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Flat Earth Guitars celebrates 2009 in a new location-Chesterfield Missouri. This city of fifty
thousand is located west of St. Louis and the famous Gateway Arch. The "Show Me" state is a
perfect spot to build no-nonsense guitars for professional players.
Why "Flat Earth?"
Doug Ritterling
The proprietor is Doug Ritterling, a former radio and television broadcaster in San Francisco,
an Industrial Designer and Luthier. A BSID graduate of The Ohio State University, Doug has a
passion for designing "out of the box" products, restoring and collecting vintage guitars, vintage
watches, and Pontiac Fieros.
Click on the image below to see a portfolio of Doug's designs:
Flat Earth Guitar Features
Flat Earth Guitars are a logical convergence of classic solidbody designs from the 1950's
through today. Look closely at the Flat Earth Classic to discover:
1. A body profile with design cues found om the original solidbody guitar design of Merl Travis
& Paul Bigsby from 1947.
2. A single cutaway carved top with the sexy curves of a 1954 Gibson Les Paul.
3. An industry-standard bolt-on neck design, proven on the Fender Stratocaster.
4. Debossed volume and tone controls, excellent balance, and short-profile headstock of the
Paul Reed Smith Standard 22.
5. Select tonewoods used throughout the history of Rock & Roll; Alder, Swamp Ash, Mahogany,
and Maple combine to tailor the tone to each player. Exotic woods available by request.
6. Unlike the classic designs, the Flat Earth Classic Guitar has both a carved top and back for
extreme comfort, lighter weight, and extreme esthetics.
7. Hardware is top-notch, with player-selected parts from Tone Pros, Schaller, Grover, Seymour
Duncan, Gibson, Kent Armstrong, Bigsby and others.
8. Digital tools and milling processes guarantee the tightest tolerances in the industry...every
aspect of Flat Earth Guitars has been considered and designed for good reason...from the
electronics cavity, neck joint, string path, and every contour.
E-mail Flat Earth Guitars
thousand is located west of St. Louis and the famous Gateway Arch. The "Show Me" state is a
perfect spot to build no-nonsense guitars for professional players.
Why "Flat Earth?"
Doug Ritterling
The proprietor is Doug Ritterling, a former radio and television broadcaster in San Francisco,
an Industrial Designer and Luthier. A BSID graduate of The Ohio State University, Doug has a
passion for designing "out of the box" products, restoring and collecting vintage guitars, vintage
watches, and Pontiac Fieros.
Click on the image below to see a portfolio of Doug's designs:
Flat Earth Guitar Features
Flat Earth Guitars are a logical convergence of classic solidbody designs from the 1950's
through today. Look closely at the Flat Earth Classic to discover:
1. A body profile with design cues found om the original solidbody guitar design of Merl Travis
& Paul Bigsby from 1947.
2. A single cutaway carved top with the sexy curves of a 1954 Gibson Les Paul.
3. An industry-standard bolt-on neck design, proven on the Fender Stratocaster.
4. Debossed volume and tone controls, excellent balance, and short-profile headstock of the
Paul Reed Smith Standard 22.
5. Select tonewoods used throughout the history of Rock & Roll; Alder, Swamp Ash, Mahogany,
and Maple combine to tailor the tone to each player. Exotic woods available by request.
6. Unlike the classic designs, the Flat Earth Classic Guitar has both a carved top and back for
extreme comfort, lighter weight, and extreme esthetics.
7. Hardware is top-notch, with player-selected parts from Tone Pros, Schaller, Grover, Seymour
Duncan, Gibson, Kent Armstrong, Bigsby and others.
8. Digital tools and milling processes guarantee the tightest tolerances in the industry...every
aspect of Flat Earth Guitars has been considered and designed for good reason...from the
electronics cavity, neck joint, string path, and every contour.
E-mail Flat Earth Guitars
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