 Hi, I am Jakob, the creator of the Canna Guitar.
My goal is to create a truely unique and innovative guitar that is made to inspire you, so you can do the same for your audience.
Made to inspire
The ‘Canna Guitar’ is my approach to creating beautiful and avant-garde guitars that are a joy to look at and a joy to play.
The Canna guitar will make you stand out so you can captivate and entertain your audience like never before.
The biggest reward for me is to see great artists using my work to make true art.
With a body made of Hemp…
Hempstone: A fascinating material that consists purely out of natural hemp fibers and water.
The Hempstone body offers a compact and comfortable playing experience while creating a rich and masterful sound.
… or Wood
The ‘Canna Guitar’ provides a much tighter fit to the body than traditionally built guitars.
Even though I based my design on using Hempstone for the bodies of my guitars, I figured out a way to provide similar ergonomic benefits using regular wood for the back and sides of my guitars.
The ‘Canna EVO’ model resembles the evolution of my guitars combining the ergonomics of a round back design with the tonal qualities and beautiful appearance of solid timber.
Both Hempstone and wood offer their own benefits.
If you want to know more about which model suits your play style best, don’t hesitate to contact me !
 Designing a better sound
In order to create the best sound possible, the Canna guitar was redesigned with a first principal mindset, not only to do justice to the unique body material, but also to get the maximum sound and volume out of the guitar.
Hempstone proves to be a genuine alternative to traditionally used tropical woods, not only in terms of sound, but it also allows me to design a more ergonomic roundback body.
The round Hempstone body reflects the sound waves created by the top more efficiently creating a louder guitar with better projection than traditional designs.
 Model M Â
The Model M is my medium sized body. It is suited for a wide range of applications.
It comes with a cutaway soundhole and a side soundport.
It’s a very compact feeling guitar with lots of power, but slightly less bass than the MD.
The Sonowood Series
These guitars are based on the Model M and feature a unique and patented ‘sonoveneer‘ top.
Giving you those stunning designs with a warm and beautiful balanced sound while being
exceptionally durable and scratch-resistant.
 Modified Dreadnought Â
Thee Canna MD not only has a bigger body than the Model M and therefore stronger bass response.
I redesigned the body shape to make the guitar better balanced and less round at the contact point to the player’s leg, which provides more grip and a more familiar playing experience while maintaining the slim feel of a roundback Canna guitar.
All in all it sits better, feels more like what people are used to and has a bigger sound with more low-end.
 EVO Â
This Guitar is the EVOlution of my regular Hempstone roundback guitars using solid wood.
The shape of the body provides a much tighter fit to the body than traditionally built guitars, while maintaining a big body volume.
The side sound port is directed at the player and provides a huge bass response.
I also tilted the sides of this guitar inwards, making the footprint of the back smaller than the top.
This is not only giving the instrument a better structural integrity, but also a slimmer and more dynamic look
 Canna Classic Crossover Â
My interpretation of a classical Canna guitar.
It’s built on the Model M body and has great accessability of the high frets.
Due to the solid frame construction it has exceptionally long sustain and a great attack.
I also have designed a ‘guitar lift’ made out of brass and leather to facilitate the classic 45° playing style.
 Canna Jazz Â
Archtop guitar
This Archtop guitar has a top that isn’t carved, it’s laminated in my usual doubletop fashion utilizing a Nomex honeycomb layer in between two ~1mm spruce plates. This way the top becomes super light at about 100g.
Furthermore the fibers are following the curve and aren’t ‘cut’ which should give it (in theory) an even better stiffness to weight ratio.
The tailpiece design is inspired by Ken Parker and my Logo.
The bridge is also hollowed out in the middle, again, inspired by Ken Parker.
The Harry Häussel ‘FlatJazz’ Humbucker is mounted on two rails which allow it to be slided in and out all the way to the bridge.
 Canna Bass Â
The CannaBass brings the look, feel and sound of the CannaGuitar to the bassworld.
For those who want to explore the possibilities of an acoustic bass while having the feeling and playability of an electric.
 Canna’lele Â
The Canna’lele design is based on the principles I use to build my regular guitars.
The concave body also allows for a very compfortable playing experience.
Availiable in all sizes from sopran to bariton.
Sopran
Concert
Tenor
Bariton
 Custom Builds Â
Want a guitar with humbuckers, fan frets, and gold frets?
No problem! I always enjoy breaking new ground and working with you to create a unique, one-of-a-kind instrument.
Pricing
The base price for my guitars is € 4500
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Who are the people involved ?
The Canna Guitar is created in cooperation with Norbert Schmid from drumparam
Jakob Frank, Canna Guitars
designer and creator
of the Canna Guitar
Jakob Frank, Canna Guitars
Designer (BA) , Luthier
Norbert Schmid, Drumparam.at
Hempstone Experte and creator of the Hemstone Bodies