Onyx Forge Custom Electric Guitars

RIGHT - Custom 'D' - $2,985 - Free shipping within the continental U.S. - This custom is the first Onyx Forge victim of a bad economy. Commissioned and never shipped. Flexible payment plan available. Click pic for more info.

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Recent Customs

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O nyx F orge custom electric guitars – I work with customers to "spec out" their ideal custom guitars, including 6, 7, and 12 string standards, baritones and basses, as well as other stringed instruments such as electric ukuleles and mandolins. Specializing in exotic woods and custom switching for active, passive or piezo pickups. World wide shipping.

Notable Onyx Forge owners - all types of music:

Ubbe 'Urban' Admér - Lead guitarist of the Swedish group "Saturn Girl and the Tone Heroes" plays his Onyx Forge Custom 'T' .... HERE
He's also got a solo site .... HERE. Take a look, it's good stuff. Blues, Rockabilly and Country music from Stockholm

Frank Baker - YouTube Onyx Forge demos - Plays his Quilt Maple DC .... HERE, his Baritone .... HERE, and his new "S" Jag .... HERE and HERE

Tom Phillips - Lead guitarist for While Heaven Wept plays a custom Onyx Forge Baritone also loaded with a Piezo bridge and mags. Tom was looking for very wide tonal range on a baritone (among other things) and found it here. Tom owns several O.F. guitars

Mike Brannon - Lead Guitarist for the award winning jazz quartet "Synergy Quartet" plays an Onyx Forge Vintage style "T". Hear / buy the Synergy Quartet’s albums "Bar Codes" or "Later" at CDBaby.com

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FOR SALE NOW / GUITARS BEING BUILT - What's coming down the pike

BOLT NECK INSERT KITS / ACCESSORIES - IMPROVE TONE AND SUSTAIN - Match Fender factory screws when installed

CUSTOM GUITARS / CONSTRUCTION FEATURES - More info. on the guitars shown above

REFURBISHED GUITARS - Refurbs, repairs and refinishing done on a limited basis

GUITAR SHAPES - Many shapes to choose from, or submit your own

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK - What customers think about their guitars

GUITAR LINKS PAGE - Guitar and music related sites

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Hand built custom electric guitars –

Get the guitar that you always wanted but couldn't have because nobody makes one. Hand made, top quality custom made instruments at reasonable prices - inquire now - you won't know unless you ask

Any shape body – including one of your own design. Left or right handed - nearly endless combinations of body / neck / hardware choices

Custom necks to any scale - want a short scale Tele® style guitar with stainless steel frets? Many combinations of widths, woods, fret sizes and profiles possible

6, 7, and 12 string standard, baritone, fretted and fretless bass guitars to your specifications. How about a double neck baritone / standard guitar?
I work with clients to design the perfect instrument for them that just cannot be bought off the shelf. Hand built, yet considerably less expensive than the custom shops of Fender and Gibson

Weekly progress reports with pictures are sent to you via email
Exotic hardwoods to your spec. There's more to life than alder and ash

Custom composite string nuts - made of laminated brass & bone (also Corian, Slipstone, etc) for decades of durability. Outstanding playability, phrasing, sustain and tone

Top quality OEM or aftermarket magnetic, piezo or MIDI pickups - including Fender, Seymour Duncan, Shadow, EMG (active or passive), L.R. Baggs piezo, DiMarzio, etc.

Custom or OEM knobs and switches

How about installing your coveted pickups in a new axe?

Custom dyes and paints - specializing in aniline dyes and nitrocellulose lacquer finishes

Custom switching & wiring

Vintage cloth wiring a specialty

Stainless steel hardware – Polished 18-8 Stainless Steel vintage (slot) or modern (Phillips) hardware

Metal threaded neck inserts on all bolt neck guitars for a rock solid body / neck interface. Guaranteed to meet or beat set neck and neck through guitars in tone and sustain

One piece, neck through and set neck construction as well

Noise reduction - all routed and drilled pockets are double coated with conducting paint and grounded for the elimination of unwanted noise caused by external electrical lights / equipment. The coating also includes the back of pickguards and control plates

Custom setups, including fret leveling /crowning / polishing, truss rod adj., string height, nut height / cutting

New Customs come with a limited 10 year transferable Warranty, unlike virtually all major guitar manufacturers

2 week return policy on all but the most unusual instruments

CONTACT me if you have a question or are interested in a custom electric guitar.
Thanks for visiting the site.
Roy B.
Email: onyxforge@cox.net
Phone: (949) 351-4108
FENDER®, NOCASTER®, STRAT® , TELE® , TELECASTER, ®P. BASS®, BULLET® and J. BASS® are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corp. (FMIC). Onyx Forge is not affiliated with FMIC.

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