Oetjens Dato Guitars

01/21/2019

As always, I’m a sucker for teaser shots of guitars in progress... note the new headstock shape!

01/20/2019

Fitting and gluing the Brazilian Cherry tail inlay on Pat’s tenor uke. TCB

05/21/2017

Affectionately known as "Addy", this one is an OM shaped steel string with an Adirondack Red Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back/sides. Beautiful instrument - can't wait to play it!

05/21/2017

Tenor uke on the bench today. This top is Douglas Fur and the braces are Sitka Spruce from Canada. The back/sides of this one are curly Cherry. Stay tuned for more picks!

04/10/2017

These KOA beauties just arrived from the Big Island. Had a great time searching through stacks of stickered wood to find them. Yes, it's true, Luthier's idea of a good time is hunting for wood. These will need a bit of time to get use to being Michigander's before becoming Ukes and Steel strings. Aloha!

12/10/2016

It's a new O&D slot head steel string with Birdseye Maple bound fretboard to go under the tree of a (hopefully) very happy customer!

11/16/2016

Projects on the bench this week. A Black Limba/Douglas Spruce tenor uke and a Maple/Western Cedar 660 scale classical.

08/13/2015

08/13/2015

I wonder where those guitar builder guys Marc and Mike disappeared to?... Well - short answer is that Marc moved to Ortonville, MI and has been setting up shop in the new and improved O&D workshop. Here's the latest classical we've got in the works. More shop pictures to come!!

03/30/2015

Marc finished laying in this beautiful classic styled Rosette on an equally classic Western Red Cedar top yesterday for Trilogy Guitars of Playa Del Rey, CA.

02/23/2015

Three Times a Lady was an appropriate song for my brother in-laws wedding in sunny Southern Cal and for the inauguration of this beautiful newly finished OD guitar.