fingerboard. His wedge shaped flat tops are a joy to play, and a great choice for the serious player."

--Alex de Grassi

This is a new Bristlecone that I built for the Healdsburg Guitar festival. It is ziricote with an Engelmann Spruce top. 25.5" scale, 1 3/4" nut. It has a slight "Manzer Wedge" body for comfort.

This is a wonderful fingerstyle guitar with a clear, warm tone.

Price $7550

Check it out at The 12th Fret in Toronto.

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This Nylon string jazz guitar features Madagascar rosewood back and sides and a bearclaw Engelmann spruce top. The tone is even, warm and round. The neck is 1 7/8" at the nut and the fingerboard has a slight curvature maiking it a very comfortable for the steel string or electric guitar player.The scale length is 25.5" (648mm).

Andre Fortin plays it here, here and here.

Demo price $7000 SOLD

<< The guitar pictured is similar to the one for sale.

This Mahogany / Carpathian spruce Bristlecone has a wonderfully warm, clear, open tone. The bass is surprisingly full for a small bodied mahogany guitar, yet the trebles remain strong and round.

Features include a Manzer Wdge body, cutaway, strap pegs and a K & K pickup.

1 3/4" nut width, 25.5" scale length.

See it at Glades Guitars in south Florida

Price $7250