Birth name Jeffrey Yong Name Jeffrey Yong Website Official website | Years active 1985–present | |
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Instruments Guitar, Harpguitar, Ukelele, Sapelele, Bass | ||
Strumming on jeffrey yong s handcrafted guitars
Jeffrey Yong (born 29 November 1958) is a Malaysian Luthier best known for his use of local Malaysian wood, such as monkeypod, rengas and Malaysian blackwood.
Contents
- Strumming on jeffrey yong s handcrafted guitars
- Asian luthier jeffrey yong cedar malaysian blackwood
- Biography
- Monkeypod
- Guitar models
- JJ Jeffrey Jumbo
- References
Asian luthier jeffrey yong cedar malaysian blackwood
Biography
Jeffrey Yong started out as a guitar instructor in 1976. He made his first guitar in 1985 from a DIY kit.
He founded the Guitar Institute Malaysia (GIM) in 1993 specializing in teaching various genres of guitar playing and guitar construction. He has also taught at the Luthier School International in California.
His skill in luthiery has been mostly self-taught. In 2006, his full monkeypod OM Guitar won the Blind Listening Test at the Guild of American Luthier's convention as the best sounding guitar in terms of tonality, timbre and sustain. With two of his guitars in the top three. Other's in this category were notable luthiers like, Erwin Somogyi.
Jeffrey's guitars have been exhibited at Healdsburg Guitar Festival, Shanghai Music Festival, and Montreal Guitar Show.
At the Montreal Guitar Show 2011, He premiered his JJ Blackie as well as his innovation "Seismic" a JJ shaped 10-string, (as shown in the picture above) which was featured by Premier Guitar Magazine.
Monkeypod
Formally known as Albizia saman and previously only used for aesthetic purposes, monkeypod was pioneered as a tonewood by Jeff Yong and has recently been applied by other luthiers such as Bamburg guitars.
Guitar models
Jeffrey's guitars are made with 99 percent local woods, the 1 percent is the maple veneer used in the bindings.
JJ (Jeffrey Jumbo)
The JJ is a hybrid of a classical guitar and a jumbo, it has uses a scallop "x" bracing, and a unique bridge which offers more mass than the conventional bridge.
Other interesting features are: