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Caroline
Sensitive | Dynamic
Sensitive & Dynamic
Donovan Leah Guitars are built to respond to a feather light touch. Full and clear, with minimum effort.
Listen to Maneli Jamal perform an excerpt of his song “Home” to see what we mean.
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Caroline
We make Grand Auditorium size guitars, with or without cut-a-way.
We call her Caroline.
Harmonically Rich
Listen to Maneli Jamal’s improvisation over “Southern Magnolia” perform on this Caroline Mastergrade to see what we mean.
Percussive Clarity
Donovan Leah Guitars are built to respond to a Modern Players needs. feather light touch, with full and clear percussive responses, with minimum effort.
Listen to Maneli Jamal perform an excerpt of his song “Cold Arrival” to see what we mean.
Expressed in Natural Beauty
Neat
Deceptively simple
with Beautiful woods
Ziricote
Maple
Nickel Silver Inlay
Sitka Spruce
Ziricote
Black Walnut
Black Walnut
Maple
Sitka Spruce
Ziricote
Bone
Uncompromising = One Quality
All of our instruments are made with the same quality of musically performative materials & construction.
with the same commitment to creating a high-performance instrument, that is sensitive & dynamic,
with a full & harmonically rich pallet.
Whether uniform & clean, exceptionally figured, or once in a lifetime unique,
you can select from three categories of wood for your Caroline.
$5,999
$6,499 cut-a-way
Benchmark
$6,999
$7,499 cut-a-way
Exceptional
Mastergrade
$7,999
$8,499 cut-a-way
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Benchmark
Clean
Simple
Beautiful
Advanced Finger-style
or Strumming Chords
This is the new Benchmark
Demo: Modern Finger-style with Caroline Benchmark
Artist: Maneli Jamal
Song: Nomad's Tale (Original composition)
Demo: Strumming with Caroline Benchmark
Artist: Chris Caddell
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Exceptional
Premium
Figured
woods
Advanced Performance
Exceptional Beauty
All Donovan Leah Guitars are built with the same commitment to creating a high-performance instrument.
Sensitive & Dynamic, with a Full & Harmonically Rich Pallet.
You may choose to add an Exceptional option, which features Premium Figured Woods to our Benchmark.
Demo: Modern Finger-style with Caroline Exceptional
Artist: Maneli Jamal
Song: *Untitled
Demo: Strumming with Capo on 4th fret with Caroline Exceptional
Artist: Chris Caddell
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Mastergrade
Highly Figured
Once in a lifetime woods
Luxury is defined by the unnecessary
Caroline’s Mastergrade Appointments don’t make her sound better than her Benchmark or Exceptional appointed sisters
But the Desire for Beautiful and Rare materials is a powerful motivator.
Demo: Modern Percussive Finger-style with Caroline Mastergrade
Artist: Maneli Jamal
Song: Cold Arrival (original composition)
Demo: Strumming with Caroline Mastergrade
Artist: Chris Caddell
Contact us.
Donovan Leah Guitars are handcrafted in a small workshop in Northern Ontario, Canada
For inquiries, please email us and we will respond shortly.
Thank you for your interest in Donovan Leah Guitars.