Johnston Custom Guitars

Johnston Custom Guitars Johnston Custom Guitars build vintage inspired guitars for the modern player. Custom hand painted nitrocellulose lacquer paint and hand wired electronics.

We provide quality musical instruments with the guitar player in mind. Custom attention and hand painted guitars with hand wired electronics and pickups. Premium hardware and attention to detail. Hand wired pickups available from Foothills pickups, as well as Lindy Frailin, Seymour Duncan, Lollar. Custom paint, aging process, relicing, and electronics are available. Refinishing and custom wiring c

ontrols are available as well. Let us help you build your dream guitar, with the same attention and details from the golden years of guitar without breaking the bank!

Current Price Lists for repair work RestringIncluded Services: New String Install, Oil Fretboard, Stretching Strings, tu...
03/19/2026

Current Price Lists for repair work

Restring

Included Services: New String Install, Oil Fretboard, Stretching Strings, tuning and polishing your guitar.
6-String
$20

12-String
$30

Floyd Rose Trem
$25

Classical, Mandolin or banjo
$30


Custom Setup

Custom Set-ups and Fret Leveling
Set-ups include: diagnostics, redressing and buffing frets, cleaning fret board, checking & tightening hardware, restringing, adjusting nut slots, truss rod adjustments, balancing tremolo, adjusting action, setting intonation, checking electronics, adjusting pick ups, detailing and cleaning. Electro/acoustics get balance of output, and archtops have bridge located and taped.

Fret levels include: measuring and leveling frets, recrowning and redressing to a high polish.

Standard Set up

Hard Tails, Les Pauls, Teles, Basic 4-string Basses, Ukulele, Acoustic 6-strings, Classical Acoustics, Stratocaster style guitars, Guitars with Bigsbys, Lapsteels, 7-string electrics, 5-string Basses, Resonators
$65-$75
With Fret Level $125-$135

Advanced Set up

Locking Tremolo Guitars (Floyd Rose trems), 12-string guitars, Latin Instruments, 6-string Basses, Banjos, Jaguars & Jazzmasters (Includes shimming neck, taping bridge and HAN on saddles)
$75-$85
With Fret Level $135-$145

Some prices below discounted with Set up

Mandolin or Archtop
Includes cost of fitting bridge $90
With Fret Level $150

Rickenbacker Bass or 6 string guitar
Includes glossing board $90
With Fret Level $150

Rickenbacker 12-strings
$100
With Fret Level $160

Steinburger Trans trem
$160
With Fret Level $190-200

Tuner mounting, drop in, $15
6 string
With set-up $12.50


Tuner install, with reaming & $40
drilling 6 string
With set-up $30


12 string tuner install $60
NO restring
With set-up $55

�Tuner install, non-dog ears $50�(Spertzels, Schaller)�
NO restring�With set-up $35�

Pick guard mounting, cutting $30-$50
and shaping required
With set-up $25-$40

Pick guard mounting, $12.50
LP style, no screws
With set-up $7.50


Pick guard mounting, $30
Strat style, drop in
With set-up $25


Shimming in strap button $12.50
With set-up $7.50 Acoustics w/ Pick ups $5
Requires set-up

Adjust Action or Intonation $20
Included with set-up


Adjust Truss Rod $15
Included with set-up

Blocking both sides of tremolo $40
$20 with set-up

Blocking one side of tremolo $30
$15 with set-up

Filling nut slot $15
$3 each additional
First included with set-up


Keyholing bridge slots $5 - $15
Requires set-up

Lower nut slots $10
Included with set-up

Glossing fingerboard $20
$15 with set-up


Masking fingerboard $10
Requires set-up
Clean electronics $15-25
With set-up $10-20


Dowel and drill strap $10 - $20
button


Lowering nut shelf on $25
Floyd Rose nut
With set-up $15-25


Strap button install $15
With set-up $7.00

Shimming neck $15
With set-up $10


Shimming side of neck $20
pocket
no restring
With set-up $10-15

Very Dirty Guitar or $10 - $40
Rusty/Frozen Hardware
Requires set-up

Removing stickers $15 - $20
With set-up $10-25

Saddle installation for $40 - $60
Strat Style
Includes restring
no restring
With set-up $15

Saddle installation,
Gibson style
NO restring
With set-up $20-$40

This beauty is ready and available now! ESQUIRE, Nitro blonde, roasted neck.. DM for details
10/19/2025

This beauty is ready and available now! ESQUIRE, Nitro blonde, roasted neck.. DM for details

This one has found a new home! But we’ve got more where that came from, DM us for details
10/18/2025

This one has found a new home! But we’ve got more where that came from, DM us for details

09/13/2025
Tele coming up. Available soon
05/24/2025

Tele coming up. Available soon

Pine Esquire
05/17/2025

Pine Esquire

Latest build. Our take on a 67 CBS Strat.
04/30/2025

Latest build. Our take on a 67 CBS Strat.

Finished Custom B bender Tele style.Flame maple neck, heel adjust 21 fret vintage c shape. Custom pickups, Red Rhodes vi...
09/30/2024

Finished Custom B bender Tele style.
Flame maple neck, heel adjust 21 fret vintage c shape. Custom pickups, Red Rhodes vintage strat neck pickup. Steel Bender Innovations bender. Hand cut ash body, hand finished, nickel hardware, hand wired with treble bleed circuit 3 way switch. All premium components. Hardshell included. $2500 🇺🇸

RIP
01/18/2022

RIP

Fiesta!
09/28/2021

Fiesta!

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Green Bay, VA

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