finish is very bold. We’re going
to offer all of our guitar shapes
in that style, which will be
slightly more affordable.”
Dave Poe from the band
Brew has already placed an order
for his HeadHunter. Becker
holds up a sweet-looking, deep-
purple piece of mahogany with
a curly maple top. Its heavily
rounded edges give it a liquid
feel. “It doesn’t have all the
heavy lamination,” Becker says,
“and we can build it much
quicker because we don’t have
to make the hardware—which
takes a long time.”
With such low produc-
tion numbers, most of Becker’s
and Martin’s guitars and basses
cost close to $5000. But the
HeadHunter will run closer to
$2000, and it was designed for
those who want that “candy”
without breaking the bank. “If
we could produce the amounts
A HeadHunter Roller in Black Cherry Burst finish.