Guilford Guitars. Guilford Parts. - by John Guilford. 

"I am a builder.  I view life that way from my faith, my family, my profession and my community. I have worked very hard over 30 years to make Guilford Guitars into the successful manufacturer it is today. I take pride in that because it is not easy to be successful manufacturing anything in the US as a Sole Proprietor. I am a Christian. and, I'm not perfect..no Christian is until they die. Let me encourage you - consider taking a small step in the direction of your Lord and Savior. Take a step, no matter how small, personal or quiet it may be, it will always return a yield. No other direction, No other journey you ever take will be more fulfilling."  

- John Guilford 2024

In 1988, I graduated from The Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.) in Hollywood CA. Those early years were filled with hours upon hours of playing the guitar and it has payed off well in my luthiery profession. To make a remarkable guitar, you have to know what a musician needs in an instrument and then produce it on a level that is beyond their expectation.  Who better to do that than a luthier who plays? I have been making custom guitars for more than 30 years. That experience has led to the creation of a series of guitars that now form the Guilford guitar line. These early guitars each had a feature unlike any that had come before but there was a continuity to them all that was unmistakably a Guilford guitar.