Touch Guitars® Blog

T8 – Walnut, korina, purple heart

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, T8, Touch Guitars® Blog. Posted May 8, 2022

• black korina body with flamed walnut top • satin finish • 3-piece korina/purple heart/korina neck • purple heart fretboard with abalone inlays • black hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® locking tuners • Custom Touch Guitars® pickups in walnut • Volume / 5-way switch / tone for each pickup • passive

U8 – padauk, kaya mahogany

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8 Custom. Posted April 7, 2022

Made by Jaakko Peltonen at the Vuorensaku workshop (https://www.vuorensaku.fi) • kaya mahogany body • 2-piece flamed maple neck • rocklite fretboard • black hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Sperzel SBC locking tuners • Delano SBC HE/S pickup • passive electronics Tuning: Bb F C G D A C D

U8 Deluxe – transparent red birch

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8 Deluxe. Posted January 23, 2022

This U8 Deluxe is completely made out of local wood. We had this beautiful unique birch on stock and it turned out to look just amazing with the red finish. This one now lives in Australia. • birch body in transparent red • 3-piece maple/walnut/maple neck • walnut fretboard with mother of pearl inlays •

U8 Deluxe – charcoal burst

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8 Deluxe. Posted January 23, 2022

It’s been a long time ago since we did a U8 Deluxe model. This was the initial design Markus and Ed Reynolds came up with in 2008. Still one of the coolest models we are offering and this beauty absolutely kills it. • western red cedar body • flamed maple top in charcoal burst •

Blog: January 2022

by Stefan Huth in Touch Guitars® Blog. Posted January 17, 2022

This time in a short VLOG

U8 – 2-tone blue

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted January 17, 2022

A blue beauty with satin finish. • swamp ash body • 2-tone blue satin finish • 3-piece maple neck • ebony fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom locking tuners • Delano SBC HE/S pickup • Tuning: Bb F C G D A C

U8 – 3-tone sunburst

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted January 17, 2022

A classic. Look at this flamed maple fretboard. • alder body • 3-tone sunburst finish • vintage tinted 3-piece maple neck • flamed maple fretboard with black inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom locking tuners • Delano SBC HE/S pickup • Tuning: Bb F C G D A

U8 – swamp ash with apple top

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted January 17, 2022

This U8 has a balkan apple top on a gorgeous swamp ash body. The grain looks beautiful. • swamp ash body • balkan apple top • natural high gloss finish • 3-piece maple neck with dark veneer • wenge fretboard with abalone inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom

U8 – satin red open grain finish

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted January 17, 2022

A red beauty designed by Stefan as a stock instrument. It has been sold quickly 😉 • swamp ash body • satin red open grain finish • 3-piece maple neck with dark veneer • birdseye maple fretboard with black inlays • black/chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom locking tuners •

U8 – satin black open grain finish

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted January 6, 2022

A black beauty designed by Stefan as a stock instrument. • swamp ash body • satin black open grain finish • 3-piece wenge neck • ebony fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • black/chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom locking tuners • Touch Guitars® custom pickup ebony • Tuning: Bb

Blog: 26 June 2021

by Stefan Huth in Touch Guitars® Blog. Posted July 5, 2021

The latest four guitars from our workshop in Austria.

T8 – Comic Edition feat. Denis Rodier

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, T8, Touch Guitars® Blog. Posted July 5, 2021

Time for the big bang!!!The first collaboration guitar for 2021 is ready. Comic Artist Denis Rodier made this beautiful artwork in prog noir…. ah sorry…. film noir style. He also did Superman and Wonder Woman from DC Comics. It fits perfectly on this T8. We added the handmade BANG inlay to match the scene. One

U8 Kemper green

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted July 5, 2021

A lot of you might know that we are good friends with the guys from Kemper Amps. We did this beautiful green U8 to match the Profiler and their new cabinets. Some pics will follow. This one will finally be added to CEO Christoph’s personal collection, soon. • swamp ash body • Kemper green satin

U10 Deluxe seafoam burst

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U10 Deluxe. Posted July 5, 2021

Another U10 Deluxe. The customer asked for the U8 Deluxe shaping on the 10-string. Since we are a custom shop this was no big deal. It tuned out to be one of the most comfortable and ergonomic 10-string tapping instruments we ever did. After building this guitar we decided to finally have a U10 Deluxe.

S8 apple, plumwood natural

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, S8, Touch Guitars® Blog. Posted July 5, 2021

We love it when customers are open for unique wood. This beautiful apple top was part of the workshop since before Touch Guitars® even existed. So much the better that we finally used it on one of our S8 models. Combined with local walnut and plumwood it is an amazing wood combination.For the electronics we

U8 3-tone burst 3/8 fretless

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted July 5, 2021

Our “Frankenstein” Edition of the U8. We used parts we had in stock for a long time to make this one and it turned out to be wonderful with this vintage nitro finish. We also made the first three strings fretless and used the prototype of pickups made by Chris Rübezahl Weißenfels. It really works

S8 purple stain

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, S8, Touch Guitars® Blog. Posted July 5, 2021

The customer asked for a light purple. We we a little bit sceptical in the beginning but then we got the wonderful stain. Amazing how the wood looks with that stain. It is also the first time we used Alumitones by Lace Pickups in combination with the Darkglass Electronics tone capsule. What a huge sounding

U10 sunset orange

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U10. Posted June 6, 2021

• swamp ash body • sunset orange metallic finish • 3-piece vintage tinted maple neck • ebony fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom tuners • Touch Guitars® custom pickup • Tuning: E A D G C / F# B E A D (5th/4th)

U10 natural

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U10. Posted June 6, 2021

• alder body •natural finish • 3-piece maple neck • maple fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom tuners • Touch Guitars® custom pickup • Tuning: D G C F Bb / C G D A C (5th/5th)

U10 two tone purple

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U10. Posted June 6, 2021

• swamp ash body • maple burl top • 2-tone purple finish • 3-piece maple neck • katalox fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom tuners • Touch Guitars® custom pickup • Tuning: E A D G C / C G D A E

U8 mermaid sparkle

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted June 6, 2021

• swamp ash body •mermaid sparkle finish • 2-piece roasted maple neck • roasted maple fretboard with abalone inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom tuners • Delano SBC HE/S pickup • Tuning: Bb F C G D A C D

U8 transparent red, birdseye maple

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted June 6, 2021

• black korina body • transparent red finish • 3-piece maple neck • bridseye maple fretboard with black inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom tuners • Delano SBC HE/S pickup • Tuning: Bb F C G D A C D

U8 gold metallic

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted June 6, 2021

• swamp ash body • gold metallic finish • 3-piece maple neck • katalox fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom tuners • Delano SBC pickup • Tuning: Bb F C G D A C D

U8 cycfi, buckeye burl, black korina

by Stefan Huth in Galleries, Touch Guitars® Blog, U8. Posted June 6, 2021

• black korina body • buckeye burl top • natural high gloss finish • 3-piece maple neck with dark veneer • ebony fretboard with mother of pearl inlays and cream binding • cream pickuguard • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom tuners • Cycfi Custom CR and Nu Multi pickups