Vintage Branding
Cutting Edge Designs
Dazzling Finishes
Relic & Accents
Players Features
Strat Magic
Start With Excellence!
Maximum Guitar Works (MGW) 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 custom parts and accessories, and provide instruction for enthusiasts via our YouTube channel. Our passion for excellence is evident in everything we do!
Plek Service is HERE!
Maximum Guitar Works production and custom guitars come fully Plek'd. Consistent premium playing experiences is what we strive to provide in every MGW guitar...at any price point!
If you are buying a guitar neck as a DIY guitar part from us, you can get your new neck Plek'd too. You will be blown away by the playability of our premium guitar necks when dropped into your body.
Not in the market to buy a new guitar or parts to build your dream guitar...have no fear. MGW offers professional Plek services for your guitar. Your instruments will never feel better.
Let customers speak for us
I have bought the quarter sawn maple neck blanks several times. I buy about 4 at a time. This is truly the best neck blanks out there. I’ve bought from other companies and they just aren’t as striaght and perfect.
I need more black rubber bands
All of the MGW products I have purchased have been out of this world. They work and function flawlessly and make your guitar building projects that much easier. Highly recommended!
Maximum Guitar Works is the absolute best for cool templates, awesome jigs, spell-binding tools, and all around guitar making stuff! Highly recommended! Excellent customer service, shipping and communication! Thank you!
Awesome templates, alignment pin system is simple and takes all the worry out of keeping fretslots, fretboard, and neck in perfect alugnment
The quality of all the tone wood I've purchased from Maximum Guitar Works has been amazing!
Very well made and true to his word. These are the best template ever created hands down! Matter of fact I bought the telecaster and the strat templates and they are amazing.
I thought I had already left a review for this one, but I’m not sure. I keep coming back to Maximum Guitarworks for jigs and templates—I just can’t resist! Their quality is outstanding, and it’s truly a pleasure to own and use them!
Absolutely top notch product! This is amazing! It is marked extremely well with info!!!
Yet another fantastic product from Maximum Guitarworks! Their tools are a joy to use. Thank you!
These templates are well thought out. They will make you the best you can be building guitars. Perfectly marked out and very detailed. You can even get Tec. support. Best templates in the business. Steve is the Wizard. Thank you for all you do Steve and your staff. Remember start with excellence,that's what I did!!!
Everything I’ve received from Maximum Guitar Works has been top-notch! Even the neck blanks are precisely milled, properly seasoned, and ready to use. Thank you!
This is THE best fret slotting template on the market. I have two including a custom scale that Steve made. Planning on owning them all!
Steve did an incredible job re-fretting my '76 SG that I bought when I was 14 years old. I couldn't just take it to anyone, and I couldn't be happier.
I'm also blow away by the PLEC job. I've never heard chords ring out like this anywhere/everywhere on the neck. It's as if though every single note on the guitar just got a precise tuning. I will be bringing in my '88 Strat plus soon.
Thanks again Steve, Mike, and the crew!
Meet 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.
Lead Times
We Are a Custom Shop
Most of our products are built to order right here in 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 are our current lead times, these change often and we try to keep things up to date.
Templates
Standard : 7 days
Minor customization : 10-14 days
Custom sets : 3 months
Custom Guitars
4 months
Tools and Jigs
10-14 days
THEY’RE FINALLY HERE!
The '72 Tele Deluxe & the Jazzmaster have been our most requested set and when you speak we listened!
Latest artists experience and taking our guitars for a test drive!
