JMP GUITARS FINE INSTRUMENTS

Hand Made Guitars, Upgrades, & Repairs

JMP Guitars is dedicated to delivering the finest custom instruments for today's musicians. Playing a fine musical instrument should inspire you to play and practice more. The sound that your instrument makes should scream out, or whisper, the tone that best expresses your style as a musician. At JMP Guitars we believe that it is our duty to bring to you the finest in sound quality and design.

Every one of our instruments is custom designed to meet your needs. Maple, Rosewood, Ebony, whatever you prefer to play with is what we prefer to build. Tell us your style, tell us your sound, tell us how you like your guitar to feel and we will build you the instrument of your dreams.

We also offer custom artwork and inlays. If you have a favorite photo or even a fantasy image that you would love to have on your guitar, consider it done. From portraiture to comic art our team of fine artists is standing by to help create your masterpiece.

JMP GUITARS ORIGINALS

All of JMP Guitars Originals are one-of-a-kind built-to-order instruments. The following guitars are a small sample of our work.

"MONGREL"

Mongrel is Josh's main axe. The idea behind this guitar was to take the benefits of what we'll call the "two most popular" guitar types that have always been at war with each other. Specs include: Sperzel Locking Tuners, Lace Hemi® Humbucker Pickups, Wilkinson Tremolo, CTS Pots, Switchcraft Toggle, Individual Coil-Tapping and many other great features. Usually we do coil-tapping with push-pull pots as hidden switches, but Josh wanted the switches to be obvious, so standard toggle switches were used.
You can hear this guitar on our youtube amp demo

"Irriguous"

Irriguous is all about natural, beautiful tone. This guitar has GHOST Saddle Pickups that sound surprisingly acoustic, along with a Lace Transensor Pickup in the Bridge, and a Lace Blue Sensor pickup in the neck. This unusual combination works due to the preamp for the bridge saddles, giving this guitar some serious tone for anything from jazz and country, to classic rock or heavy metal. The guitar also has Sperzel Locking Tuners, CTS Pots, and a MegaSwitch T Model.

"Numinous"

This supernatural guitar has a hot classic tone, with its Lace Hot Gold Series Pickups. With coil-tapping on the bridge pickup, you can get a serious variety of sounds from this fine instrument. Sperzel Locking Tuners, Wilkinson Tremolo, CTS Pots and a MegaSwitch for smooth consistent switching.

"Cogniscenti"

This beautiful guitar has a nice inlaid pickguard and sounds phenomenal with it's LR Baggs X-Bbridge Piezo Tremolo, and Lace Chrome Dome Series Pickups. As you would expect, it too comes with CTS Pots, a Megaswitch, and Sperzel Locking Tuners.

"amorous"

This sweet guitar sounds phenomenal with it's LR Baggs X-Bbridge Piezo Tremolo, and Lace Chrome Dome Series Pickups. As you would expect, it too comes with CTS Pots, a Megaswitch, and Sperzel Locking Tuners. Wait, that sounds familiar.

"East Coast Ninja"

The East Coast Ninja - the customer wanted the guitar to be all black, pickups, hardware, everything. So, from the front anyway, it basically is. Wilkinson Tremolo, for pickups it has: NECK- Lace Dually Gold, Blue, MIDDLE- Lace Hot Gold, and BRIDGE- Lace Dually Silver, Red for a fantastic variety of tone from classic 50s to modern pushed. This guitar uses a single switch to tap both humbuckers into single-coil. CTS Pots, a Megaswitch, and Sperzel Locking Tuners.

"Tribute"

That SRV guy was pretty awesome, huh? Well, we didn't feel like other company's tributes to the man were quite up to par, so we built this. Left-Handed Gotoh Fulcrum Tremolo on a beautifully flamed maple top body, with Lace "Holy Grail" Series Pickups to capture that classic 50s "S" guitar sound. CTS Pots, a Megaswitch, and Sperzel Locking Tuners...and stickers!

JMP GUITARS CUSTOM SHOP UPGRADES

This feeling of dissatisfaction with factory electronics is not by any means uncommon. JMP Guitars sets itself apart from most guitar manufacturers in that we actually enjoy improving guitars from any brand. We do not limit our work to our own instruments. If you have a guitar that you would like customized or repaired we will be happy to assist you in bringing your guitar to a higher level of cool.

"G&L SC-2"

G&L makes some great guitars, but no matter who makes them, I tend to want to swap out the pickups for something that fits my taste better. I routed out the body, and designed a brand new pickguard from scratch to accommodate the P90/Humbucker combination. CTS pots, an RS Guitarworks Capacitor, and Schaller Locking Tuners round out this fine instrument.
You can hear this guitar on our youtube demo

"S24 - Take 2"

Everything on this guitar except the bridge was swapped out. Grover Locking Tuners, Handmade vintage PAF style pickups, CTS pots and all the other usuals you would expect from JMP. The vintage style pickups are only two conductor, so we installed a simple, high quality switchcraft toggle switch. The guitar was stripped, sanded, stained, and refinished with a nice transparent color to show the natural, subtle beauty of simple wood grain.
You can hear this guitar on our new youtube demo

"S24"

Everything on this guitar except the bridge was swapped out. Grover Locking Tuners, Lace Nitro Hemi® Pickups, CTS pots and all the other usuals you would expect from JMP. The pickup selector knob on this guitar is a lot more fun than the ones normally found on these guitars. Instead of useless phase switch, this switch goes through the pickup positions blending and splitting the coils as you turn through. In the middle position, the outer coils from both pickups are activated for a crisp and unique sound.
You can hear this guitar on our youtube demo

"Soapbar II"

Everything on this guitar was swapped out, including the paint. Repainted with a matte black paint for a nice subtle look. TonePros Locking AND INTONATING Wrap-Around Bridge, Grover Locking Tuners, Lace Aluma 90 High Definition P90 / Soapbar style Pickups, CTS Pots, T Model MegaSwitch, N-Tune OnBoard Tuner, etc... It's amazing when you hear the difference with one of these guitars PROPERLY INTONATED.

"P"

The guitar originally sounded like mud with the original pickups. For replacement of electronics and pickups, and full copper shielding (as with all JMP Guitars and electronics upgrades). Lace Drop & Gain Series Humbucker Pickups, 3-way toggle, CTS pots, etc...

"S"

After this person heard one of our guitars with the LR Baggs X-Bridge, he had to have one too! So he got one. We also installed three Lace Arena® Humbucker Pickups for a HUGE sound! Copper shielding, CTS Pots, etc...

"LP"

Another full swap of all hardware and electronics, including a full copper shielding job. Lace Drop & Gain Series Pickups, Graph-Tech Saddles, Sperzel Locking Tuners, CTS Pots, etc...

"LP"

Full electronic replacement, copper shielding, Lace Humbucker Pickups, CTS Pots, etc...

"MIM S"

This custom (whose review you can read on the testimonial page) purchased a MiM S guitar with the intent of having it upgraded, fully knowing that he wouldn't be happy with the more expensive electronics on the more expensive guitar. The final result includes Lace Alumitone Deathbuckers Humbucker Pickups, an N-Tune OnBoard Tuner, a S Model MegaSwitch, CTS Pots, Switchcraft jack, full copper shielding, etc...and most importantly, a happy customer that loves his guitar.

"SG"

This was a fun customization, that I had been wanting to do for a long time. All hardware and electronics were replaced, as you would expect. TonePros Locking Bridge and Tailpiece, Grover Locking Tuners, three Lace Drop & Gain Series Humbucking Pickups, CTS Pots, full-copper shielding, etc...
Check out the youtube demo of the finished guitar