Saul is the kind of builder that elicits immediate sympathy, respect, affection from everybody - his luhier peers, the artists he builds instruments for, all the fans who have one or more of his guitars or basses, even from all those who have only even just seen pictures of his beautiful creations. Saul is endowed with some unique gifts, namely his artistic background, his quasi-geeky interest in guitars, his positive and human attitude, his perfectionist approach to building a guitar or bass - wether it's for the renown trad jazz player, for the avant-garde punk, or just for you and me. All these motives are more than a good reason to bring Saul's creations over to Europe and to promote such a fine builder. Enjoy!! See Some Koll Guitars Saul Koll - A Short Biography

Archtop Guitars

Saul offers basically two models of archtop guitar, both available in 6 and 7 string configuration, with many details that are customizable to a great degree (choice of pickups, inlays, hardware, etc). All archtops feature a fine Alaska Sitka hand carved top and backs and sides in Pacific Big Leaf Maple; guitars are finished in nitrocellulose lacquer and are shipped in a form fitted OHSC. Bridgetown - X braced top, 17" size, 25" scale length, neck in 2 or 3 pieces of flamed maple with contrasting veneer strip insets, fancy 5-ply binding, floating jazz pickup (Haeussel, Bartolini, etc) Bridgetown 7 - same as above except for bracing (parallel), scale length (25.5") New Rose - X braced top, 17" size, 25" scale legth, mahogany neck with ebony fretboard, simple binding, floating jazz pickup (Haeussel, Bartolini, etc)

Glides - Chambered and solid bodied electrics

In this category, Saul builds and offers the following models - all of which are customizable to a good extent: Super Glide Almighty - mahogany chambered body and neck, maple or figured maple carved top, 24.625" scale length, ebony fretboard, full binding, MOP inlays, very customizable (ex. P90, TV Tron or humbucker pickups, Bigsby trem, F-hole, etc) Duo Glide - same as above with a flat maple top, with or without f-hole. Very customizable Superior - Solid alder body, maple neck, indian rosewood fretboard, choice of Hipshot trem or hardtail, "Electroflux" custom bridge pickup and lipstick neck p.up. Very customizable (choice of pickups, body woods etc). Also available as 25.5" bolt-on "Fullerton" model Tornado - Lightweight mahogany body and neck, Madagascar Rosewood fretboard, 24.625" scale, Hipshot bridge, straight-pull headstock design, locking Sperzel tuners, 2x P90 pickups (Fralin, Lollar, Haeussel...). Custom options: woods, finishes, etc. Junior - classic one pickup tone machine. Mahogany body and neck, IRW fretboard, wraparound bridge, 1x P90 or Electroflux pickup, various finishes / colours available.

Custom Creations

Saul does not shy from taking on challenging and interesting projects. Some notable examples are the Tornado, built for the electric / eclectic sonic adventurer David Torn (www.splattercell.org) - whose personal collaboration list features heavyweights such as Riuchi Sakamoto, David Bowie, David Sylvian - which now has become one of the bestselling production instruments. Or the Jazzblaster, built for Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, or the incredible Klein Electric inspired headless jazz guitar built originally for Ron Eschete and by now approaching 20 units sold (the last to such luminaries such as Elliot Sharp and John Stewart). However custom one-offs* do take more time, as all the tooling needs to be prepared usually just for one item, so the bottom line is: if you can afford to be patient, you have the right kind of budget AND the specs of your ultimate guitar manage to tickle Saul's fancy you might indeed arouse his interest and get that unique piece to see the light in Portland, Oregon :-) Note: production times in this category may be as long as 12 months. A 50% initial downpayment is mandatory, the remaining to be paid upon ompletion and before shipment. * All of this does not apply to minor changes (colours, fretboard material, normal inlays, pickup combinations, etc) on regular production instruments, including archtops.

EU Price List

Price valid as of Sept 1st 2006 for Europe. Instruments might be delivered either directly from Portland, Oregon or from 6854 San Pietro (Switzerland), so please note that your local VAT import rate must be added to the prices listed below. Prices are intended as a base guideline and will be subject to whatever eventual custom modifications you might choose. All prices in EURO. Pricing is dependent on currency fluctuations and may need adjustment in case of sharp swings. Super Glide Almighty - 3'600 Eur. Duo Glide - 2'865 Eur. Superior - 2'040 Eur. Tornado - 2'530 Eur. Junior - 2'520 Eur. Bridgetown 7 - 6'040 Eur. Bridgetown - 5'700 Eur. New Rose City - 4'400 Eur New Rose City 7 - 4'850 Eur