An acoustic guitar with a natural wood finish, black bridge, and decorative rosette around the sound hole, standing on a dark stand against a gray background.

Close-up of a wooden acoustic guitar with focus on the sound hole, strings, and fretboard.

A close-up of a sunburst-finish hollow-body electric guitar with f-holes, black pickguard, and multiple strings, displayed on a black stand against a dark background.

The back of an acoustic guitar with a wooden body and a reddish-brown neck, standing on a black stand against a dark background.

Close-up of a yellow acoustic guitar with strings, fretboard, and tortoiseshell pickguard against a dark background.

Close-up of an acoustic guitar with a light-colored wooden body, black tuning pegs, and a dark tortoiseshell pickguard on a dark background.

Stylized black cursive text spelling 'Lattanzes' on a white background.

Custom acoustic and archtop instruments

…expertly handcrafted near Philadelphia by Anthony Lattanze using the finest materials

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Instruments

LZ-JOMC

Black tahitian pearl purfling was the perfect trim to go with this egg and dart rosette made of red-dyed burl wood, mother of pearl, and black kirinite. Barn beam Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, German spruce top and master grade flame mahogany neck. French Polish finish.
HD-28r

Lightly-aged Prewar inspired Dreadnought with dark chocolate Brazilian rosewood back and sides and a torrefied Adirondack spruce top.
LZ-0013r

Owned by the great Louis Cato. 13 frets to the body, short scale and features mahogany back and sides, Adirondack spruce top., ebony appointments and a heavily aged lacquer finish.
000

Highly figured koa and maple accent this 000 with highly desirable straight grain Brazilian rosewood back, sides, fingerboard, bridge, and peghead. Pre-war diamond inlays and a “Hop pot” torch inlay give another nod to its history.
Concert 17"

Eastern maple back and sides paired with a European spruce soundboard. Warm Autumn burst nitro finish, ebony appointments, and a Comins floating pickup with volume and tone controls side mounted on the pickguard.
LZ-0013r

Lightly aged varnish with a gorgeous set of mahogany back and sides. The simple wood rosette features a red bloodwood center ring inlayed into a torrefied Adirondack spruce top.
LZ-0014r

Heavily aged varnish long scale 14 fretter. Features: Carpathian spruce top and Mahogany back and sides, Indian Rosewood bridge and fretboard, flame mahogany neck.
LZ-0013r

Aged varnish thinly applied to this short scaled 13 fretter. Features figured Sapele back and sides and an Adirondack spruce top. Ebony appointments and a firestripe celluloid pickguard.
D-42

Custom made for Tonewood Brewing in New Jersey. Features “Hop of Life” inlay into a Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard and Curly Koa Peghead. Mastergrade Adirondack Spruce top with Hightly figured Hawaiian Koa back, sides, and binding. Green Abalone top purfling and Brazilian Rosewood bridge.