Unique electric guitars handmade in the upper Midwest
Sporting classic silhouettes, modern comforts, and styles ranging from refined to outlandish, Red Pine Guitars are truly unique instruments.Individually handmade by Andy in Minneapolis, each guitar transforms from blocks of wood into an electric treasure, sure to stand out.If you like what you see, get in touch!
Guitars
Drifter
For the Drifter, the wood is the star.The body is an all-American classic T-style shape made of beautiful mahogany and accentuated with ergonomic contours.The neck is made of cherry with a tasteful mother-of-pearl accent inlay to let the marbled ebony fretboard shine.Finally, a medallion of contrasting cherry and maple is inlaid behind the bridge—inspired by the masters of a traditional Japanese woodworking craft called "yosegi", one of whom I was lucky enough to visit while traveling in Hakone, Japan.
Groovemaster
The Groovemaster is for when you're feeling flashy.This pair of offset guitars are inspired by the ergonomics of a Jazzmaster and the visual flair of 1990's icon Lisa Frank.They rock a vibrant fabric top, unique purple fret markers, custom-made pickups, and a string-through hardtail bridge for sustain and stability.
Brothers
The "Brothers" series began with a piece of wood that wasn't good enough. Originally, the plan was to make a single guitar with a clear finish, but when the piece I ordered had cracks, scuffs, and wormholes, I knew it wouldn't work out as I planned.Fortunately, the supplier was kind enough to send a replacement and told me to keep the subpar piece. Well, it couldn't go to waste, could it?So I decided to make two guitars, side-by-side. Brothers! They'd be different (fretboard material, fret size, finish, built-in fuzz pedal!) but connected through the simultaneous learning process.
Dustbrother
Dustbrother is a straightforward, no-nonsense Telecaster-style solid body electric. Built and hand carved from swamp ash, rock maple, and padauk with a traditional three-saddle brass bridge, it's a true classic.Dustbrother sports a set of Seymour Duncan / Brad Paisley La Brea pickups, giving it the perfect range from twangy sparkle to smooth and groovy.The finishing touch: The custom-made knobs are cast in epoxy resin with leftover padauk dust from the fretboard, making a perfect match!
Stormbrother
Stormbrother is mean. It starts from the same swamp ash body, but with a maple neck and fretboard, a modern 6-saddle bridge, and a little extra inside.The matching pick guard hides a cavity with a JHS 3-series Fuzz pedal built right in! Pull up on the guitar's volume knob and the fuzz roars into action, taking the modern Fender pickups from simple to searing.Not content simply with technology, Stormbrother also sports a hand-painted watercolor thundercloud to match the tone of this monster.
Made it to the end, huh? Nice!If you like what you see, get in touch below!
Contact
Let me know if you dig my work, you have questions, or you want to talk commissioning your own one-of-a-kind Red Pine guitar!
About Me
Red Pine Guitars is a one-man operation run by me, Andy! An artist by training and a hobbyist by nature, I was inspired to explore the fascinating discipline of guitar building thanks to an excellent series of videos from Tchiks Guitars on YouTube after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.With some woodworking pointers from my dad (thanks for the help, dad!) and some prior experience with audio electronics projects, Red Pine Guitars have come to life!I currently reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota with my lovely and encouraging wife, a growing lad, and two curious kitties (who are not allowed in the workshop). When I’m not working on guitar projects, you can find me in the gym, in a hammock, or thirty minutes into an ambient groove with plenty of reverb!If you’d like to get in touch, drop me a line in the contact form below! You can also find my Bandcamp page here, where I periodically upload some quiet ambient tracks.Cheers!
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Drifter #3/3
This Drifter is built fully-custom, from the ebony fretboard to the mahogany body all the way to the maple and cherry checkerboard inlay. The body sports ergonomic contours on the front and back for complete comfort.
More comfort = more playing!The pickups are hand-made in the USA by ToneHatch, sporting Alnico 5 magnets on the bass strings and Alnico 2s on the treble strings, giving a tight, focused low end and smooth, soft highs.
The pickups are wired with a simple 4-way switch so you can play each single-coil pickup alone or together, OR together with extra gain as a single humbucker for even more drive.
This might be the clearest, most versatile classic T-style guitar you’ll play!
The specs:
• 25.5” scale
• 22 Jumbo nickel steel frets
• Sustainable Crelicam ebony fretboard with 9.5” radius
• Handmade contoured mahogany body in classic T-style silhouette
• Hand-shaped bolt-on cherry neck in modern C profile
• Custom cherry/maple checkerboard body inlay
• Laser-engraved headstock
• Mother-of-pearl octave fret markers
• Natural 1 11/16” bone nut
• 2-way truss rod, headstock adjust
• Gotoh locking tuners
• Gotoh 201 modern Telecaster bridge
• ToneHatch 2|5 Union T handwound pickups, wired for series and parallel selection
• Oak Grigsby 4-way selector switch
• CTS 250k audio taper pots
• .047µF Orange Drop cap
• Chrome dome-top knobs
• Semi-gloss Tru-Oil body varnish and satin neck finish