Fretless harp guitarist Tim Donahue, known in metal circles for his MADMEN & SINNERS album from 2004 featuring DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie, put his official signature harp guitar into production for the first time in 2010. A review of the guitar is now available at UK-based Unfretted.com. An excerpt is available below:

"When Tim Donahue announced he was making his harp guitars available for purchase it was naturally of great interest. I had been after a TD fretless guitar for quite some time, but there were never any available. So the harp guitar was the next best option.

At the time there were two colours available, natural mahogany and wine (trust me, red wine, maybe burgundy) trouble was my missus would not have red guitars in the house (another story) and while the natural looked quite nice I wanted green. Yes Green, I just had this vision that it had to be green.

So I contacted Tim and put forward the green idea, he told me that green oil stain on mahogany was the vilest colour known to man, and that it would make me feel unwell."

Click here for the complete in-depth review. Pricing, order and warranty details are now available at this location.

Donahue has offered the following::

"A word about my manufacturer:

A number of years ago, 2 companies tried unsuccessfully to build TD harp guitar prototypes without adhering to my design and construction requirements. Since then, I didn't pursue production of my harp guitars again until requests for them increased due to my current work with ECLIPSE.

The wait is finally over! I'm happy to announce Japan's highly-respected Aska/Deviser Corp. has gotten the instrument right this time. Aska/Deviser Corp. stayed true to my design, proven over 25 years of recording and performing.

The mountains of Nagano, Japan have long been Japan's guitar manufacturing center. It is here that for decades, Momose Guitars made some of the most amazing acoustic instruments I've ever seen. Aska/Deviser Corp. is Momose's electric guitar division. With many guitar brands outsourcing to developing Asian countries for the sole purpose of lowering cost, quality is a problem. So I have opted to work with Aska/Deviser Corp. to manufacture my instruments 100% in Japan, at reasonable cost.

The future looks bright indeed. With Aska/Deviser's luthiery expertise and access to an incredible variety of woods, electronics and technology, I'm excited about developing these instruments well into the future."

Donahue has launched an official webpage for his line of harp guitars. It can be viewed here. His harp guitar specs can be found here.