Curtis Rockwell Guitars

06/29/2025

This Malaysian Blackwood set has been in the shop almost since the beginning of. More than twenty years! It’s heavy and very hard material!! Bending the sides will be nerve wracking!

06/19/2025

Something new in the works…

12/21/2024

The price on this has come down again. It's an absolutely fantastic guitar and I would love to see it find a new and loving home!

Up for sale is my Oriskany Stringed Instruments Model "C" [similar to the Larrivee Guitars model "L" body] with a high grade solid Red Spruce [Adirondack] top over a high grade South American Mahogany. This is a Presentation grade instrument build ; very sweet playing , sounding and looking. An...

10/23/2024

I also have another Model "C" of black walnut with a Carpathian spruce top that I will be selling from here in the shop. Pictures to come. I hope all of you are having a wonderful autumn day!

10/23/2024

I saw that the price on this guitar has been dropped some between now and the end of the month. This is a fantastic deal on a really nice guitar from my shop. I remember this guitar well - it was a hard one to let go because we felt as though it had really hit the mark both aesthetically AND tonally. Give it a look. If any of you read this and buy it, please let me know as I'll be happy to help look after its well being for you as the new owner.

Up for sale is my Oriskany Stringed Instruments Model "C" [similar to the Larrivee Guitars model "L" body] with a high grade solid Red Spruce [Adirondack] top over a high grade South American Mahogany. This is a Presentation grade instrument build ; very sweet playing , sounding and looking. An...

08/02/2024

A little teaser.

07/31/2024

Also - I was recently told that an Oriskany Stringed Instruments guitar is available on reverb.com, so I thought I'd share the link. It's been enjoying the good life in Toronto for the last decade or so and is looking for a new home. Here's the link:

https://reverb.com/item/83880123-oriskany-model-c-serial-no-2007-43-nitrocellulose-adirondack-mahogany-presentation-grade

Up for sale is my Oriskany Stringed Instruments Model "C" [similar to the Larrivee Guitars model "L" body] with a high grade solid Red Spruce [Adirondack] top over a high grade South American Mahogany. This is a Presentation grade instrument build ; very sweet playing , sounding and looking. An...

07/31/2024

In about 3 weeks, I'll be heading to the Fretboard Summit in Chicago with (hopefully) two new guitars in tow for sale! Keep watching this page for updates...

04/07/2022

I have been cleaning up a few instruments to display this weekend (April 8 - 10) in Harrisburg, PA at the Artisan Guitar Show! This is a real honor and will be a fantastic exhibit of the state of independent guitar building in the United States. It's the first guitar festival I've participated in for many years. Just, wow!

https://artisanguitarshow.com/

02/02/2022

www.curtisrockwellguitars.com is now back up and running. I'll continue to update and improve the site with time and new projects on the horizon!

08/19/2021

Sorry I haven’t posted in some time. I don’t usually take on electric guitar projects, but here’s an older Les Paul coming down the home stretch with some new frets, a good setup, and hopefully many years of music in its future.