News Post & Current Inventory

       

March 28,2008:

Thank you for taking a look at my website. If you have any questions please email or call.

Vail hand crafted guitars can now be purchased at Blue Bus Music 24 Parkway Katonah, NY. 914-301-5619 The guitars that they will stock will not cost anymore than what is listed on my website pricing page.

I have designed a smaller bodied guitar with similar dimensions as a OOO, but has the distinctive Vail shape. I call it the "Newport" model. The Newport is also available in a traditional soft cutaway. The Newport prototype that is currently in production has Madagascar rosewood back & sides, Adirondack spruce top, bold herringbone rosette & purfling, & 12 fret slotted headstock. The headstock will have red shell torch inlay & the ebony fret board will have a red shell snowflake inlay design. Due to the success of my MJ ( mini jumbo) model I have customer orders which take first priority! Therefore, the prototype sits on the shelf awaiting finish. You can take a sneak peek by clicking on the "Newport" on the Models page.


Additional spec guitars in production: 
 

  • My three piece back Dreadnaught guitar in Zebra wood, top is curly Sitka spruce -Sold
     
  • MJC satin wood B&S, bearclaw sitka top, shell rosette & purfling - Sold
     
  • MJC-12 Quilted Mahogany B&S, Lutz spruce top - Sold


Look for coming pics & specs on these guitars and of course deposits are welcomed on these guitars!


Vail Cutaway
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Earlier this year I was able to deliver the first Vail MJC-12 to Michael Dempsey. I met Mike a year earlier at a guitar show in Saratoga Springs where he purchased his first MJ 6 string. Mike came to my shop & purchased the spec MJC-12 guitar with quilted Mahogany & lutz top. ( More about Lutz tops at the bottom of page) The guitar was early enough in the construction stage, that he was able to select appointments to match his previous Vail guitar!

 
Thanks Mike!  Michael Demsey has become a real supporter & friend to Vail Guitars.
I would like to Thank Mike for his contribution to my website. You can hear Michael perform (3) original songs for  "Listen to a Vail Guitar".

Here is the completed picture of  the electric guitar I designed for my Son's graduation gift. The guitar  was so successful that it has become one of my models.
 

Check out info & pics on Models page.
 

I would like to thank Dwight Devereaux of Tone Pros www.tonepros.com for his generous contribution to this guitar!

 

Hear Nate's band at  Purevolume.com/TheGoodYear

 

 


Nathaniel's Guitar
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From Gary Vail - Luthier Of Vail Guitars

  In the world of guitar making today your choice of style & appointments are only limited by the boundaries of your imagination. Your new guitar could be a wonderful work of art, worthy of display in a gallery, or a dependable work horse accompanying you from gig to gig.

I think most of you would like to be somewhere in the middle of those two worlds. My own personal satisfaction comes from hearing the music created by people with their Vail Guitars.


My hope as a luthier is that people would be open to change in their thinking regarding tonewoods. You don't need a clone of what everybody else has. The variations in wood excites me. Just as God has created human beings as unique individuals, every tree that grows is unique and  beautiful in its own way! There is a new hybrid soundboard board that God
has cloned. Its called Lutz spruce. It is a cross pollination of sitka & engleman. To find out more about it contact my friend Shane Neifer- my supplier. His website will explain more about it. www.highmountaintonewood.com And remember we try to think "Green" when we build. What we use to build guitars is like crumbs from the table compared to the waste that goes on these days!!
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