Making History With Guitars

Making 10 Custom Guitars for the Dallas International Guitar Festival

It was crunch time at Scarlett Guitars. I had five days to turn a pile of beautiful wood into a serious batch of custom guitar builds, all while settling into a brand-new shop and trying not to los...

People R Ugly Scarlett Jag Guitar

Fender Doesn’t Want You to See This (Modern Jaguar Build) I built a Jaguar that would make a Fender purist cry into their vintage amp. Hi — I’m the person behind Scarlett Guitars, and this is the s...

Sleeping With Sirens Guitars

Making Guitars The Wrong Way (Still Works) Hi—I'm the Midwestern guy who likes to make stuff out of wood and somehow convinced a nationally touring rock band that I should build them guitars. In ca...

John Malecki Guitars

I Made a Guitar with John Malecki’s Scraps: How a 10-Hour Drive, a Free Bandsaw, and Six Gallons of Epoxy Turned into Two Guitars (and One Giveaway) If you ever wondered what happens when a borderl...

Blacktail Studio Guitars

We drove over 30 hours to meet Cam at Blacktail Studio. He gave us some gorgeous walnut to make some guitars with. Here's how that happened.