GALLERY

Custom 6-string Iris Guitar - "Walnut and Spalt"

features
  • Body: 1-piece chambered spalted maple core, 2-piece walnut cap.
  • Neck: 2-piece maple, 2-way truss rod, carbon fiber tubes.
  • Fretboard, Headstock Face: walnut.  16 inch radius.  24 jumbo nickel frets with zero fret.
  • Finish: shellac, tung-oil.
  • Pickguard: textured ABS 4-point star.
  • Tuners: Hipshot Griplock.
  • Bridge: Recently upgraded Jayemar Guitars black anodized aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.03 inch string spacing.
  • Control Cover: textured ABS plastic.
  • Scales: 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass.
  • Strings: D'Addario XL 11s.
  • Electronics:
    • Two Jayemar hybrid humbuckers, each containing:
      • Blade bobbin with 43 AWG magnet wire and a ceramic 8 magnet.
      • Slug bobbin with 42 AWG magnet wire and a N42 neodymium magnet.
      • 9k ohms DCR Neck, 11k ohms DCR Bridge.
      • Custom thermoformed pickup covers: textured ABS plastic.
    • 500k Bourns volume and tone pots.
    • 5-way DiMarzio “Super Switch.”  Positions: 1- bridge, 2- bridge+neck blades, 3- bridge+neck, 4- bridge+neck slugs, 5- neck.
  • Soft gig bag case.​

Custom 6-string Iris Guitar - "Black Maple"

features
  • Body: 1-piece maple.
  • Neck: 2-piece maple, 2-way truss rod, carbon fiber tubes.
  • Fretboard: flamed maple, with Fiebing’s “oxblood” leather dye.  16 inch radius.  24 jumbo nickel frets with zero fret.
  • Finish: hand-rubbed TransTint black, shellac, tung-oil.
  • Tuners: locking.
  • Bridge: Recently upgraded Jayemar Guitars black anodized aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.03 inch string spacing.
  • Pick Guard and Control Cover: textured ABS plastic.
  • Scales: 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass.
  • Strings: D'Addario XL 11s.
  • Electronics:
    • Two Jayemar hybrid humbuckers, each containing:
      • Blade bobbin with 43 AWG magnet wire and a ceramic 8 magnet.
      • Slug bobbin with 42 AWG magnet wire and a N42 neodymium magnet.
      • 9k ohms DCR Neck, 11k ohms DCR Bridge.
      • Custom thermoformed pickup covers: textured ABS plastic.
    • 500k Bourns volume pot.
    • 500k Bourns push/pull tone pot: push to bypass, pull for tone.
    • 3-way toggle pickup selector: 1- bridge, 2- bridge+neck out-of-phase, 3- neck.
  • Soft gig bag case.

Prototype 6-string Alma Guitar

Features
  • Body: 4-piece walnut.
  • Neck: 3-piece maple/alder/maple, 2-way truss rod, carbon fiber rods.
  • Fretboard: Walnut, 16 inch radius, small white dot fret markers, 24 jumbo nickel frets with zero fret.
  • Finish: Shellac, tung-oil.
  • Tuners: Hipshot Griplock.
  • Bridge: Jayemar Guitars black anodized aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.03 inch string spacing.
  • Pick Guards and Control Cover: Textured ABS plastic.
  • Scales: 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass.
  • Strings: D'Addario XL 11s.
  • Electronics:
    • Two Jayemar single coils:
      • 6.85k ohms DCR neck, 7.32k ohms DCR bridge.
      • Alnico 2 magnet rods.
      • Custom thermoformed pickup covers: textured ABS plastic.
    • 500k Bourns volume pot, with treble bleed circuit.
    • 500k Bourns tone pot, with .022 uF cap.
    • 3-way toggle pickup selector: 1- bridge, 2- bridge+neck in parallel, 3- neck.
  • Soft gig bag case included, plus hand-made leather strap with Jayemar logo by M7 Straps.

The Koa Twins!
Custom Matching 6-string Alma Guitar and 4-string Alma Bass

Guitar features
Body:
  • 1-piece Hawaiian koa top, 1-piece Oregon red alder body.
Neck:
  • 2-piece maple neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod (spoke wheel adjustment at the heel), carbon fiber reinforcement, flat headstock, and a honey locust fingerboard.  Backstrap and heel cap match the body wood cap.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 22 stainless steel “jumbo” frets with zero fret.
  • Fret markers: black side and fretboard dots.
  • 1-11/16 inch nut width.
  • 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish: Water-based polyurethane on body, shellac and tung oil on neck.
Hardware:
  • Hipshot Griplock 3+3 black tuners.
  • Jayemar Guitars black anodized aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.03 inch string spacing.
  • MONO Creators Vertigo soft gig bag.  Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap.
Electronics:
  • Two medium output Jayemar alnico 5 humbuckers.
  • 500k Bourns volume pot with treble bleed circuit.
  • 500k Bourns tone pot with .022uF cap.
  • 3-way toggle switch: bridge, bridge+neck, neck.​​
bass features
​Body:
  • 1-piece Hawaiian koa top, 1-piece Oregon red alder body.
  • Contouring: slightly radiused edges, arm bevel, belly cut.
Neck:
  • 2-piece maple neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod (spoke wheel adjustment at the heel), carbon fiber reinforcement, flat headstock, and a honey locust fingerboard.  Backstrap and heel cap match the body wood cap.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 21 stainless steel “jumbo” frets with zero fret.
  • Fret markers: black side and fretboard dots.
  • 1-1/2 inch nut width.
  • 33-1/2 inch treble to 34-1/2 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish: Water-based polyurethane on body, shellac and tung oil on neck.
Hardware:
  • Hipshot Ultralite tuners, 2+2, black.
  • Hipshot Solo single string bridges, 3/4 inch string spacing.
  • MONO Creators Vertigo soft gig bag.  Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap.  Two hex wrenches for adjustments.
Electronics:
  • Two Jayemar neodymium bassbucker pickups.
  • 500k Bourns volume pot with treble bleed circuit.
  • Two 500k Bourns tone pots with .022uF cap.
  • 3-way toggle switch: bridge, bridge+neck, neck.

Custom 6-string Iris Guitar - "10 Woods"

features
  • ​Body: Walnut (1) and Douglas fir (2) body core, chambered to reduce weight; curly bigleaf maple (3) and cherry (4) body cap.
  • Neck: 3-piece maple, poplar (5), maple; two-way truss rod and two carbon fiber bars.  Manzanita (6) headstock cap.
  • Fingerboard: Madrone (7), 16 inch radius, 24 jumbo stainless steel frets with zero fret, Graph Tech Tusq nut.
  • Finish: Light amber stain; distressed surface.  Shellac and tung oil on body and neck.
  • Pickguard: spalted-burl (8) 4-point star.
  • Tuners: Graphtech Ratio, 3+3, black.
  • Bridge: Jayemar Guitars aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.03 inch string spacing.
  • Scales:​ 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass multi-scale.
  • Electronics:
    • One neck position Jayemar single coil: 43awg wire wound on alnico 2 rods, medium-high output.  Osage orange (9) bobbin top.
    • One 500k Bourns volume pot, straight to the jack (no switching). (Tone pot later added.)
    • Honey locust (10!) control cavity cover.
  • MONO Vertigo gig bag case included, plus hand-made leather strap with Jayemar logo by M7 Straps.

Custom 7-string Iris Guitar - "Blue Denim"

features
  • Body: 2-piece alder body core; bookmatched carved maple cap.  White with black pearloid binding.
  • Neck: 3-piece maple, walnut, maple.  Two-way truss rod and two carbon fiber bars.  Headstock cap matches body.
  • Fingerboard: Birds eye maple, 16 inch radius, 24 medium nickel frets with stainless steel zero fret, Graph Tech Black Tusq nut.
  • Finish: "faded denim" blue/black hand-rubbed dye on the top with scratched recurve; distressed black back and sides.  Matte polyurethane finish.
  • Tuners: Hipshot Griplock, 4+3, black.
  • Bridge: Jayemar Guitars aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.44 inch string spacing.
  • Scales:​ 25-1/2 inch treble to 27 inch bass multi-scale.
  • Electronics:
    • Matched set of Jayemar alnico 5 humbuckers, medium output: 8.91k neck, 9.99k bridge.
    • 500k Bourns volume and tone pots.
    • 3-way toggle, with mini switches for coil cut (7 pickup combinations).
  • MONO Vertigo gig bag case included, plus hand-made leather strap with Jayemar logo by M7 Straps.

Custom 8-string Iris Guitar - "Walnut Shred"

features
  • ​Body: 1-piece alder body core; bookmatched figured walnut cap.
  • Neck: 3-piece maple, alder, maple; 1-11/16 inch nut; two-way truss rod and two carbon fiber bars; matching walnut headstock cap.
  • Fingerboard: Walnut; 16 inch radius; 24 jumbo stainless steel frets with zero fret; black fret marker dots; Graph Tech NuBone nut.
  • Finish: Shellac, tung oil, and wax.
  • Tuners: Hipshot Griplock, 4+4, black.
  • Bridge: Jayemar Guitars aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.84 inch string spacing.
  • Scales:​ 26 inch treble to 28 inch bass multi-scale.
  • Electronics:
    • One bridge position Jayemar ceramic 8 humbucker, high output (15.6k ohms DCR).
    • One 500k Bourns volume pot with treble bleed circuit.
    • DiMarzio Super-switch: 1- series, 2- single north coil, 3- parallel, 4- single south coil, 5- out of phase.
  • MONO Vertigo gig bag case included, plus hand-made leather strap with Jayemar logo by M7 Straps.

Custom 5-string Alma Bass

features
  • ​Body: 1-piece alder body core; bookmatched figured walnut cap; cutaway; beveled front and back edges; ivoroid binding; "Jay" soundhole; figured maple teardrop pickguard.
  • Neck: 3-piece maple, walnut, maple;  1-7/8 inch nut (guitar), 1-3/4 inch nut (bass) two-way truss rod and two carbon fiber bars, matching walnut backstrap and heel cap.
  • Fingerboard: Honey locust; 16 inch radius; 21 small nickel silver frets; black fret marker dots; Graph Tech Black Tusq nut.
  • Finish: Shellac, oil, and wax topcoat.
  • Tuners: In-line Hipshot Ultralite.
  • Bridge: Hipshot Solo single string bridges, 3 inch string spacing.
  • Scales:​ 33.5 inch treble to 35 inch bass multi-scale.
  • Electronics:
    • Pickups: Jayemar Guitars medium output AlNiCo2 humbucker and single coil.
    • One 500k Bourns volume pot with treble bleed circuit, one 500k Bourns tone pot with .022uF cap.
    • 3-way toggle switch.
  • MONO Vertigo gig bag case included, plus hand-made leather strap with Jayemar logo by M7 Straps.

Custom Iris and Alma Tenor Ukuleles

features
Body:
  • Maple top and back; poplar or western red cedar core.
  • Front and back bevel; black plastic binding.
Neck:
  • 1-piece bolt-on maple neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod and a maple fingerboard.  Maple and black fiber headstock backstrap.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 24 or 22 nickel low/small frets with zero fret.
  • Fret markers: black side and fretboard dots.
  • 1-3/8” inch nut width with Graph Tech Tusq nut.
  • 18-1/2 inch treble to 19 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish:
  • Hand-rubbed dye with black sides and burst.  Same color scheme on headstock backstrap.
  • OMSO Polyx oil topcoat.
Hardware:
  • Grover tuners
  • Rondo single string bridges.
  • Textured black plastic pickguard and control cover.
  • Love My Switches stacked concentric knobs, black anodized aluminum with white pointer stripe.
  • Nylon soft case.  Custom M7 Straps leather strap.  Three hex wrenches and Philips screwdriver in M7 Straps leather tool pouch.
Electronics:
  • 1 single coil pickup.  Alnico 2 magnet rods, 6.6k Ohms DCR.
  • 500k concentric volume/tone pot with treble bleed circuit and .022uF capacitor.
  • Switchcraft jack.

Custom 6-string Baritone Jessie Lynn Headless Guitar

features
Body:
  • Maple and walnut cap, extensively chambered alder body core.
  • Heavily contoured arm bevel, wide belly cut, deeply scalloped neck-body joint, eased edges.
Neck:
  • 1-piece roasted maple neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod, carbon fiber reinforcement, glued neck joint, and a Florida Rosewood fingerboard.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 24 nickel “jumbo” frets with stainless steel zero fret.
  • Blue Luminlay in black pipe fretboard and side dots.
  • 1-11/16 inch nut width with Graph Tech Black Tusq nut.
  • 27 inch treble to 28 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish:
  • Hand-rubbed shellac and OSMO Polyx oil.
Hardware:
  • Falbo M Design headless hardware, black finish.
  • Love My Switches black anodized aluminum knobs with white tic mark.
  • Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap.
  • Five hex wrenches – for truss rod, bridge, and pickup height adjustments – in an M7 Straps leather tool pouch.
  • Pelican Vault hard case.
Electronics:
  • Two hand-wound humbucking pickups: 8.8K Ohms DCR neck, 9.3k Ohms DCR bridge, alnico 5 magnets.
  • 500k CTS volume pot with treble bleed circuit.
  • 500k CTS tone pot with .022uF capacitor.
  • 3-way toggle switch with mini-switch for coil cut.
Strings:
  • Stringjoy Nickel Wound Signatures, custom gauge set:
    • .014” - .016” - .026”w - .038” - .046” - .058”

Essential 6-string Iris Guitar

features
Body:
  • Maple cap, black veneer, alder core with front and back bevel.
Neck:
  • 1-piece neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod (spoke wheel adjustment at the heel), carbon fiber reinforcement, flat inline headstock, and a Richlite fingerboard.  Backstrap and heel cap match body.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 24 nickel “jumbo” frets with stainless zero fret.
  • Fret markers: glow in the dark side and fingerboard dots.
  • 1-11/16 inch nut width with Graph Tech Tusq nut.
  • 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish: black dyed cap, backstrap, and heel cap with shellac and oil topcoat.
Hardware:
  • Graph Tech Ratio 6 inline black tuners.
  • Jayemar Guitars black anodized aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.03 inch string spacing.
  • Black plastic 4-point star pickguard.
  • Stringjoy Balanced Light 10-48 strings.
  • MONO Creators Stealth soft gig bag.  Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap.  Two hex wrenches and truss rod tool for adjustments.
Electronics:
  • Two humbucker pickups, 10k neck, 11k bridge, alnico 5 magnets.
  • 500k CTS volume pot with treble bleed circuit.
  • 500k CTS tone pot with .022uF capacitor.
  • 3-way toggle switch

Custom 8-string Jessie Lynn Headless Guitar

features
Body:
  • Maple and walnut cap, black veneer accents, chambered alder body core.
  • Contoured arm bevel, belly cut, deeply scalloped neck-body joint, eased edges.
Neck:
  • 2-piece roasted maple neck with black veneer, 2-way adjustable truss rod, carbon fiber reinforcement, glued neck joint, and a Richlite fingerboard.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 24 stainless “jumbo” frets with stainless zero fret.
  • Skur Composites and Luminlay glow fretboard and side dots.
  • 2-3/16 inch nut width with Richlite nut.
  • 26 inch treble to 28 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish:
  • Yellow dye on maple, ferric acetate stain on walnut, with shellac and OSMO Polyx oil topcoat.
Hardware:
  • Falbo M Design headless hardware, black finish.
  • Love My Switches black anodized aluminum knob with white tic mark.
  • Black ABS pickguard.
  • Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap with Dunlop strap locks.
  • Six hex wrenches – for truss rod, bridge, and pickup height adjustments – in an M7 Straps leather tool pouch.
  • Pelican Vault hard case.
Electronics:
  • Two hand-wound humbucking pickups: 18.9K Ohms DCR neck with alnico 5 magnet, 20.5k Ohms DCR bridge with ceramic magnet.
  • 500k CTS volume pot with treble bleed circuit, no tone pot.
  • 3-way blade switch with two mini-switches for coil cut.
Strings:
  • Stringjoy Nickel Wound Signatures, Heavy Bottom Super Light:
    • .009” - .012” - .015” - .026”w - .036” - .048” - .060” - .080”

Special Presentation Models
​Oil & Vinegar 6-string Iris and Alma Guitars

features
The Oil & Vinegar Iris and Alma guitars pictured here were special presentation models made for my parents (the daughter and son of Iris and Alma!).  As such, they were made with special contrasting wood pickguards and 12th fret block inlays featuring my grandmothers' engraved signatures.  Your Oil & Vinegar guitar or bass will have a black plastic pickguard and glow-in-the-dark fretboard dots.  Otherwise, every other glorious detail you see here is standard.
Body:
  • Two-piece walnut with front and back edge bevel on the bass side, and engraved "Jay."
Neck:
  • One-piece walnut necks with carbon fiber rods, double-action truss rod, 16 inch radius black Richlite fretboard, Skur Composites glow-in-the-dark side dots, special 12th fret block inlay with Iris and Alma signature engravings, and jumbo nickel frets
  • Inline (Iris) and side-by-side (Alma) flat headstocks
  • Multi-scale fretboard, 12th fret neutral, 25 to 26 inches, 1-11/16 inch nut width
Hardware:
  • Graph Tech Ratio tuners
  • Jayemar Guitars proprietary bridge plates with Graph Tech saddles
  • Special maple 4-point star (Iris) and juniper teardrop (Alma) pickguards
  • Stringjoy Signature Nickel Wound Strings
    • 6-string guitar: Balanced Light Guage 10-48
Electronics:
  • One hand-wound Jayemar humbucker blade pickup, neodymium magnets
  • 500k push/pull volume/tone pots
Finish:
  • Brushed, open-grain surface
  • Oil finish over vinegar and steel stain (ferric acetate, aka "ebonized")
Other accoutrements:
  • M7Straps handmade leather straps and tool kits

Custom 6-string ​Jessie Lynn Scorpio Guitar

Features
Body:
  • Maple main cap, spalted burl accent, poplar core.
  • Front and back bevel with black plastic top binding.
Neck:
  • 3-piece maple set neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod (adjustment at the heel), carbon fiber reinforcement, angled reverse inline headstock, and a mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) fingerboard.  Headstock cap matches body.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 24 nickel “jumbo” frets with stainless zero fret.
  • Fret markers: Skur Composites glow-in-the-dark side and fingerboard dots.
  • 1-11/16 inch nut width with Richlite nut.
  • 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish:
  • Black dyed fade on main maple cap, red-orange fade on accent cap: headstock cap matches body.
  • Scarred back with black dye.  “Dirty” black dyed neck.
  • OSMO Polyx oil topcoat.
Hardware:
  • Graph Tech Ratio 6 inline black tuners.
  • Jayemar Guitars black anodized aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, 2.03 inch string spacing.
  • Stringjoy Custom 11s set, D standard tuning.
  • Gator “Extreme” hard case.  Custom M7 Straps leather strap and tool kit with three hex wrenches for adjustments.
Electronics:
  • One bridge humbucker pickup, double slug, 10.4k, ceramic magnet.
  • 500k volume pot with treble bleed circuit.

Custom 6-string ​Alma Archtop Guitar

FEATURES
Body:
  • Laminated maple top and back plates with a “Jay” soundhole.
  • Chambered western red cedar core.
Neck:
  • 1-piece bolt-on cherry neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod (headstock adjustment), carbon fiber reinforcement, scarfed headstock, and a North Indian Rosewood fingerboard.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 22 nickel frets with stainless zero fret.
  • Fret markers: Skur Composites glow-in-the-dark side dots, one 12th fret fingerboard dot.
  • 1-11/16 inch nut width.
  • 24-1/2 inch treble to 26 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish:
  • Hand-rubbed sunburst on top, back, and headstock.
  • Black painted body core.
  • OSMO Polyx topcoat.
Hardware:
  • 3+3 chrome Golden Age tuners.
  • Rondo Music Cepheus chrome multi-scale tune-o-matic bridge with hand-carved rosewood base.
  • Hand-carved rosewood finger rest, tailpiece, control cover, and truss cover.
Electronics:
  • One Jayemar humbucker pickup.
  • One 500k Bourns volume pot with treble bleed circuit.
  • One 500k Bourns tone pot with .022uF capacitor.
  • Switchcraft jack.
Other accoutrements:
  • MONO Creators Vertigo soft gig bag. 
  • Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap and tool kit with three hex wrenches for adjustments.

Custom 4-string Jessie Lynn Headless Bass

features
Body:
  • Maple and walnut cap, poplar body core.
  • Contoured arm bevel, belly cut, deeply scalloped neck-body joint, eased edges.
Neck:
  • 3-piece alder/walnut/alder neck shaft, 2-way adjustable truss rod, carbon fiber reinforcement, glued neck joint, and a mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) fingerboard.
  • 16 inch fingerboard radius.
  • 24 stainless “jumbo” frets with stainless zero fret.
  • Skur Composites glow-in-the-dark fretboard and side dots.
  • 1-1/2 inch nut width with Graph Tech nut, 2-1/16 inch string spread at bridge.
  • 33-1/2 inch treble to 34-1/2 inch bass multi-scale fretboard.
Finish:
  • Burgundy dye on maple, ferric acetate stain on everything else.  Scarred back.  OSMO Polyx and Minwax tung oil topcoat with Renaissance wax.
Hardware:
  • Falbo M Design Apollo headless hardware, black finish.
  • Love My Switches black anodized aluminum knobs with white tic mark.
  • Black ABS pickguard.
  • Custom M7 Straps leather logo strap with Dunlop strap locks.
  • Six hex wrenches – for truss rod, bridge, and pickup height adjustments – in an M7 Straps leather tool pouch.
  • Pelican Vault hard case.
Electronics:
  • Two hand-wound humbucking pickups: 6.8K Ohms DCR P-style neck with alnico 5 rod magnets, and 7.2k Ohms DCR split-J bridge with alnico 5 rod magnets.
  • 500k StewMac volume pot with treble bleed circuit, and 500k tone pot with .022uF capacitor.
  • 3-way toggle switch.
  • Strat style jack plate on back.
Strings:
  • Stringjoy Nickel Wound Signatures, Heavy Bottom Gauge 45-105