Mitch Kusbel - Luthier

Handmade instruments blending tradition and innovation to bring a classic voice to a modern stage.

Oklahoma City luthier specializing in custom classical guitars and ukuleles.

Oklahoma City Luthier. Custom classical guitar.

#016 Cedar & Tamarind

Key Features: Hybrid Double top (Cedar/Nomex), Engineered Double Sides, Composite Carbon Fiber/Spruce Braces, & an Elevated Fretboard.

Sound Profile: Warm & Expressive. This guitar’s full color palette is available regardless of dynamic input. Very deep basses paired with thick but well defined trebles.

Services

  • Custom Guitars

  • Setups

  • Refrets

  • Crack / Brace Repair

  • Intonation Adjustments

  • Pickup Installations

  • Replacement Nut / Saddle

  • & More

#015 - Spruce & Walnut

Key Features:

Engelmann Spruce Top with a Claro Walnut back and sides. This all solid wood classical guitar is constructed with a traditional asymmetrical fan brace pattern and paired with a contemporary structured back and sides.

Sound Profile:

This guitar has a wonderful clarity to its trebles and well defined basses that are perfectly balanced with the mid range of the instrument. Great sustain in the upper treble strings with a lot of overtone support.

#014 - Cedar & Cypress

Key Features:

This guitar is made from a western red cedar top and a Mediterranean cypress body, my favorite combination. This guitar is traditionally constructed with all solid woods and fan braced with my asymmetrical fan brace pattern.

Sound Profile:

At first glance and touch this guitar’s cypress body and fast attack speed almost suggests it’s a flamenco guitar, but one quickly hears the sustain and rich tonal palette and understands just how versatile this guitar really is.

#012 Cedar & Mahogany

Key Features: Baritone (B - b), Multiscale, Zero Fret, Lattice Bracing, & Offset Headstock.

Sound Profile: Articulate, rich, & even. This Baritone Guitar has a great dynamic range, surprising playability, and exceptional balance & clarity between voices considering the register of the instrument.