/ The Studio
A guitar should
feel like yours.
Apex Custom Guitars is a one-luthier workshop in Charlotte, North Carolina, building electric guitars one at a time since 2014. We don't ship from a warehouse and we don't keep a catalog of stock — every instrument that leaves the bench was specced by the person about to play it.
We use mahogany from a single sustainable mill, hand-wound pickups from a friend two miles away, and finish each body in nitrocellulose lacquer. Most guitars take four to six weeks from order to your door.
2014
At the bench since
1
Luthier per guitar
4–6
Weeks to your door
∞
Lifetime fretwork
/ The process
Three steps, six weeks.
Step 1
You design
Pick a shape, a colour, a pickup set, and your own artwork in the 3D designer.
Step 2
We build
One luthier, one bench, one guitar at a time. We send photo updates as it comes together.
Step 3
It ships
String-tuned, set up, and shipped insured. 30 days to try it. Lifetime fretwork.
/ Materials
Only the good stuff.
Honduran mahogany
Bodies and set necks from a single sustainable mill.
Flame maple
Carved tops, picked by hand, one blank at a time.
Rosewood & ebony
Fretboards slotted and radiused on the bench.
Nitrocellulose lacquer
A thin skin that lets the wood breathe and age.
Hand-wound pickups
Wound by a friend two miles from the shop.
Bone & TUSQ
Nuts and saddles cut to your string gauge.
/ Shipping & returns
From our bench to your door.
Insured shipping
Free within the U.S., flat-rate worldwide. Every guitar ships string-tuned and set up, in a hardshell case, fully insured and tracked.
30-day trial
Stock builds can come back within 30 days in original condition for a full refund. Custom builds are yours alone — non-returnable, but covered for life.
Lifetime warranty
Fretwork, neck adjustments, and electronics are covered for the life of the original owner — even after years of touring.
/ Contact
Talk to the bench.
Questions about a build, a spec, or an order — write to us and the person who answers is the person holding the chisel. We reply within one business day.