Jungle Guitars Jungle Guitars is the product of years of dreaming, learning and experimenting on the part of Luthier Gil Isaacson. Beautiful exotic tone-woods that have been hand crafted into one of a kind, yet production art guitars, are our specialty. Currently, we have about a half dozen different carvings. This includes two Dragons in a battle, Shiva, Buddha, Arjuna and his wife flying over the universe, the 'Om' symbol, and Krishna ridding into battle to slay 10,000. We also carved a pair of Moses guitar bodies for Warrior Guitars. Most of the art on Jungle Guitars is taken from spiritual themes. This reflects our belief that music is a spiritual experience that connects us with divine creative energy. These guitar bodies take up to 6 weeks to hand carve and no dremel tools are used. Mahogany and sometimes teak are used for the one piece bodies. The necks are made of Indonesian Rosewood, and only the finest electronics and hardware is used in building. At this point, our guitars are carved into the standard S-shape but, soon we will be unveiling our own special body. Stay Tuned!!! Shiva Guitar History Back in 2001 I was greeted at the airport by my drum maker Ed Balma of Bali Treasures. He had a guitar for me to look at and a luthier for me to meet in a few days. The guitar was the first prototype for Jungle Guitars. Gil Isaacson, the luthier, was working with Ed on some wood finishes for a hand carved painting reproduction Ed and I were working on for Christian Reese Lassen (this project was later put on hold because of 9/11 and economic concerns). Ed informed him that while I was working on hand carved art and musical instruments, my real passion was guitar. Gil then decided to have Ed show me the guitar and set up a meeting. Gil and I agreed the night we met that there was a partnership created that was destined. I agreed to buy his prototype at dinner, 'Arjuna and his wife flying over the universe,' a traditional Hindu tale. It has taken years to get going but Gil and I now have guitars and guitar bodies available to the public. More to come about the significance of the individual carvings, and guitar details.