MODERN BUILDER VAULT
Arcadia Double-Cutaway Jazz
The Arcadia Double-Cutaway Jazz features a
semi-hollow body carved from bookmatched
big leaf maple, and the back is a single piece
of walnut. The floating bridge is made of
ebony topped with a maple saddle. Jones
sculpts his own hardware when possible
because he says choosing the materials gives
him the most tonal flexibility. The pickups are
Carvin Holdsworth humbuckers.
Jones’ guitars start at around $2,800 for an
Arcadia Double-Cutaway Jr. and go up to
$12,000 for the Dragonwing. Jones works on
two to three commissioned instruments at a
time, and he also sells finished guitars through
Destroy All Guitars ( destroyallguitars.com).
www.premierguitar.com
PREMIER GUITAR APRIL 2010 187
