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Veillette Swift Electric Guitar

Veillette Swift Electric Guitar


The Swift is a sleek and elegant take on a classic configuration. Dual humbucking pickups and a hard-mounted metal bridge, 22-fret neck (24 for baritones), and dead-simple switching and controls make for a guitar that feels immediately familiar and comfortable. The contoured body shape, curved from edge to edge, reduces weight and lets the right arm cross comfortably over without 'cutting' or discomfort.

In the standard wood combination: poplar body, maple top, and wenge fingerboard, the Swift is a crisp, responsive, and lively sounding guitar. Chords remain clear and distinct, and the strong midrange works beautifully with overdriven amps.

The Swift also retains our classic bolt-on neck joint, using a steel machine bolt for long, clean sustain, rugged roadworthiness, and easy maintenance.


Colors:  Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)




Veillette Gryphon High Tuned 12 Guitar

Veillette Gryphon High Tuned 12

The newest Journeyman, the Gryphon High-Unison 12-string, has already made waves as a fascinating new style of guitar with a wide range of applications. This 18.5" scale guitar, which is tuned almost one octave higher than a regular guitar, is strung with mandolin-like unison pairs. These doubled strings provide incredible punch and �cut�, with amazing and complex high overtones that bring to mind instruments like the tres, cuatro, and bouzouki.

The Gryphon uses custom LaBella GR-12 strings


Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)

 

  • Builder: Veillette Guitars, Joe Veillette
  • Model: Gryphon High 12
  • Style: Soprano 12-string Guitar, High Tuned, Terz
  • Artists Joe Veillette Has Worked With: James Taylor, Dave Matthews, David Lindley, Ani DiFranco, Tom Chapin, Jorma Kaukonen, Kaki King, John Sebastion, Billy Sheehan, Jill Sobule, Jai Utal and more.
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  • Back/Sides Wood: Mahogany or Grenadillo
  • Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
  • Neck Wood: Mahogany
  • Headplate: Ebony
  • Fingerboard: Pau Ferro
  • Frets to body: 13
  • Cutaway: Fall away style
  • Bridge: Pau Ferro
  • Pickguard: None
  • Tuners: Gotoh
  • Case: Quality Gig Bag
  • Pickup: D-Tar 18-volt system
  • Body Length: 15 3/8 in.
  • Upper Bout: 8 7/8 in.
  • Lower Bout: 12 3/8 in.
  • Body Depth @Neck Heel: 2 3/8 in.
  • Body Depth @Tail Block: 3 in.
  • Scale Length: 18.5 in.
  • Nut Width: 2 in.
  • Strings Spacing: 2 1/4 in.
  • Comments: "I'm in love with the sound of this little 12-string. I'm saving my money to get one for myself. It's so easy to play and it would be the perfect addition to any recording project or live concert setting." 

  • "This is really something new and exciting. This instrument offers a wondrous mandolin type of sound only much more complex and musical, with wonderful sustain and it can easily be played by any guitarist. It's a clever new design from Joe Veillette who has worked with more star players than most luthiers, so he knows what really works for players. We were floored by the beautiful voice and how easily it fit in with guitar, vocals, anything. This is a new color for your musical palette and one everyone in the audience will adore. The construction is perfect and the DTAR 18 volt pickup sound incredible. It is very exciting for us to introduce the Veillette Gryphon High 12 String."




 

Veillette Standard 6 Electric Guitar

Veillette Standard Tuned Guitar 6


Standard-tuned 6-string Journeyman, with its wooden bridge and high-fidelity acoustic pickup, offers the player a true acoustic tonality and styling, without the feedback problems and fragility of conventional acoustics. This beautiful acoustic tone is married to a slimmer body and sleek neck that offer electric-like playability and convenience.

Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)


 



Veillette Standard Tuned Guitar 12 string

Veillette Standard Tuned Guitar 12


Standard-tuned 12-string features a 24.1" scale, a change from the "standard" which makes the instrument fundamentally easier to play. The reduced string tension results in playability that most 12-string players would never imagine possible, even with heavier gauge strings. Intonation in the upper ranges is also dramatically improved over the average 12.

Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)





Veillette Baritone Guitars
Veillette Baritone Guitars

Veillette Baritone Guitars


A specialty for many years, the Veillette Baritone models have attracted a long list of adventurous players, including Ani DiFranco, Kaki King, "Skunk" Baxter, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, Eddie Van Halen, and many, many more.

Veillette Baritones are designed for maximum playability and comfort, and scale lengths are chosen to optimize these factors for each model. The Baritone 6-string's 27.7" scale has plenty of tension and length for the fullest possible sound, without excessive, uncomfortable fret spacing. The Baritone 12-string's 26.1" scale length is a little shorter, to compensate for the added tension and fretting pressure of the high octave strings.

The rich low-end voice of these guitars is perfect for solo artists, singers with a naturally lower range, or any guitarist who wants huge, full, powerful tone and extended range.


Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)




Veillette Nylon String Guitar

Veillette Nylon String Guitars

Nylon-string guitars address one of the biggest challenges in live performance - how to get a high quality, responsive amplified sound from a nylon-string guitar. Feedback, body and fret noise, and reduced freedom of movement are usually facts of life for nylon-string players.

Standard-tuned Nylon-string guitar resolves these issues, using the same template as Veillettes steel-string instruments, with some specifically nylon-string detailing. The flat fingerboard, 2" & 1/16"nut, and 648mm scale are immediately comfortable for the nylon-string player. Feedback and extraneous noise are things of the past. Even high-volume performance situations, such as latin bands, large auditoriums, and other demanding situations are no problem - a full-range, natural-sounding nylon-string sound can be had at any level.  


Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)



Veillette Nylon Baritone Guitar

Veillette Nylon Baritone Guitars

Baritone Nylon-string takes these elements to a new level, with a rich low range that is at once tight, strong, and clean sounding, with a 'bounce' that blends perfectly with the upper ranges. Solo guitarists benefit from the added depth and warmth, and basslines in the lower range sound big, round, and distinct. The 26.1" scale and custom strings on this model guarantee clean bass and excellent tension.


Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)



Veillette Jazz Archtop

Veillette Jazz ArchTop

Featuring semi-hollow construction, 25" scale, wenge/ebony bridge and dovetail "trapeze" style tailpiece, the "Jazz" archtop is designed to deliver the "plugged" tone of a fine archtop guitar, without the feedback and fragility. The 20-fret neck allows the pickup to be placed in the classic "L-5" position, for a clear, fat sound. The top is carved Western red cedar, with black binding. The standard Veillette features like the zero-fret and the incredibly strong machine bolt/tee nut neck joint combine with a broad range of available pickups.  Available In 7 String.


Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)





Veillette Elan Arch Top Semi Hollow

Veillette Elan ArchTop

The Elan Archtop guitars are a perfect combination of the warm sweet tone of a fine semi-hollow guitar, with effortless playability, comfort and light weight. The chambered body construction, wenge bridge and tailpiece, and Spruce top (maple top optional) yield a strong acoustic presence, and the full-featured electronics make the the Elan well-suited for any situation.

It retains the classic Veillette features, like the zero-fret and the incredibly strong machine bolt/tee nut neck joint, and is available in both 20-fret and 22-fret models, with a wide range of pickups.


Colors: Natural, Light Amber, Tobacco Burst, Honey Walnut, Deep Red, Blue, Smoke Black

Wood: Spruce, Plain Maple, Flame Maple, Quilt Maple, Figured Walnut, Myrtle


Black or Gold Hardware
Ebony or Pau Ferro Fingerboard & Tailpiece
Exotic wood tops (as available)
Left-Handed (no extra charge)
Lined or Unlined Fretless (Bass)
Extra-Light Tuning Machines
Custom Nut Widths
Custom Scale lengths and tuning configurations
On-Board Tri-Color Tuner
Added Magnetic pickup(s), custom wiring
Burst-style stains (single or dual color)


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