Here are some kind words from our customers:

John,

Have to tell you something- I recently acquired a Todd Krause masterbuilt gold leaf guitar in new condition and played it tonight- it’s great!  Always thought it would be my holy grail guitar.  But, I played your gold leaf relic with the lace sensors immediately afterwards and I believe you’ve maybe got it beat!!!!!  Dont know how else to say it bro- great job!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are welcome to use this quote too.  Thanks, -bill

John,

The guitar arrived this morning……..OK, this is just not possible, I just simply cannot believe it……

I am having difficulties in writing this e-mail, I am lost for words, I just simply cannot believe how accurate, beautiful, wonderful the guitar is!!! When I opened the case I was lost for words, even more when I plugged it in and starting playing…………as soon as I hear it sounding I had to stop because I was too shocked……
…..IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

You made me a very, very happy man…………..

I will recommend you to anyone I know – your work is amazing and I am so glad I have already ordered the Monty pop…………..

Your very happy customer,

Andrea from the UK regarding his black1 with clone pickups.

The Guitar arrived today!

Lars

Hi John, I received the black1 and I did my show and actually it was so ….so…. AMAZING!!!! What a great job John , thank you so much the quality is so good!! I can’t put some word on what I feel thank you soooooo much!!!! And then with the high quality of your instrument I talked to my bassist about your website and work and he would like to let you doing the bass of his dream, the Pino Palladino bass.  Thank you John, my lord haha . Sorry for saying it so much but your black one….so much spectacular…. You’re the best!!!!

Stephen C. from France

John,

Man I can’t get over how well my new guitar plays and sounds! I mean it beats any American deluxe I’ve played and even a custom shop I played at a local guitar shop. And for me the pickups do overdrive wayyyyyyy better than the Texas specials on my American guitar. Great job man!

-Matt

Hello John,

today was the day!!!
I spend nearly half the day with Number One and this evening I had rehearsal with my ban and played it all the time!

This guitar is absolutely amazing! It feels perfect to my hands and it sounds awesome. I never played a guitar that sounds like this.
A real open and wide sound. It has bass tones that I never heard of a guitar without beeing too muddy and dark. A real fat and wooden tone.
Through my old Super Reverb it is a killer guitar! Wow!
I’m so happy with it and I thank you so very much that you made a dream come true! It is a player!!!!
WOW!!!!!!!

I put the Number One on the stand next to my bed so when I wake up I see her;-)

Thank you John….

You German friend

Fabian

I fall in love with this guitar the more I live with it. The other day I took it to my music conservatory and no teacher or student (take into account its full of gear heads) had anything to criticize, they were simply speechless. Two of my teachers evaluated it by assessing how much the wood resonated, playing it through a clean bass amp and testing its playability; all they could say was: “Wow, this is just like the first guitars, congrats man”. Thanks John

“Matias regarding his customized black1″

John, There’s not much I want say.
I just wnat  to tell you this is the best guitar I ever played.
And my waiting is worth.
Really thanks for your wonderful job.

Sid – Thailand

John,
I got my guitar today and can’t put it down. It’s exactly what you said it would be and then some. Every detail we discussed is done perfectly and above all it plays AWESOME.
I want to thank you for taking the extra time on the phone to answer all of my questions and for always getting back to my emails quickly. You are a true professional.
Thanks for the great work and great guitar!
Best of luck to you,

-michael, regarding his Black1 with exclusive clone pickups and flame maple neck

John,

“Incredible. A million thank yous man. Very in depth down to the last
detail. I would(and will) recommend you to any guitarist I know. I was
leaning towards a ts808 at first. BUT! I hadn’t even heard of the
fulldrive. I’m rather young,16, and I’ll be sure to come to custom
relics for any tone and relic job first in my music playing life. You
get tone man. Thanks again. I know it
took a lot of time.”

-Josh Wannamaker regarding his tone advice for an authentic Mayer/SRV sound.

John,
It came today – looks amazing!! I’ll be sure to refer you to anyone I know looking to buy a guitar.

-Brian, upon the arrival of his Black1 with exclusive clone pickups and flame maple neck

Hi John,

I just received my guitar and I absolutely love it. It plays amazing and you did an awesome job on the body work.
I can’t stop starting at it lol.
Thanks for taking the time to answer all my questions, and for being very helpful during the shipping process.
I wish you the best of luck,
Thanks again!

Carlo regarding his customized premium Black1
Hey John,

The guitar arrived to me today in England by way of Norway. I had to go back here before the guitar arrived at home, so I had my dad ship it over.
I’m lost for words. It’s perfect. Spot on what I wanted. I was impressed by the stunning work you did on “The Black One” model, but this is TOP OF THE LINE.

Thank you John, for making one of the finest guitars I’ve laid my hands on!
Hope we can do another project in the future!

All the best,
Trond – regarding his custom ordered Michael Landau guitar

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