— 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.

Selected pieces from recent builds.

Each guitar carries a small nickel-silver medallion on the back of the headstock and comes with a certificate of authenticity that records the materials used, hardware, finishes, electronics and date. The medallion is engraved with my signature only when the instrument is complete, then set into the neck plate on the back. Cabinets carry a small plate on the back and come with a certificate as well. These are small details, visible for the ones who know what they have. Others will not notice.

— 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
— 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.