Looking for a guitar with features you just can't find on a production model? Is the custom shop out of your price range? These are exactly the right reasons to spec out your own custom guitar.

With some careful shopping, you can get exactly the instrument you want for less than a U.S. made producton guitar. Even more importantly, your new guitar will sound and play better than anything that came off an assembly line.

There are plenty of sources for great new or used guitar parts, but the prospect of making a great instrument can be daunting, or even impractical. Do you really want to buy the right tools to cut a nut, and spend the necessary hours practicing until you get it right? What are you going to do if the neck doesn't line up right, the strings bind in the nut, there's a cold solder joint, or any of the other problems that can come up when putting a guitar together?

You gather the parts and I'll assemble them into a great guitar for you.

$175 includes everything, including leveling, crowning, and polishing the frets, installing a bone nut, wiring the pickups, and a complete setup. I'll do as much—or as little—of the work as you need me to. If you're confident in your soldering and woodworking skills and just want me to install a nut and dress the frets, it's a good way to save some money and get to know your guitar better.