OM Lichty Guitar – Pure Inspiration! Lichty Guitars is headed off in a new direction with Jay having wrapped up custom instrument production. He is now building for pure play and inspiration and will occasionally have instruments available for sale. See our post “The Next Phase for Lichty Guitars = Play + Inspiration + Wide Open Creativity!” for the latest updates. This featured guitar is the first of two instruments being offered for sale. Features: OM Guitar body; Brazilian rosewood back and sides; Sitka spruce top; Craig Lavin inlays; armrest bevel; rib bevel; Mother of Pearl top and back ..read more

Custom Lichty Parlor Guitar There are over 300 custom Lichty instruments out in the world. It is Jay’s sincere hope that each and every one is bringing its player a world of joy. There are dreadnoughts and OM’s, baritones and tenors, electric guitars and acoustic fiddles (even electric fiddles) and more. That said, this special parlor guitar might just be the best of them all. It has all the ingredients of a great instrument – brilliant combo of figured tonewood and soundboard, a body design small enough to custom fit the player and yet with the depth of sound and resonance of a full-sized gui ..read more

Lichty Custom Baritone Ukulele U188 Such a gorgeous wood and such a great sound! Features: Baritone 20″ scale with cutaway; Myrtlewood top, back, sides and headplate; Englemann Spruce top; Mahogany neck, Ebony bridge; Koa binding and rosette; slotted headstock, K&K Aloha Twin pickup, Grover Sta Tite Tuners Audio Sample: Lichty Custom Uke U188 Mackenzies tune      Learn More: See a variety of Lichty custom ukulele sizes What do our customers have to say? The post Lichty Myrtlewood Ukulele U188 first appeared on Lichty Guitars ..read more

Looking Back and Looking Ahead for Lichty Guitars Lichty Guitars began back in 2009 when Jay (then home contractor) began building ukuleles for fun in the garage. Shortly thereafter, I (Corrie) joined in on the fun by photographing and marketing each instrument just as soon as the strings went on. Fast forward to 2023 and together we have worked hard to build a successful, internationally renowned luthier business. Jay has crafted over 350 instruments which have shipped to incredible customers in over 20 countries. While he began with ukes and acoustic guitars, he kept stretching out with the ..read more

OM Lichty Guitar – Pure Inspiration! Lichty Guitars is headed off in a new direction with Jay having wrapped up custom instrument production. He is now building for pure play and inspiration and will occasionally have instruments available for sale. See our post “The Next Phase for Lichty Guitars = Play + Inspiration + Wide Open Creativity!” for the latest updates. This featured guitar is the first of two instruments being offered for sale. Features: OM Guitar body; Brazilian rosewood back and sides; Sitka spruce top; Craig Lavin inlays; armrest bevel; rib bevel; Mother of Pearl top and back ..read more

Macassar Ebony and Adironack Spruce Jumbo Guitar This guitar put a huge smile on this luthier’s face! It was Jay’s pure pleasure to build this custom guitar. When he picked it up to play it for the first time, he was blown away by the sound and feel! Features: Jumbo Guitar body featuring cutaway, side soundport and armrest bevel; Macassar Ebony back, sides, headplate; Adirondack Spruce top; Ebony binding and fingerboard; multi-scale fretboard; Mahogany neck; Spalted Maple rosette with abalone rings; K&K Trinity pickup, bone nut and saddle; Gotoh 510 tuners Audio Sample: Jumbo Guitar 143 ..read more

Figured Koa Custom Ukulele U186 Features: Eight string Ziggy model with cutaway and armrest bevel; Highly Figured Koa back, sides, binding; Mahogany neck; Ebony headplate and fretboard; custom inlay on headstock; bone nut and saddle; Gotog Stealth tuners; K&K Pure Mini pickup Audio Sample: Custom Ukulele 186 Mackenzies tune      Custom Ukulele U186 Moms song      Learn more:  How to order a custom ukulele See an assortment of available custom ukulele models The post Eight String – Steel String Ukulele U186 first appeared on Lichty G ..read more

Lichty Electric Fiddle with Customer Hand Carved Scroll When the customer of this fine instrument said she would like to personalize her fiddle by carving the scroll herself, Jay got super excited. The end result is beyond beautiful! We love imagining the extra joy this musician will experience each time she plays a tune with the sweet bird playing a long. Features: Maple back and neck; Torrified Sitka Spruce top, Customer hand carved bird scroll; LR Baggs bridge pickup Audio Sample played by the customer: EV2 ashokans farewell - Jay Ungar      Learn more: How to ord ..read more

A Family of Lichty Ukuleles from The Tree Our customers never cease to amaze and delight us! This commission was a fun one! The Project: Build four ukuleles (a baritone, tenor, concert and soprano) all out of wood from the legendary “Tree” and all with identical features. Each one features wood for the back, sides and headplate appointments from The Tree, a legendary ancient Mahogany tree. Additional features include: Englemann Spruce tops; Mahogany necks; Ebony fretboards and bridges; curly Koa binding; bone nuts and saddles; Waverly tuners; radious fretboards, side soundport (except the Sopr ..read more

Lichty Custom Dreadnought Guitar with Craig Lavin Inlay Crafted for Nashville Great – Jimmy Fortune! Gotta love this project! This guitar, from start to finish, was crafted with love, care, collaboration and creativity. It began with one friend dreaming up a gift-of-a-lifetime for another – a custom Lichty Guitar. That idea and gesture alone were amazing, but that is just the beginning of the story. In order to capture the full heart-felt scope of this gift, careful thought was given to every facet of the design. This instrument is a true collaboration between the gift-giver, the luthier, and ..read more