The Wells Guitar Company
Vintage and Modern Instruments!
Established 1888
The Brazilian Rosewood special! This 12 fret cutaway has extraordinary old growth brazilian rosewood back and sides, headstock overlay, fretboard and bridge all cut from the same log. Very special. The Bay State soundring is also matching and very special in that it includes a beautiful pearl inlay to match the pearl on the headstock. This guitar has a 1 3/4” nut and has 2 1/4” spacing at the bridge making for an excellent fingerpicker’s instrument. It is certainly one of a kind!
About Us
Bay State was the brand name of high end acoustic guitars created by the John C. Haynes Company, which was founded in 1865 in Boston, Massachusetts.
This is a portion of an original Bay State catalog. The complete original catalog can be purchased from the eBay store of Frank Nordberg. Go here. Thanks to Frank Nordberg for compiling this information.
Sylvan has been building musical instruments since 1977. His custom work is superb! For a thorough viewing of all of Sylvan’s extremely diverse instrument work and his courses on teaching guitar see his original web site at www.wellsguitars.com.
News
10/22/10 Bay State Guitars Featured in The Fretboard Journal
4/13/10 Brian Nogueira performing with his custom Bay State Excelsior
April, 2012 Mark Casey of The Ravens playing his brand new Bay State “Somerville” at Johnny D’s in the town of Somerville!
4/15/15 Kiley Evans, with her signature guitar, in the June issue of Premier Guitar Magazine! Congratulations, Kiley!!!
Bay State Instrument Models
The Wells Guitar Company currently offers two distinct lines of Bay State instruments; the Vintage or the Modern.
The vintage models look like guitars from the early part of the 20th century. The object here was to reproduce instruments that remind us of the early development of the steel string guitar. The primary elements of these designs reflect a “slot head” headstock and neck joints at something other than the modern 14 fret to the body neck joint. If you want the authentic vintage “look” with modern build methods click the photo or go here.
How To Order?
Just e-mail Sylvan Wells at sylvan@baystateguitar.com or call him at 781-361-1471 to discuss your order and purchase of any of the Bay State instruments. Most standard models are in stock or can be had within a six week time period.
Bay State has a 48 hour return policy on all non-personalized instruments. I want you completely satisfied with your instrument! If, for any reason, you are not totally satisfied with your Bay State instrument, a full refund excluding your shipping costs, will be made upon safe return of the undamaged instrument, as it was shipped to you.