The Sweetbriar parlor guitar is a new Russell guitar model. It has a 13 1/2″ lower bout and a long vintage-style body similar to some of the original parlor guitars. This Sweetbriar has Madagascar Rosewood back and sides and a cutaway. The cutaway is optional on the Sweetbriar model, and the headstock can be slotted [...]

Ukuleles are the newest addition to the Russell Guitars line. The first three are in process now.  The one pictured here will most likely be the first of the three to be completed.  These first three are all concert ukuleles. James plans to focus on concert, tenor, and baritone ukuleles. The back and sides on [...]

On Thursday, January 15th, we drove down to southern California to go to the 2009 NAMM show.  What an amazing two days we had at the show on Friday and Saturday. We saw old friends, met new friends, and made many new business contacts for guitar making, plus enjoyed seeing people we already enjoy wonderful [...]

The Russell Guitars News Blog is up! Here we will be posting news and updates from the Russell Guitars shop in Northern California. This is a site addition we have envisioned for some time, and we are pleased to see this goal coming to fruition. We are extremely happy that James Kendall, aka JTk, updated [...]