Rick Lautzenheiser (RL Customs)
Rick lives in Dundee, Oregon, where he operates RL Customs, a full-time
lutherie shop. He writes, “I do all sorts of electric guitars and
electric mandolins, usually with some of the more exotic woods.”
On the left, a cedar-topped Explorer-style 5-string with
an EMG Select humbucker. The extra knob is for what Rick describes
as “an EMG afterburner, which gives it a 20dB boost when you kick
it in to active.” On the right, a 4-string with a bubinga top, headstock
overlay, and fretboard, and African mahogany back and rear cavity
cover. The neck is African mahogany with a bubinga center stripe.
Fretboard radius is 16 inches; frets are medium jumbos. EMG Select
stacked humbucker; Gotoh tuners with ebony knobs; buffalo horn nut.
Send Rick an
or call 503-537-0467 to learn more about his instruments.