Verrilli Guitars

DAG welcomes luthier Frank Verrilli to the collective. We offer this expo page as an introduction to Verrilli's work. Additionally, for complete specs and prices visit the full DAG Frank Verrilli section.

About 12 years ago, Frank Verrilli was given a commission to carve on a guitar, and since he also plays a little he thought he'd make one for himself. About the same time he started appreciating vintage tube amplifiers, and soon he became hooked on the process of building a guitar that would incorporate his sensibility of design and also function well. Looking at his artwork one can see certain principles that he naturally would apply to his guitars. Aside from his intricate carvings he does on some of the bodies, he's come up with some very distinct features.

Verrilli Amp Guitar

The Verrilli Amp Guitar has a built-in battery amplifier that has been modified and routed into the back of the guitar with the speaker below the bridge in the front. The guitar still sounds good plugged directly into an amp with the mini battery amp off.

Verrilli Black Humbucker

The Verrilli Black/Humbucker Aged Guitar is a classic black nitro aged guitar which has a mahogany neck with ebony board and a black headstock face. What's also different here is a nicely aged or reliced body with humbucker pickups (or the combination of spliting the coils and mingling them with single coils.

Verrilli Blond T

The Verrilli T style guitars are extremely resonant when you combine the fat neck with the single piece light weight body and thin nitro finish. The wooden pickguards have a subtle effect on the tone (much more noticeable acoustically). What you'll hear is a warmer more organic tone, especially depending on how and where you pick.

Verrilli Flagcaster

The Verrilli Flagcaster is hand carved with a shallow relief and painstakingly finished with nitro cellulose. The problem is cutting in with different color paints in carved areas can't always be sprayed on, so Verrilli mixes a retarder in the lacquer to be able to brush it in only certain places.

Verrilli Dualtone S

BODY - one piece alder
NECK - Pat. Pend Dualtone Fretboard (maple and rosewood - teak dot markers) 25.5" scale, large frets, 12" radius, medium c shape contour, rolled and softened edges, nitro headstock and heel, sealed and oiled back of neck and board.

Verrilli Dualtone T

Verrilli Natural S

BODY - one piece alder.
NECK - 25 1/2" scale, maple back, maple or rosewood board, large frets, 12" radius nitro finish headstock and heel, back of neck fine sanded and oiled.

Verrilli Natural T

BODY - one piece ash, tribal carved border.
NECK - 25 1/2" scale, solid maple, medium frets, 9.5 radius, fat back contour, nitro finish, back of neck fine sanded and oiled.

Verrilli Spiral Guitar

BODY - one piece alder, hand carved shallow relief.
NECK - 25 1/2" scale, maple back, rosewood board, large frets, 12" radius, nitro finish headstock and heel, back of neck fine sanded and oiled.

Verrilli Sun/Spacescape Guitar

BODY - one piece alder, hand carved shallow relief.
NECK - 25 1/2 " scale, maple back, maple or rosewood board, large frets, 12" radius, nitro finish headstock and heel, back of neck fine sanded and oiled.

Verrilli Yin-Yang Guitar