Guitars made by Neil Smith

Above: The Sands raw wood (and hand made template) and finished product.

All my guitars are made in Las Vegas, NV completely under my shop roof from raw wood to finished product.  All my guitars are made by one person, me - Neil Smith.

• I purchase my lumber locally and it is air dried (Las Vegas is less than 20% humidity nearly year round so a kiln is never needed here).
• All figured woods are hand sawn & book matched by me from raw wood
• I use some power tools (band saw, thickness planer, router, drill).
• I use many hand tools (rasps, saws, files, sanding blocks of many shapes and sizes, draw knifes, spoke shaves,
• All my bodies (unless otherwise requested) are made from one piece of wood
• All my necks and bodies are made from scratch by hand
• When I say "from scratch" I mean from raw wood to finished product under one roof.
• I do not outsource for anything but raw material (wood, frets, binding, hardware, electronics etc.).
• I do not use any computer aided routers (CNC machines).
• You can visit my shop
• All my guitars come with a CD showing the build process
• I use nitro both water based and solvent based for my finishes
• All my instruments are guaranteed against defects in workmanship by me.
• I don't ghost build for anyone

If you have any questions about my guitars - just ask me - I'm the builder.