Oetjens Dato Guitars

Oetjens Dato Guitars Marc Oetjens and Michael Dato are builders of hand crafted classical and steel string guitars. Our Oetjens Dato Guitars

01/21/2019

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

Fitting and gluing the Brazilian Cherry tail inlay on Pat’s tenor uke. TCB
01/20/2019

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

Affectionately known as "Addy", this one is an OM shaped steel string with an Adirondack Red Spruce top and East Indian ...
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!

Tenor uke on the bench today.  This top is Douglas Fur and the braces are Sitka Spruce from Canada.  The back/sides of t...
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!

These KOA beauties just arrived from the Big Island. Had a great time searching through stacks of stickered wood to find...
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!

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

Projects on the bench this week.  A Black Limba/Douglas Spruce tenor uke and a Maple/Western Cedar 660 scale classical.
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
I wonder where those guitar builder guys Marc and Mike disappeared to?...  Well - short answer is that Marc moved to Ort...
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!!

Marc finished laying in this beautiful classic styled Rosette on an equally classic Western Red Cedar top yesterday for ...
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.

Three Times a Lady was an appropriate song for my brother in-laws wedding in sunny Southern Cal and for the inauguration...
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.

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48329

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