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Start With Excellence!

Maximum Guitar Works is a custom guitar shop based in Colorado USA. We are passionate about creating the highest quality instruments to meet the exact requirements of our customers. Not only do we create personalized custom guitars, we manufacture high quality production models, produce customparts and accessories, and provide instruction forenthusiasts via our YouTube channel. Our passionfor excellence is evident in everything we do!

Steve McElhenny-aka The Mad Scientist

Painstaking attention to detail, state of the art facility, starting every move with excellence. If there is a better way, he’ll find it.

MGW Shelby TR+

When you open the case this Shelby TR+ looks worn in, well used like gramps old pickup truck. Pick it up and the rounded, well used fretboard edges and soft feel of worn lacquer over maple confirm what your eyes told you.

Sit down, pug into your favorite amp. As you feel the strings under hand while gripping the neck you realize it's not what you expected. The first cord feels easy. A couple of full step bends and a quick legato run and it hits you. THIS guitar is a killer, a wolf in sheep's clothes. Gramps truck with an F1 race car underneath. You aren't sure how much time passed after that, but you are sure of one thing. The MGW Shelby TR+ is the one you've been waiting for....

We Are a Custom Shop, See Our Lead Times Below!

Most of our products are built to order right here is Colorado, USA. This gives us the ability to make adjustments and customizations based on your needs. Everything from custom logos, one off templates and whatever you can dream up, we can make it happen. Below is our current lead times, these change often and we try to keep things up to date below.

Standard templates…7 days
Minor templates customization …10-14 days
Tools and jigs…10-14 days. 
Custom template sets….3 months
Custom guitars…4 months