Custom Shop Electric Guitars

Buy custom shop electric guitars at session

Which guitarist doesn't dream of owning a limited custom shop guitar? At session you are in exactly the right place to choose and buy a high-end guitar from the coveted custom shop, from hundreds of exclusive guitars.

custom shop guitars are the ultimate in the guitar market. As you can already guess from the name, these are guitars that are manufactured exactly according to customer or dealer requirements. A distinction is made here between models from the custom shop and a custom order :

custom shop models

Guitar models from the custom shop are usually limited editions , small series and exclusive individual pieces that the manufacturer defines himself. When producing custom shop guitars, the selection of all components is given a particularly high priority. Only selected wood and the highest quality electronics are used. The guitars come from the absolute top class and are produced and specially refined by hand in separate teams from the large guitar companies and specially employed master builders. Here you really only get the best of the best.

Custom Order Models

If, on the other hand, you decide on the even more exclusive method of a custom order , the guitar will be manufactured according to your own wishes and preferences . In our guides section, our expert Olli Lohmann - who is known for his love of high-quality guitars from the custom shop - explains how to order such a custom order from us.

With a custom order, you first choose a basic model, for example a '56 Fender Stratocaster, and then go through the product catalog with features and special requests, just like when buying a car. Just as you can also select the rear view camera or heated seats in your car, the custom shops also offer special requests for your dream guitar. Interestingly, most custom-order guitars also look like a car was driven over them after production, because Relic and Heavy Relic guitars are more popular than ever.

Relic and aged guitars are instruments that have been artificially aged. From light scratches and slight simulated color changes to paint chips down to the wood, everything is possible. You could almost think that the more broken and battered the guitar is when it leaves the factory, the better and more desirable it ultimately is. In any case, many people swear that the broken paint has a positive effect on the vibration behavior. We owe this trend of making guitars look as old and used as possible primarily to musicians like Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones. At that time, Keith wanted an original replica of his old, high-quality and expensive guitar. The reason was very simple. The original was simply too valuable and should be preserved. Simulating old guitars has now become an art form. Every year, for example, Gibson tries to get closer and closer to the highly sought-after (and now practically priceless) Gibson Les Paul custom shop models from 1958, 1959 and 1960, right down to the molecular composition of the plastic parts.

Companies like Haar , Maybach and Rock n Roll Relics have also adopted this trend and established it on the market. However, the top dog in this area is and remains the Fender company.

With several Relic levels (NOS, CC, Lush CC, Journeyman Relic, Relic and Heavy-Relic) and lots of custom shop know-how thanks to revered master builders like John Cruz or Jason Smith , they create new ones year after year, to bring breathtaking Stratocasters and Telecasters onto the market and get ever closer to the 60-year-old models.

As always, with models from the custom shop, love is in the detail. Aged pot knobs and tarnished tuning machines or guitar necks that look as if they already have 50 years of Rock N Roll history under their belt make the guitars sought-after collector's items among like-minded people. NOS (New old stock) models, on the other hand, offer custom shop quality without deep scratches.

If you want to buy a high-end guitar, you will find a very large and exclusive selection of custom shop guitars and accessories from Fender custom shop , Gibson , Haar, Maybach, Rock n Roll Relics in our webshop , Suhr and many more.

And if that's not enough for you and you want it to be a little more individual, we'll be happy to advise you further and support you with our concentrated #session know-how when ordering a custom order.