Reader Guitar of the Month
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Reader Guitar of the Month: TW Special
November 23, 2018
After finding a collection of 80-year-old tools in his mother’s garage, a Swedish guitarist built an instrument that connects him to his grandfather.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Fifty Les Porter
October 25, 2018
For his half-century birthday, one of our readers decided to do it up right with a unique custom build.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: The Banjolin
October 1, 2018
A roots musician converted a busted-up violin body into a unique picking machine.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Jade
September 3, 2018
A PG fan designs a killer 5-way circuit for all his tonal needs.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Put Some Skank on It
July 23, 2018
A guitarist wanted a Les Paul Jr., so he made his own version out of cherry wood from a handbuilt family heirloom.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Squier Strat “63”
June 25, 2018
A reader teaches himself how to build his own version of his birth-year guitar.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: The One That Got Away
May 31, 2018
After a decade of dreaming of a special blue Les Paul, a guitarist’s wife brings it home.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Sundial Fender Stratocaster
May 2, 2018
A reader enlists a young artist to help refinish his guitar with a custom paint job that tells a story.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Vox-Style Teardrop
April 26, 2018
A guitarist channels the musical mojo of his late bandmate with this Brian Jones-inspired axe.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Gayle Snoopy
March 23, 2018
After finding an old drawing in the attic, a North Carolina luthier builds the dream guitar designed by his teenage self.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Vox Phantom XII
January 19, 2018
A PG fan refurbishes a prized but climate-damaged 12-string he’s owned for more than 50 years.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Tel-Xploder
December 24, 2017
An experienced builder teamed with a luthier friend to build a unique Tele-Explorer, yielding this magical rock machine.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Warmoth Partscaster Revival
November 20, 2017
While in high school, this player built his own S-style, but then the wiring failed. Four years later, he revisited his build and fixed it.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: The Mule
October 24, 2017
A versatile workhorse guitar with gritty tone and the capability for swapping electronics.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Go Big or Go Home
October 5, 2017
A Texas engineer made his dream Strat-style guitar from scratch—and he didn’t take the easy route.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Parquet Paul
September 4, 2017
A woodworker shares his favorite build: a neck-through Les Paul copy constructed of Honduran mahogany, purpleheart, and walnut.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: The Magicaster
July 24, 2017
A Chicago bluesman and builder applies Gibson sensibilities, DiMarzio prototypes, and a shorter scale to make his dream Strat-style guitar.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Stripped SG Special
July 10, 2017
A Virginia guitar tweaker strips down and tricks out a late-model SG.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Gilded Tobacco Burst Les Paul
May 21, 2017
An artist uses his college training to design an LP-style axe wrapped in stunning gold leaf.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: The Fool
March 31, 2017
A Cream fan in Belgium pays tribute to Clapton with a psychedelic SG.
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