New website - new designs
After a short disappearance, my website is back up and running with a new host!
It’s always a pain rebuilding everything, but I like to take the opportunity to make some changes that I’ve been thinking about - a new logo, and new models.
The brand that has graced my headstocks is familiar, and certainly reflects the handmade nature of my guitars, but I’ve felt that it doesn’t always work well with every headstock shape I offer. I’ve also wanted to create something that’s a bit more minimalist, which better reflects where my designs are headed. It’s a spin on the old “JP” combo, seen in the Jurassic Park movies. Clean, simple, and sits well on all my headstocks. I’ll be exploring the idea of Pearl inlays on darker timbers, and perhaps Ebony on the lighter ones. It’ll slowly roll out once I complete the current run of commissions.
I’ve also been working on some new shapes. The newest, Azar, was actually dreamed up nearly two years ago, and was bound to be the first model in an offshoot brand - Temperate Guitars. It was inspired by a trip to the West Coast of Tasmania, which holds a lot of history, particularly in the timber industry. I wanted to showcase our timbers in a stripped back, minimalist way, and feature the use of hand tools for the majority of the build. Long story short, I shelved that idea to focus on growing my wedding photography business further, but recently got inspired by the shape again. I decided to push the design more into my J.Parsons aesthetic, and I’m really happy with the result! I’m offering this one up as a simple solid-body, or a fully hollow model with an outer frame and block under the bridge, capped off with a thin front and back. The result is a very vibrant guitar that’s pretty lightweight.
My other new shape has become the updated Solomon model. It started with the same minimalist intention, but leaning more towards classic American bolt-on guitar design that would give me the opportunity to experiment with solid colours. I’ve expanded on this, adding a hollow model with a Swoop, and bass variations.
Overall I’m excited by this new direction, having shelved a few other designs that I wasn’t really connecting with. 3 models in both bass and guitar, each with some unique variations. Should be enough to keep me busy!
