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World class guitars that are not priced out of this World
Known for their exceptional light weight and Fantastic Tone
  Contact Email - ColemanCustomGuitars@gmail.com

Great American made guitars - Support America.
A Veteran Owned Company - A tribute to
those that have the gift of music in their soul.
Coleman Custom Guitars are an inspiration to
Guitar Players world wide.


  Inspired by Vintage Classics
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Custom Hand Crafted Guitars and Basses
There is no Comparrison

Blackguard

Double Cutaway Trans Red Nitro Powered by Fralin

Special Neck Aging Process

A special Tribute to Bill Lawerence

Vintage Tweed Cloth covered

Excellent quality parts and craftmanship

Imported Hand Wired All Tube Electric Guitar Amp 20W:
For those that want the tone advantages of point to point hand wiring but don't want to spend mega bucks, here is a fantastic alternative.
A 20W class A guitar amplifier.
Hand wired turret board construction all tube circuit. Cloned from a popular vintage design.
Tube design with point-to-point vintage circuitry. The hand-wired circuitry resonates with a warm vintage tone. This amp uses Ruby tubes.
Finger joined cabinet for increased structural strength.
Genuine tweed amp covering and vintage brown/gold grille cloth. Leather strap handle.
4 inputs: 2 normal and 2 Bright
Volume and Tone controls
20 watts via 2 x 6V6 output tube
2 x 12AX7 preamp tubes
Single 5AR4 vacuum tube rectifier
Dimensions: 51.8x25.1x43(cm)
Weight: 18.2kgHand built Deluxe Vintage clone. If hand made in USA it would cost twice the price. Sales Price $1,199

Exciting fun to play guitar. Amazingly versatile.

Guitar and Bass
Example Starting Prices

Epic - Starting at $1,100.00
Includes - Fralin or Porter pickup
Empress body
AllParts neck of your choice
Top shelf electronics
Gig Bag
Shipping and options at additional cost.
Weighs a extraordinary 5.4 lbs
Projects louder than most others unplugged even not plugged in.
We can install the Eldred Mod or now offering 3 tap coils to give new tone selections

Vintage Cream Nitro Blackguard

Standard T-Series - Starting at $1,250.00
Includes Fralin or Porter Pickups,
                Pine or Empress Body,
                AllParts neck of your choice,
                Top Shelf electronics,
                Nitro finish Vintage colors
                Gig Bag
Optional Thermometer style Hardshell Case. Other options at additional cost.
Shipping and Handling not included.

Custom T-Series shown with optional 3 pickups

Custom T-Series - Starting at $1,500.00
Includes - Swamp Ash Body.
                  Custom neck by USACG, Musikraft
   Guitar Mill or other.
                   Pickups from Fralin or Porter.
                   Vintage colors in Nitro finish.
                   Top Shelf Electronics.

Other options at additional cost.
Shipping and handling not included

Aged White with optional gold hardware

Standard S-Series - Starting at $1,350.00
Includes - Empress Body total weight 5.2 lbs
                  AllParts neck of your choice
                   Pickups from Fralin or Porter
                   Nickel vintage style hardware
                   Gotoh Tremolo and tuners
                   Top shelf Electronics
                   Blend Pot
                   Gig Bag
Optional - hardshell case, Other options at additional cost.
Shipping and handling not included

Coleman's Trans white/blonde

Standard - TrueT Bass - Starting at only        $1,500.00
Includes - Swamp Ash Body
                  AllParts neck of your choice
                   Pickups from Fralin or Porter
                   Nickel vintage style hardware
                   Hipshot bridge and tuners
                   Top shelf electronics
Optional - hardshell case, Other options at additional cost.
Shipping and handling not included

A few of the latest custom designs from Coleman
Please see the Gallery for more photos

New Skeletonized design for ultra light weight. One piece Port Orford Cedar body for strength and stability also produces a lot of sustain.

The Gotoh bridgeplate is lipless even to the saddles. The brass saddles are the new compensated slot design. Bill Lawrence stacked double coil bridge pickup and Firebird mini bucker make it hum free..

Gunmetal flake with black binding. Poly gloss finish.

4 way switching and no load tone pot.

The thoughtful design hides all wiring. The strap button screws are in thickened areas for strength

Eye catching and fun to play. Available in many colors.

Special order - $3,550 - Pine body with Bad Ass Blue flake.

Tadeo Taper

Fralin High Output pickups

Double Pearloid bound and a BW B-Bender

B-Bender tension adjustment screw

Coleman Custom neckplate

Birdseye neck with matching headstock

S-Series - $1,750 - Aged White nitro thin coat finish. Empress body weighs only 5.2 lbs. Nice Med - C AllParts neck with a 12" radius and Jumbo frets. Gotoh Tremolo with steel block.

Customer furnished parts Coleman built them

Try a 5.5 lb Empres S-Series - $1,900 - with Klein pickups. It's owner says it is the best in the world. A fatneck Birdseye and blend knob circuit yhat makes possible neck + bridge and all three.

Special order T-Series Custom - $3,250 - with Fralins and Bigsby. Features body and neck from same mahogany blank.

Flame Walnut Bookmatched and chambered. Fralin Pure PAFs bring it to life. A Les Paul can't compare.

Custom T-Series with one piece Swamp Ash body

$1,680.00

Flame neck, rosewood fretboard.

Bound surf green with halo-flake. Hand polished gloss nitro finish - $1,680

Matching Headstock

Customers T-Style Custom - with Gunmetal and Purple flake. Double bound Swamp Ash body and Porter Custom Set pickups. $3,600

Controls for the BW B-Bender. No invasive routing for the Bender

The 4A flame neck is bound with a rosewood fretboard and abalone dots.

Hybrid T and S combination. Extra light Swamp Ash body with USACG flame maple neck. This guitar delivers a great variety of the tones a pro player wants - $2,100

Fralin High Output pickups round out the high end and give a bit more punch. Has a push/pull tone circuit that engages the neck pickup no matter what the selector position. Has 7 tones and including a very rich all 3 pickup tone. Halo flake on white with a tough poly clear coat

Beautiful Flame neck from USACG. It's fat but not too fat, Just right to enhance the tone. This guitar is hard to put down.

One of our recent custom builds. Read Testimony 11. for owner's remarks. $1,600

Contours include the cutaway, tummy and neck heel. Fast, low and easy.

Gorgeous Birdseye neck with abalone inlays

T-Series Custom Bass - $1,600

Coleman's White Blonde Finish

Coleman's cool wave relic nitro over surf green and halo-flake. Fralin Blues Specials Only 5.6 lbs. $1,400

Okoume Caster - Okoume body, Maple and rosewood neck. Tung oil finish, 4 way selector switch and Fralin Standard pickups. What a pleasure to play and hear.

Okoume body.

Just some of what we do

All Sold

This E-Series single pickup has a few tricks up it's sleeve. The pine body makes for a total 6.5 lbs. It has the Eldred Mod with three distinct tones from one pickup. Most of all it has a Porter pickup Brian Porter wound especially for this guitar. It is 8% overwound with alnico 5 flatpole magnets and a steel backplate for incredible spank but no icepick. Incredible $1,100

Dakota Red T- Series Standard
This one is equipped with Porter Custom flat pole bridge pickup, a lightweight bound pine body and rosewood neck. See more on the Gallery page.

Trans-Red Double Cutaway Custom

Very Elegant Guitar

Here is Coleman's original Custom Double Cutaway. It's made to the highest standard with a beautiful One Piece Swamp Ash Body and almost three dimensional Trans-Red finish.It's Mahogany Neck is sleek, fast and has a satin finish on the back. See Gallery for more photos. Order yours made the you want. $2,250

Twang Thang

Twang Thang Custom

Lightly Reliced Session Series. Looks used but not abused. All new, carefully aged body, neck and hardware. Includes American hardware and pickups. Has a Soft V-Neck with vintage 7.25 radius in either Maple or Rosewood fretboard. Thin Nitro finish that really shows the grain. Order yours today. Options available. $1,250

Ultra Light (5.6 lbs)

New Ultra-Light

Combines the light weight Empress body with a Lollar Vintage-T pickup for a guitar that makes playing fun. The total weight is an amazing 5.6 lbs. The tone can be described as a vintage woody twang that is very popular among country players. It will rock when needed. The Eldred Mod provides three distinct and very usable tones. Very cool for a single pickup guitar. $1,100

Blackguard Vintage 1950's Pinecaster

New Pinecaster Butterscotch, Fralins,

Here is Coleman's new Blackguard Pinecaster made to look and sound like the Vintage early 50's. Nice and light at only 6.6 lbs. with it's 9.5 radius and chunky C profile it's pure pleasure to play. The Fralin hand made 2 % overwound and Blues Special pickups are the same as Brad Paisley uses. They retain the clarity of the vintage T-style yet not ice picky and with a little more drive. With the Pine body, the neck pickup does the blues like it was born in Memphis and the bridge pickup defines that woody twang that your looking for. A real tribute to the winning combination that Leo found in the early years.
$1,150

Studio - Custom

Mini Humbucker

This is one guitar that does it all and more. Swamp Ash body in Surf Green and Pro series neck. Seymour Duncan Neck with Fralin mid and bridge pickups. A very popular design. 5 way super switch gives the bridge & neck combo that is a must. Have one created to your specifications. See the Contact page on how to order.
$1,880

Double Cutaway Standard

Standard Sonic Blue

Coleman's unique design - Double cutaway Standard model. Sonic Blue thin nitro. This guitar is pure fun to play, lively and full of twang. Includes light weight, contoured Pine body weighs 6.4 lbs. Rosewood on Maple neck with 9.5 radius and 1 11/16" nut. Pickups include Fralin Firebird style mini humbucker neck and Custom Shop bridge Reverse control mod with 3 way selector and no load tone control. Please go to For Sale Page.

Blackguard Custom

1950's Blackguard Design

Vintage style 1950's Blackguard. This is Coleman's premium hard to find, super light, one piece, Swamp Ash body. The Nitro Lacquer is hand polished to a thin glossy finish. Available in most Vintage colors. A figured Maple or Rosewood V-Neck adds to the It looks and feels like the original. The pickups are Fralin Standard Vintage and are clean with Vintage Twang. Optional contours cut for comfort. See Custom Order page to get yours the way you want it.

S-Series Standard

Custom Strat

Alder Body, Maple or Rosewood Fretboard, 9.5 radius, C profile, Fralin pickups. See Custom Order page for how to order yours. $1,300

T-Series Custom

This ones gone but not forgotten. Now a mainstay in a Studio in Texas. Has Klein 5/2 pickups and a PLEKed neck. A real Gentleman's guitar $2,250

Coleman Custom Empress - 5.8 lbs

One of the best T - style guitars anywhere. Set up for the pro-player, it delivers all you'll need in tone and playability. Equipped with Fralin overwounds. See number 5 testimony below to see what the owner has to say.
$1,250

Coleman Custom - T-bucker

Fralin Pure PAF neck pickup but don't kick it to the curb yet.
"Love love love the guitar". is what it's owner says. Has a 5% overwound Fralin in the bridge position. Read number 7 customer review below. Here at Coleman we do bend the rules for our customers. $1,480

S-Series Custom

Trem King

Another upgrade from Coleman Guitars. Has American Standard Upgrade pickups. Replaced neck with a Japanese V-Neck. Replaced the tremelo with a Trem King tremelo. It solves all the issues inherent to factory tremelos and is smooth as glass. Won't go out of tune if you break a string and can D-Tune without re-tuning all other strings. Coleman Guitars installs Trem King Tremelo systems. $1,950

Meldoymaker P-90's

Customized Melodymaker

Coleman installed Seymour Duncan Antiquity P-90's on this 1965 Gibson Melodymaker. What a guitar. It does the blues like it was born that way but has enough Twang to do Country. That was a surprise. Another example of Coleman Custom upgrade ideas. You imagine it Coleman does it. Also available is humbucker and mini humbucker setups for LP Jr. and Melodymaker's. $4,500

The Classic look of a Blackguard with overwound Fralins. Order yours today, call now. Number one selling Guitar.
Starts at only $1,250

Standard T-Series with USACG neck, pine body, Ocean Turquoise Metallic, Fralin pickups, Barden Bridgeplate
Starts at $1,500

Custom Made Control Plates

3 way Control.

Coleman we have advanced knowlede of schematics. We are able to build almost any of the popular wiring ideas you may have Same top quality that goes in Coleman Guitars.
Starting T-Series - $75
Starting S-Series - $125

We can relic an existing guitar, sell Aged parts like tuners, control plates, or sell ready to install pickguards with pickups of your choice. Totally complete and ready to install in your custom project. This 72 Thinline RI has aged hardware and the body is heavily reliced. It has Wide Range Lollar humbucker pickups that sound like they did in the originals. One of the best that Fender ever did.
Just call about your ideas and we can get you a low great price .

Special techniques to capture the right colors in nitro

Realistic wear patterns in logical locations

Services include -Refinishing, Painting necks and bodies, Realistic, Authentic Relic work is second to none, routing and adding pickups, Rewiring and upgrades. Repairs and setups. Call for prices. You'll be surprised how low the prices are compared to the competitors.

Testimonials and Reviews..................
see About Page

What else is new?

1..We are now an Authorized Dealer for Porter Pickups. Now you have two great choices, Fralin and Porter come at Standard level pricing on Coleman Guitars.

2 Coleman is now offering relic bodies - $200.00 and up, necks $200 and up, aged nickel hardware Call for complete pricing.

3. I highly recommend Paulownia / Empress as one of the best tone-wood choices. Read Testimony number 5 and 12 below. Very light weight, guitars usually weigh less than 5 1/2 lbs. Tone is very acoustic and loud even when not plugged in.

4. Did you know we are an authorized ALL PARTS Dealer? Save big on yor parts from the Worlds Largest Guitar Parts Supplier. Save 10% on orders over $50 and up to 25% on orders over $200.00.
Don't be taken advantage of. You work too hard for your money. Fast shipping by USPS at low cost.

Coleman Custom Guitars is not affiliated with Fender and in no way to be sold as a Fender product. Fender is a trademark of FMIC

Email - ColemanCustomGuitars@gmail.com

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A few of the latest custom designs from Coleman Please see the Gallery for more photos