Custom Musical Instruments
Commission a handmade musical instrument from independent instrument makers across the US. Makers here build hammered dulcimers, tenor ukuleles, Irish bouzoukis and octave mandolins, banjos, classical guitars, wooden flutes, ocarinas, hand drums and tube guitar amplifiers, along with music stands and guitar stands.
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Personalized Customized Leather Guitar Strap
by Kendall Cross
Drum Stick, Drummer Gift, Musician Gift, Music Jewelry,
by Rosemarie Barnes
Pinol Guitars And Ukuleles Style Om-000 Solid Cocobolo Rosewood / Mahogany Top (Free Shipping)
by Pinol Guitars and Ukuleles
Tiger Maple Lincsonic Electric Bass Guitar
by Lincoln Clapp
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Jeff Monkman
Monkman Guitars
YORK BEACH, MEHandmade steel string acoustic guitars by Jeff Monkman. I use a lot of older Martin specs as well as ...
Gregory Monroe
G.S.Monroe Folk Music
Lakeland, FLI'm a self-educated, Award Winning Primitive Folk Artisan that studies, repairs, and builds Tradition...
Timothy Wise
Wise Furniture Manufacturing LLC.
Elmira Heights, NYWe design and manufacture custom furniture and custom cabinetry of the highest quality, for the most ...
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About Musical Instruments
Musical Instruments covers instruments built by hand and the gear around them. Its subcategories:
- Guitars, including acoustic and electric guitars
- Stringed Instruments
- Percussion
- Wind Instruments
- Musical Instrument Accessories
Pieces filed directly here include hammered dulcimers, tenor ukuleles, Irish bouzoukis and octave mandolins, banjos and banjo parts, classical guitars, wooden flutes, ocarinas, ashiko drums, tube guitar amplifiers, music stands, guitar stands and custom music boxes.
What sets the price
A listing's price is usually a starting point. Half of the listings here are priced between about $260 and $1,650, with a median near $440, and one in ten is priced above $2,650. The type of instrument, the woods, inlay, hardware and a case set the price of a commission.
Before you start
- What you play, how long you've played, and the music you play most.
- The size or scale you're used to, and whether you play left-handed.
- An instrument you like the feel or sound of.
- Woods, inlay or finish you have in mind.
- Whether you need a case.
Describe the instrument with the materials, size, budget and date you have in mind, and makers who do this work send proposals. You pay a 50% deposit on the one you approve, see the finished instrument by photos, video call or studio visit, and pay the balance once you approve it; Maker Marketplace holds that payment while it ships.
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Frequently asked questions
Say what you play, how long you've played, and the music you play most. Give the size or scale you're used to, whether you play left-handed, and any instrument you like the feel of. Mention the woods, inlay or finish you have in mind, and whether you need a case or a gig bag.
Ask the maker. Find out whether the instrument ships set up and ready to play, with strings or heads fitted, and whether a case or gig bag is included or sold separately. For a shipped instrument, ask how it's packed and whether it will need adjusting when it arrives.
Yes. Hammered dulcimers, Irish bouzoukis, octave mandolins, ocarinas and ashiko drums are among the listings here. Describe the instrument, its tuning and size, and any recordings or examples you like, and ask the maker about the instruments they build and how they would approach yours.
Yes. Listings include a music stand that adjusts in height and tilt, guitar stands and custom music boxes, and Musical Instrument Accessories has more. Tell the maker the instrument a stand will hold, or the tune a music box should play, and the wood and finish you want.
