I didn’t come up with a clever name for this elm-topped Strat-shaped guitar. Before I had even finished it, someone reached out via Instagram (@monster.guitars) and told me he was keen to buy it. As soon as it was finished he came over and tried it out, and it was sold! It just goes to…
Old Brass
Old Brass is currently for sale in New Zealand. Get in touch if you’re interested! You can watch a video of the completion of this guitar, along with a demo of the sound, here. This guitar has a beautiful vintage look, in my opinion, with a sound to match. The price is $1,350 (including a…
The Viper
This one has a reptilian coloured top, and has been appropriately dubbed The Viper. It’s very light and sleek with a great range of tones. Think of it as the look and feel of a superstrat, but with a wraparound bridge instead of a tremolo. Check out the playlist of the build process here. Body:…
Something Stratty
This was my first strat-style guitar, and my first with a tremolo. I love the way it turned out. I haven’t shown the front of the headstock up close because… long story short, it was a customer order featuring the customer’s nickname and signature on the headstock, and he ghosted me without buying it. Awkward….
The Blackwood Telly
I called this one a “Telly” because it draws some inspiration from the Fender Telecaster in the similar body shape, but that’s where the similarity ends. With its 24.75 inch scale, 3 tuners per side headstock, and its dual humbuckers, this thing is a curious mix. With sweet, clean tones, spanky strat sounds and the…
And one for me…
I decided not to sell this one. Instead, I sold my old Ibanez and made this one my guitar. Here’s another example of why I love oiled Elm tops. In the video series about how I made this, I called it “something Fenderish,” because it has the classic offset shape made famous by Fender. Behind…
The Flame in Fir
I loved this guitar. I know, as I build more and more guitars I’ll be saying that of plenty of my creations. But this one really had something. Just look at it! It sounded great, too, a real all-purpose instrument, from sweet mellow tones to fat, distorted chords. The Flame in Fir was another manifestation…
The Pall 2.0
The Pall is my guitar design based on a coffin. It’s basically for death metal. ☠ But as the man who bought this guitar shows us, you can play whatever you like on it! This is called the Pall 2.0 because it’s the second one I built. This is all recycled wood. The core and…
Broken Elm
Broken Elm was a beautiful guitar. All my guitars are beautiful in their own way, but this was the first one that I would just admire for a while. Ever since I sold it in early 2020, my wife has said that she misses this one. The top was made from a broken piece of…
The Flame
This is the first guitar I ever sold at Monster Guitars. The Flame is the name of a guitar body shape I designed. I originally called a slightly different model the Flame, but I redesigned it to look like this, slightly enlarging the body and also adding a horn on the bottom, which made it…