Welcome

Building good guitars for aspiring players.

No matter how beautiful your guitar is, if you don't pick it up and play it, it's wall art, not a guitar. So while we make some beautiful guitars (and we're okay if you really want it as wall art), what matters at least as much to us is how it feels and plays and sounds. It should be your favorite guitar with your eyes closed and your ears wide open. So from top to bottom and from inside to out, every guitar gets the best setup, fretwork and wiring we are capable of because that's what will help you be the best player you can be.

Special 2026 inventory reduction sale on The Prowler, Hickory and the Lap Steel. Steals, not deals.

Enough chatting? Here are the guitars! Be sure to checkout On the Bench to get a sneak peek at what is in the pipeline (so you can claim it before it's officially for sale -- it happens). Here's a gallery of guitars you missed (that may inspire what I can build for you).

For now, I'm focusing on custom builds and the occasional inventory item if it's something I'm really interested in building. And the focus on new builds will be the kerf designed guitars. I'll build you a custom Tele, or something else, if you like, but I won't be building non-kerf designs for general inventory.

Easiest way for us to know what you want or how we can help is to send us a message with the form below or an email to millard (at) kerfguitars (dot) com.