MJL Guitars

09/24/2026

Production progress of Doc's Diddley. Primavera top, White ash body, Osage neck, rosewood fingerboard. Chambered with body and leg contours to make it slightly more ergonomic. The idea is a no frills, stripped down version of the classic Bo Diddley box guitar

08/27/2026

Planing the neck is one of the sketchiest parts of any build. The Safe-T planer from StewMac is the best option for this job

08/22/2026

08/19/2026

This Saturday Aug 22nd 11-3pm come check out some of my custom guitars Dr. Woods Guitar Emporium in Fox River Grove. I'll be there to answer any questions you might have about them, or possibly starting a build of your own! I'll have 6 for sale and some that are in progress! See ya there!!

Dr. Woods Guitar Emporium
304 Lincoln Ave
Fox River Grove, IL 60021

08/18/2026

My mentor, Master Luthier Ian Schneller and his incredible works of art. This man changed my life. I would be a shell of a person without his guidance in stringed instrument construction. I highly recommend any aspiring luthier to contact Ian and begin your own journey. Specimen Products

08/04/2026

Bubinga/Black limba covers for a pair of Nordstrand big rig 5 string pickups

07/13/2026

Yesterday was a beautiful time on phish lot. There were some musicians set up right next to me so people got to demo the guitars live. It was a surreal experience. I'll definitely be back. This was just the start. Big thanks to Andrew Lehtinen Portraiture and Chase Soeldner for helping things run smoothly

07/06/2026

MJL #0014 "Redemption"

Hand wound pickups by mallard_tone

This guitar had one hurdle after another. Multiple retries at nearly every step because I knew I could do better. It's exciting to announce that it's finally complete. Thus the name "Redemption". Big thanks to Marc at mallard_tone for helping make this guitar a reality

• 25.5" Scale length
• 24 Jumbo SS frets
• 1.702" Nut width
• White Ash body (carve top)
• Birdseye maple neck w/ Red heart strip
• Ebony fingerboard
• Pearl block inlays/logo
• Luminlay glow in the dark side fret markers
• Gotoh 510 3+3 tuners
• Schaller Roller bridge
• Kluson JG tailpiece
• Mallard tone p-90 set (7.44ohm bridge/7.08ohm neck)
• Rosewood/Walnut pickup covers
• Alpha 500k vol and tone pots
• .022uf Orange drop capacitor
• Switchcraft 3 way toggle
• Cocobolo/Walnut/maple handmade k***s
• Magnetic backplate
• Amber tortoise shell pickguard
• Candy Cola metallic lacquer
• High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish

FOR SALE $2,299

07/03/2026

My cleanest wiring yet. SD 59' in the neck and a SD Custom in the bridge. Alpha push/pull 500k vol pot, Switchcraft 3 way toggle, .22uf orange drop tone capacitor