Instruments
Carlos Lopez the Founder and Builder behind Castedosa Guitars has been in the guitar making industry for almost 2 Decades. Carlos is prominently known for his work as Master Builder with the Fender Custom Shop. He has worked with artists such as Ariel Posen , Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Robby Robertson, Tyler Bryant, Josh Klinghoffer, Chris Garza, and Eric Johnson to name a few. In that time he has sought to master his craft and has continued to learn and grow.
BilT Guitars have been making custom electric guitars by hand in Des Moines, Iowa since 2009. We are a small company. Every crafted guitar is made by manually using the sense of touch, not only to guide, but also as a wielded hand tool. If it’s not quite clear, we build handmade electric guitars right here in Des Moines, Iowa USA! We love guitars, we love music made with guitars, we love our guitars making music.
Black Bobbin Guitars bring together vintage inspiration and modern craftsmanship, with every instrument assembled by hand in Chicago. Our lineup includes the Phantone & Flat Iron models, designed for players who want timeless style with refined playability, as well as fully Custom Offset builds tailored to each musician. Whether it’s a shop favorite or a one-of-a-kind commission, every Black Bobbin guitar is built to feel alive in your hands and ready for the stage.
2027 marks Cardinal’s 20th year. A milestone that I’m humbled to have reached. The Cardinal body of work is the result of not just my effort, but the support of my customers and fellow builders. Many of whom I consider friends, with those friendships being an incredible unforeseen gift. I am grateful. Cardinal will certainly evolve moving forward, and I am as driven today as I was twenty years ago. Always staying true to what got me started: unique shapes, locally sourced woods, my pickups, and custom hardware. Twenty more years? Sure, why not?
Deimel Guitarworks, founded by luthier Frank Deimel and artist Kora Jünger, crafts innovative custom electric guitars and basses in Germany. Renowned for blending classic offset aesthetics with visionary engineering, Deimel instruments feature signature developments like built-in LesLee® rotation effects, built-in piezo pickups, and experimental pickup configurations. Designed for sonic explorers and tone purists alike, every guitar is a hand-built masterpiece tailored to express a musician’s unique identity. With meticulous craftsmanship, premium woods, and cutting-edge electronics, Deimel Guitarworks bridges tradition and modern innovation. Visit our booth at Wood Wire Volts 2027 in Los Angeles to experience tone reimagined.
After a decade in bands and another in the film industry, I realized music and visual design could fuse into one craft: lutherie. That’s how Diego Vila Custom Guitars was born. Every model carries the name of a classic film icon — Pola, Greta, Brando — because rock and roll and Hollywood grew up together, feeding off the same energy and glamour. Mid-century modern curves, Delmar sparkle, vivid nitro finishes, and a herringbone accent on every guitar. Guitars for players who want to feel like a star the moment they plug in.
El Cabron™ Guitars was created by Mike Eldred who is a highly respected figure in the music industry with a career closing in on a 40 year span. Mike started building guitars at Charvel Manufacturing in the 1977 as Grover Jackson’s first hired employee laying the groundwork for one of the most fascinating careers in the musical instrument business.
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Fano Guitars builds instruments that feel like long-lost classics hot-rodded for the modern stage. Our Alt de Facto series fuses retro offset lines, iconic German carves, and battle-tested nitro finishes with rock-solid modern setups. Under owner and builder Graham Dowling, we build tools of inspiration for everyone from touring pros to tone obsessives.
Built from scratch in Carthage, Missouri by Jonathan Fellows, our designs are always unique, yet feel familiar. Building guitars is my passion, and I want to share that passion with you. I want to obsess over every little detail because I revel in the pure process of obsessively creating. I want to create instruments that inspire their players to create music in the same way.
With almost two decades of experience, Levi has built a reputation for crafting some of the most sought after instruments in the industry. Known for his work as A Fender Custom shop master builder, Levi has built for artists such as Matty Healy, MkGee, Taylor York, Buddy Guy, Adrian Young and many more.
Grez Guitars is an American boutique maker of guitars and basses building out of Northern California. We strive to balance weight, size and resonance to create lively, interactive, comfortable instruments that are optimized for modern lower stage volumes. We are also known for our use of Reclaimed Old Growth Redwood and for planting a Redwood tree for every guitar sold.
Healy Guitars specializes in crafting custom electric guitars and basses, as well as repairing fretted stringed instruments. Carefully selected materials and components, fine craftsmanship, and flawless playability form the foundation of each handcrafted guitar. Our current lineup of electric instruments includes the Healer, the Healer bass, and the Growler.
There are songs inside these guitars and I hope they inspire you to play. From my imagination to yours, these are designed and built to be different. Best, Brian
Josh Williams builds every guitar that bears his name.
For more than 20 years, he’s been building semi-hollow guitars around one idea: a great guitar should feel alive in your hands.
Liveliness isn’t adjusted into the guitar. It’s designed into it.
Pick one up. You’ll understand.
Since 1986, Saul Koll has been making unique, innovative guitars using only the finest materials with a total dedication to his craft. Koll guitars are the embodiment of Saul’s creativity designed to become an extension of yours, a guitar that sets itself apart from others the moment you pick it up.
Benny Monson builds Lockhorn Instruments because he tried a bunch of other jobs and this is the one he likes best. Benny builds these guitars in Chicago and tries to make them look like they could have been born in Chicago 70 to 80 years ago. Hopefully they’ll play much much better as well.
John Page Guitars, founded by John Page – co-founder of the original Fender Custom Shop, “The Dream Factory,” and third in the design lineage running from Leo Fender through Freddie Tavares – celebrates its 20th anniversary in January 2027. JPG builds USA-made performance guitars – the AJ, DL, and Ashburn models – that evolve Leo Fender’s bolt-on tradition through modern engineering and player-centric design. Equal parts engineer and artist, John has designed guitars played by David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, David Crosby, Walter Becker, and Eric Gales, alongside a new generation of artists including Noah Levine (Noah Kahan), Matt Muehling, and Chris McQueen (Snarky Puppy). Each guitar is hand-built by Master Builder Chase Gullett and his team in Delaware, Ohio.
Paragram guitars, founded in Jalisco, Mexico in 2017, is a custom shop led by industrial designer turned luthier Carlos Ortiz.
Paragram makes electric guitars and basses with a clean, minimalist, modern aesthetic while at the same time drawing inspiration from the classics.
Since 2020 Daniel Slusser has handcrafted custom electric guitars, speaker cabs, and parts one at a time in San Luis Obispo, CA. His guitars have been featured in Premier Guitar Magazine and his handmade parts are keeping beloved vintage guitars alive. Currently he’s making upgrade replacement bridges and nuts for Danelectro guitars, custom Bigsby Vibrato handles, custom trapeze tailpieces, and replacement Telecaster bridges aimed at enabling Filter’Tron pickups and Bigsby Vibrato installations.
My name is Chris Swope. After 20 years doing building and repair for others in the boutique, vintage and high-end guitar world, I quit it all in 2014 and founded Swope Guitars. In 2017, after being asked by a friend to build something with a JM style vibrato, my old frustrations with that unit turned to inspiration and Descendant Vibrato was born. Several years and three patents later, the Descendant product line has grown to include innovative bridge designs as well. And I still get to build guitars. I pinch myself every day that I get to do something I love for a living.
Tone Ranger Guitars grew from my love of the West: the culture, the environment, the music, and the history of the western American deserts and forests. Lovingly hand-crafted in my one-man shop in LA with the finest components and pickups, Tone Ranger Guitars are made entirely from sustainable, local, urban trees from Los Angeles and her surrounding counties, yielding tonewoods with a unique sonic brilliance all their own.
Growing up in Northern California, I learned from an early age the value of making beautiful things. Both of my parents being artists, I had an upbringing full of artistic exploration and an appreciation for the process of creating, with an emphasis on attention to detail. Alongside art, I found a love for music, picking up several instruments, singing in choirs, and drumming in bands. I studied music composition for years but felt the pull toward working with my hands. I wanted to create new things that drew from all my artistic experience and musical background. In 2018 I began training under Barry Grzebik of Grez Guitars where I learned how to bring my ideas and visions into functional reality and design with intention. The conceptual and free thinking process I’ve learned from my family along with Barry’s traditional and technical expertise has helped me develop an informed and intuitive approach. Making music is one of the most rewarding experiences – I love being a part of that process and expressing its fun nature aesthetically in my guitars.
Zemaitis is so excited to join Wood Wire Volts.
We are a guitar maker who strives to offer the highest quality and elements of tone. Selected wood, metal, wire, shell, pearl, hearts, diamonds, volts, resistance. Our attention to details is as intricate as our craftmanship. We enjoy keeping the legacy evolving with modern techniques and creative ideas from decades of repeated efforts, as countless passionate guitarists do. Our creativity goes beyond craft and quality when the guitars meet the players. Come visit us to experience the elements of tone and create your own.