Custom Guitars Handcrafted in Denver, Colorado
Great Green guitars are lovingly designed and built by Mark Ward.
Our custom instruments are handcrafted to order, using quality materials and a blend of traditional and modern construction methods. Attention to every discernible detail, be it aesthetic or auditory, results in a truly unique and balanced instrument. If you can envision it, we will endeavor to build it.
Preparing for finish application (Parlor 0-12)
Rosewood rosette on Sitka (Parlor 0-12)
Strung up (Parlor 0-12)
Castle inspired Rosewood headstock (Parlor 0-12)
Peruvian Walnut (OM-14)
Maple end wedge (OM-14)
Ladder purfling with a Walnut rosette on Adirondack (OM-14)
Popping the walnut grain (OM-14)
Walnut inspired headstock (OM-14)
Custom 12th fret inlay (OM-14)
The finished product. Peruvian Walnut and Adirondack OM with custom 12th fret inlay and pickguard (OM-14)
Ebony rosette with MOP inlay on Sitka (00-13)
Top bracing on Sitka top with Mahogany back and sides (00-13)
Mahogany back and sides (00-13)
Art-deco inspired custom 12th fret inlay (00-13)
Drawing out the design on this Ebony headstock (00-13)
Fret work (00-13)
Ebony end wedge with art-deco inspired bridge (00-13)
Art-deco inspired volute (00-13)
Popping the Mahogany and Sitka grain (00-13)
Applying the old school nitro finish (00-13)
MOP and ebony rosette and 12th fret marker (00-13)
Ebony binding and heel cap (00-13)
Tuner installation on art-deco headstock (00-13)
Sitka and Mahogany 00-13 with Ebony and MOP appointments
Back and side bracing on Padauk (00-13)
Padauk bridge plate on Adirondack soundboard (00-13)
Rosewood bound fretboard with copper inlay (00-13)
Padauk and Rosewood "Yin and Yang" inspired asymmetric headstock (00-13)
Asymmetric Rosewood bridge with Padauk inlay (00-13)
Adirondack soundboard with Padauk and Rosewood (00-13)
Installing the Waverly tuners with Dark Tortoise knobs (00-13)
Adirondack soundboard with Rosewood and Padauk appointments
Adirondack and Padauk "Yin and Yang" 00-13 with Rosewood appointments