Custom Handmade Guitars

Owning a custom guitar, especially one hand made by an expert luthier, is an experience that every serious guitar player should have. There is simply no comparison between a factory guitar, and a custom guitar built to the specifications of the individual player. To really get the high quality sound, look, feel and playability that you want, a custom guitar is the only way to go.

Laguna Beach luthier Tad Brown is known for his unique style and excellent repair work. He applies his knowledge, skill, craftsmanship, and artistry to the finest master grade tone woods and highest quality materials to produce an instrument of unparalleled beauty and performance. His attention to fine detail and pride in quality workmanship ensures that you receive a finished instrument that is not only a work of art, but plays just the way you would expect a hand-built guitar to play.

Handmade Acoustic - Electric - Arch Top Guitars

Tad Brown guitars are carefully designed and hand crafted to be light weight, balanced and playable. Bone nuts and saddles, world famous Seymour Duncan pickups and consideration to wood combinations ensure that your instrument retains as much amplified acoustic property as possible and is above all acoustic in it's tonal characteristics. Your choice of exotic woods and quality parts combine for an instrument of exceptional tone, elegant form, and ergonomic function. Each guitar is entirely hand crafted to the custom specifications of the individual player.

Customized Guitars

With the addition of customized options such as abalone purflings, figured hardwood bindings, custom headstock and fingerboard inlays, rich exotic woods, and sunburst or multi-tone finishes, your guitar can be highly personalized and crafted to give you the look, feel, playability and acoustic properties you want. Through the ordering process, Tad will ensure that he knows exactly what you need. He takes great pride in crafting a beautiful instrument just the way you imagined. Feel free to call or email Tad as a precursor to purchasing your guitar.

Guitar Repair

Tad is also set up to do complete guitar repair. From minor setups to complete restoration, as a professional repairman Tad has the expertise and tools to do the job right.

Call, contact me or come in today!