Lee Ritenour Signature Model

I have had the honor of making guitars for Lee Ritenour since 1992.  Lee was one of the earliest adopters of the Sadowsky Electric Nylon guitar in 1992.  In more recent years, Lee has played the Electric Nylon, the SS-15 Archtop guitar, and the LS-13 Spruce Core Broadway model. The LS-13 Broadway has become his main guitar for the last several years, and he just received a second guitar for touring.
— Roger Sadowsky

I realized the other day that I've been performing and recording with my Sadowsky guitars for close to 30 years! Whether it was the nylon electric model or my LS-13, Sadowsky has been my go-to guitar for decades. Like my earliest days of playing Gibson or Fender, Sadowsky is in that small exclusive club of making fantastic, great instruments. Probably what stands out the most about Roger's guitars, is that he's been doing it all these years but has remained on top and involved with all his instruments and that alone is quite an accomplishment!
Thank you, thank you!
— Lee Ritenour, June 2026

• Spruce Core LS13 Broadway body
• Matching hardwood top and back
• Quarter-sawn Roasted Maple neck with Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard
• 12” fingerboard radius
• 1-¾: nut width with rolled edges and
• 1-11/16” string spacing at the nut.
• Hum-Single-Hum pickups with auto coil-cut on 5-way switch positions 2 and 4.
• Push-pull pot on tone control for Neck-Bridge combination.
• Sadowsky preamp with mid boost and gain boost, plus true bypass
• 18% Nickel/Silver frets, maximum hardness; .090” wide x .048” high
• Tusq XL self-lubricating nut
• Choice of tremolo or hard tail bridge.
• Portabag case is included

$8,500.00 with Sadowsky Portabag. $500 order deposit, balance upon completion. 

Build time approximately 12 months.