— Logbook

My designs in the making.

I am working on several vintage-inspired designs, without risking being pulled into the current legal conflicts around headstocks and body shapes. As this is my hobby and not a job, I carefully select what I build, how I build it, and who I build for. More to come over time.

Torka Aurelia — goldtop, carved top, own design
AureliaGoldtop · carved top
Torka Flora — green paisley offset, own design
FloraGreen paisley · offset

Order process — see contact.

— Recent builds

From this workshop.

Each guitar carries a small nickel-silver medallion on the back of the headstock and comes with a certificate of authenticity. The medallion is engraved with my signature only when the instrument is complete.

— Prototype · for family

S-style · 1961 · Sherwood Green.

The first one I built end-to-end, and the one I learned on. My wife picked the colour — a dark Sherwood Green — and the gold hardware to match. Christmas gift to our daughters. There's a signature and a message behind the neck plate. Stays in the family.
S-style in Sherwood Green, gold hardware, flame maple headstock — front
S-style in Sherwood Green — back, flame maple neck, gold neck plate
Specifications Hardtail · 4-piece body, 12-yr air-dried German alder, quarter sawn · AAAA maple neck, quarter sawn · Rosewood fingerboard, 9.5″ radius · Fender Vintage bridge · 3× CTS 250 kΩ custom split-shaft pots · CRL 5-way switch · Switchcraft input jack · Vitamin-T oil-filled .047 µF capacitor · Fender Vintage tuners · Fender Pure Vintage 1961 pickups · Vintage nitro finish · Gold hardware · Schaller security locks · NOS
— Personal build · private stock

S-style · 1965 · Fiesta Red Satin.

Built for my colleague and friend Greg in Kentucky, USA. It looks as if it was carefully stored yet played regularly for decades — no heavy relic, just the small details that make the difference.
S-style in 1965 Fiesta Red satin, chrome hardware — front
S-style in 1965 Fiesta Red satin — back, flamed maple neck, chrome neck plate
Specifications Hardtail · 4-piece 15-year air-dried German alder body · AAAA maple neck (sawn 1991) · Malaysian blackwood fingerboard, 9.5″ radius · Fender Vintage bridge · 3× CTS 250 kΩ custom split-shaft pots · CRL 5-way switch · Switchcraft input jack · Orange Drop capacitor · Fender Vintage tuners · Fender Pure Vintage 1965 pickups · Vintage nitro finish, satin · Closet Classic Relic
Private stockNot for sale.
— Build · for Lennard

S-style · 1961 · Pelham Blue.

Pelham Blue with gold hardware — the owner's call. Neck profile sits between a C and a U: not too thin, not too thick, oiled on the back. Fingerboard edges rolled, so it plays like it has had decades of use.
S-style in Pelham Blue, gold hardware, flame maple headstock — front
S-style in Pelham Blue — back, gold neck plate, serial 0003
Specifications Hardtail · 2-piece body, air-dried US American alder · AAAA maple neck, quarter sawn · Rosewood fingerboard, 9.5″ radius · 3× CTS 250 kΩ custom split-shaft pots · CRL 5-way switch · Switchcraft input jack · Vitamin-T oil-filled .047 µF capacitor · Fender Vintage tuners · Fender Pure Vintage 1961 pickups · Vintage nitro finish · Gold hardware · Neck partially finished with vintage nitro · NOS
— Build · for a colleague

S-style · 1961 · Sherwood Green.

Built for a very special colleague and friend, whose leadership, values, and honesty I admire. Same pre-CBS specifications as the Pelham Blue, but in nickel hardware throughout — the quieter choice.
S-style in 1961 Sherwood Green, nickel hardware, flame maple headstock — front
S-style in 1961 Sherwood Green, nickel hardware — back, flame maple neck
Specifications Hardtail · 2-piece body, air-dried US American alder · AAAA maple neck, quarter sawn · Rosewood fingerboard, 9.5″ radius · 3× CTS 250 kΩ split-shaft pots · CRL 5-way switch · Switchcraft input jack · Vitamin-T oil-filled .047 µF capacitor · Fender Vintage tuners · Fender Pure Vintage 1961 pickups · Vintage nitro finish · Nickel hardware · Neck partially finished with vintage nitro · NOS
— Build no. 0001 · for Matthias Freund, Ulm

S-style · 1961 · Black Gloss.

Built for Matthias Freund, a musician here in Ulm. He has owned many guitars and never stopped looking for the final one. I offered to build it in the spirit of pre-CBS, and shaped the neck to fit his hand. It has been his go-to ever since, and I see it on stages around town.
S-style in Black Gloss, mint pickguard, flame maple neck — front
S-style in Black Gloss — back, partially lacquered neck, neck plate engraved 0001
Specifications Build no. 0001 · Hardtail · 3-piece body, 12-year air-dried German alder, quarter sawn · AAAA maple neck, quarter sawn · Rosewood fingerboard, 7.25″ vintage radius · Fender Vintage bridge · 3× CTS 250 kΩ custom split-shaft pots · CRL 5-way switch · Switchcraft input jack · Vitamin-T oil-filled .047 µF capacitor · Fender Vintage road-worn tuners · Fender Pure Vintage 1961 pickups · Vintage nitro finish · Partially lacquered neck · NOS
— Build · for Nick

T-style · flamed maple top, mahogany body.

Built for Nick, who came to me without a fixed picture of what he wanted. I sent him photos through the build so he could watch it take shape. The combination of Häussel P90s with the old mahogany works well. I won't repeat this exact build — every instrument is its own — but the recipe goes into the notebook.
T-style with flame maple top over mahogany, two P90s — front
T-style — back, mahogany body and neck
Specifications Hardtail · 1-piece old-stock mahogany body, chambered, neck from same piece of old-stock mahogany · AAA maple top · Malaysian Blackwood fingerboard, 9.5″ radius · Babicz bridge · 3× CTS 250 kΩ custom split-shaft pots · CRL 3-way switch · Switchcraft input jack · Orange Drop capacitor · Fender Vintage road-worn tuners · Häussel P90 pickups with aged nickel covers · Oil finish · NOS
— Personal build · private stock

T-style · 1959 · Player.

Two years on the bench, built around local German woods — alder body, plum fingerboard. The Player Relic is done by hand: wear where a played-in guitar would carry it, so it looks and feels like it already has a history.
T-style in metallic green, two humbuckers, cream pickguard, plum fingerboard — front
T-style in metallic green — back, flamed maple neck, vintage neck plate, string-through ferrules
Specifications Hardtail · 15-year air-dried German alder body · AAAA maple neck · German plum fingerboard, 9.5″ radius · Wilkinson Vintage bridge, three brass saddles · 2× Mojotone 1959 PAF humbuckers · CTS 500 kΩ pots · Orange Drop capacitor · Switchcraft 3-way switch · Fender Vintage tuners, staggered · Schaller security locks · Player Relic
Private stockNot for sale.
— Personal build · private stock

T-style · 1952 · TV Yellow.

The blueprint. Single-coils, a black guard, TV Yellow over German alder — built to 1952 spec and aged by hand. Same bench and the same woods as the green one; a different voice.
T-style in TV Yellow, black pickguard, single-coil bridge pickup, maple-look fingerboard — front
T-style in TV Yellow — back, flamed maple neck, vintage neck plate, string-through ferrules
Specifications Hardtail · 15-year air-dried German alder body · AAAA maple neck · German plum fingerboard, 9.5″ radius · Wilkinson Vintage bridge, three brass saddles · 2× Fender Pure Vintage 1952 pickups · CTS 250 kΩ pots · Orange Drop capacitor · Switchcraft 3-way switch · Fender Vintage tuners, staggered · Schaller security locks · Player Relic
Private stockNot for sale.
— Cabinets

Speaker cabinets.

— Cabinet · 2×12 diagonal

Black · 2×12.

Built to complement a 2023 Two-Rock Studio Signature head. Two G12-65 speakers, three-dimensional sound with a hi-fi character. The finish was chosen to sit alongside the head, which was hand-built in California.
2×12 black cabinet, chrome corners — front
2×12 black cabinet — back, twin G12-65 speakers
— Cabinet · 1×12

Black · 1×12.

Built to complement a 2025 Two-Rock Studio Signature head. Eminence Cannabis Rex 12″ inside, picked for the smooth clean voice the owner wanted — well suited to jazz and blues.
1×12 black cabinet, chrome corners — front
1×12 black cabinet — back, Eminence Cannabis Rex speaker
— Cabinet · 2×12 diagonal

Emerald Green · 2×12.

Built for a professional musician and guitar teacher to run with his 6L6-powered Morgan. On stage shortly after delivery — the Marshall-style vintage tolex paired with the black diamond cloth (the same kind that shows up on Dumble heads) reads differently from anything else on the floor. Worth noting: Kerry Wright also built cabinets for Howard Alexander Dumble.
2×12 Emerald Green cabinet, diamond grille — front
2×12 Emerald Green cabinet — back, twin Warehouse G12C/S speakers
— Cabinet · 1×12

Emerald Green · 1×12.

Built for a player who came back to electric guitar after years on acoustic, and added a Two-Rock head along the way. Inside is an Alessandro 12″. I first heard one in a 12″ F-style Dumble combo where the original speaker had been swapped out — when someone makes that change to a 50k-plus amp, the choice carries weight. The sound bears it out.
1×12 Emerald Green cabinet — front
1×12 Emerald Green cabinet — back, Alessandro GA-SC64 speaker
Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or successors to Kerry Wright. Built independently, to the measurements of original cabinets in personal possession, as a tribute to his craft.