SkyTop Modified Parlor Acoustic Guitar with Bearclaw Sitka Spruce and Crelicam Ebony

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The SkyTop Modified Parlor in Bearclaw Sitka Spruce and Crelicam Ebony brings an extraordinary sense of intimacy to the acoustic guitar. Showcased at Fretboard Summit 2026, this instrument expresses the imagination of SkyTop founder and luthier Eric Weigeshoff, whose background in design and film informs his eye for proportion, texture, and unexpected beauty. His work brings thoughtful craftsmanship together with a deeply personal ambition: to make the experience of playing a guitar as captivating as the instrument itself.

That ambition finds its clearest expression in SkyTop’s distinctive soundport design. The traditional front facing soundhole gives way to two large openings in the guitar’s rim, positioned to direct sound upward toward the player. Think of them as a stereo pair of reference monitors, surrounding the musician with an immediate, intimate perspective on the music. The analogy beautifully captures the appeal: the shimmer of a chord, the articulation of a melody, and the trailing resonance between phrases feel closer at hand. Eric places the player at the heart of the listening experience.

Moving those openings into the rim also creates an important opportunity beneath the spruce. With no central soundhole to accommodate, Eric has greater freedom to position and shape the bracing across an uninterrupted soundboard. Traditional soundhole placement establishes an opening that braces must navigate and support; removing it allows him to reconsider those relationships, exploring how support, flexibility, and vibrating area can work together. He can approach the top’s architecture around the demands of the wood and his musical intentions, with fewer restrictions imposed by familiar geometry. That freedom gives this outwardly elegant design real substance.

The Bearclaw Sitka spruce makes a particularly beautiful canvas for this approach. Its distinctive figuring introduces ripples of light and texture across the top, with the uninterrupted surface allowing the wood’s character to become the central visual statement. Crelicam ebony back and sides provide a handsome complement, bringing another layer of natural richness to the Modified Parlor’s compact silhouette. There is something especially inviting about this combination of a comfortably proportioned body and a design conceived to immerse its player in sound.

The appointments reward a closer look. Ebano bindings define the body’s curves, accompanied by crisp black, white, and black purflings. A flamed mango back strap adds a flash of expressive figure, while the Crelicam ebony headstock veneer carries the body’s wood selection into the instrument’s uppermost details. Gabon ebony appears in both the fingerboard and pinless bridge, lending visual continuity and a beautifully clean presentation to the playing surfaces.

A Honduran mahogany neck supports a 25.4 inch scale length, giving this small guitar the familiar reach and feel of a full scale instrument. The 1 3/4 inch nut width provides welcoming room for articulate fingerstyle work and carefully voiced chords, while Gotoh 510 tuning machines in Cosmo Black complement the instrument’s understated hardware palette. At 4 pounds, 10 ounces, it brings substantial craftsmanship into an inviting, manageable form.

Accompanied by a Visesnut Premier case, this SkyTop Modified Parlor offers a compelling expression of Eric Weigeshoff’s vision. Its beautiful woods draw you closer, its thoughtful proportions invite you to settle in, and its distinctive soundports make the player’s seat a particularly wonderful place to listen.

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