2006 Butterfly Model 1 ser no. 3 (Red Spruce and Indian Rosewood)

2006 Butterfly Model 1 (Red Spruce and Indian Rosewood) Construction

Hopscotch Festival 'Artist and Author Series' with Yair Yona

Yair Yona playing the German Spruce Black Acacia Butterfly at the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina September 2011

Michael Mulder and his Butterfly

My dear friend and World Class musician Michael Mulder. Michael owns the first Butterfly guitar that I made

Butterfly Model 2 more photos

My Butterfly prototype was a feature at the 'Player's Art': Guitar Exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art May 7th thru July 17th, 2005. The Maine State Guitar was also part of the 'Players Art' Exhibition.

Butterfly Model 2

Butterfly Model 2 construction

In the beginning

Mahogany Model 2 Butterfly

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart Vision Version from June Zandona on Vimeo.

An intimate performance by Devendra Banhart at the "Superba" exhibit at J.F. Chen loft. Directed by June Zandona

Mariano Rodriguez - Rest Valley

Beautiful new guitar compositions by Argentina based guitarist Mariano Rodriguez

1990 Sobell Model 1 Butterfly

This is the 1990 Sobell Model 1 Butterfly that inspired me to start building guitars. This guitar was owned by Martin Simpson and used on his 1991 album 'When I Was On Horseback'. I owned this guitar (2006 - 2007) and recorded with it on Arborea's first album 'Wayfaring Summer' (used on the title track) and you can also hear it on the instrumental 'Plains of Macedonia' on Arborea's 2008 S/T album. This guitar has a long scale length at 26.5, beautiful sparkle to the trebles and a strong solid bass. The guitar has a great fundamental and lush overtones.

Plains of Macedonia by Arborea