Didn't know Carlos had left the custom shop. He did a great baritone build for CME. As for other custom builders, have to go with Suhr. Their production guitars are already high end, the custom builds awesome. John is also a former Fender guy, the amount of talent that has come out of Fender is incredible.

Oh you guys will like what I've got cooking.... I don't wanna give away too much but I will say developing the right metallurgical formula for custom parts took me a while to get right, about a year ago I harvested a couple 200 year old trees that will be made into necks, and just because I'm building brand new guitars doesn't mean I don't wanna buy pickups made in the 50s and 60s to put inside them.... I'm currently working on developing a system for neck shaping based on an individuals hand i.e. I take a mold of your fretting hand and then make the neck shape custom made to fit your hand. Trust me when I say that's all just the tip of the iceberg, get ready for guitars on a level the likes of which humanity has never seen!

I love this channel. Wish there was more acoustic content though

I’m Canadian so I vote Godin Guitars, not sure if they’d be considered Boutique but they make great instruments and can’t beat the price points for what you get IMO, at least here in Canada.

Knaggs is my absolute fave boutique builder. I could go on and on about Joe and his guitars. On the local front, Dan Strain’s Danocaster guitars are crazy good.

John Cruz, legend. True master builder.

I remember seeing the first Star Wars movie in a drive-in theater. When it was over my friend looked at me and said a cowboy movie in space.

Banker is making crazy good stuff! Mule resophonic. Danocasters are great. I have a novo Solus one pickup which I love. I think a boutique builder can give you something of fender masterbuilt quality for half the price. There is that broken in neck feel that comes from a real luthier spending the time to make it as comfy as a pair of old jeans. Even a 4G fender custom shop guitar does not have that feel that say a masterbuilt neck does (at least in my experience) but then you get a true boutique guitar and they’ve spent that extra time to make sure the frets are smooth and the neck is nice and it feels right. Danocasters are like that. Bankers are like that. Echo park is like that. To me that is a big part of what you get from boutique builders is that really great feeling neck

At 51 years old, I have still never seen a Star Wars movie. Thanks to guys like you, I don’t feel I will ever need to. Still a great video, fellas!🤠

Baxter's thought process bounces around like a BB in a boxcar wreck.

I really, really, really like what Iconic Guitars is doing. Got an AMAZING S-type custom build from them, and have a mildly weird custom T-Type on the way as well...

I love it when my $6,000 guitar has mistakes. Matter of fact, I tip them an extra $400 for every mistake. Because that is what I love the most. Tell you what, if you want to hire someone to build a guitar with mistakes…send me $10,000 and I will build one that will blow your mind.

Fraser guitars are absolutely unbelievable go and try one you'll be blown away guaranteed.

I have a vintage LP custom that’s fantastic, a custom shop strat, my favorite guitar, the one I play the most, feels the best, sounds the best, is a 2020 LP “tribute”. It’s seriously the best guitar I’ve ever played.

others have said it , I will join them, love, love this channel, would like to see some more acoustic guitar chat.

Finally a topic I have waited for👍

Good to see Sean back on the screen. Looks like he found his afro-pick too. His hair is perfect!

Baxter, that is it. We have to hangout and talk movies and guitars, but mostly movies. I agree 100% with your Star Wars thoughts!

Tom Rodriguez Guitars! I'm going to bring my '68 Strat style down for you to play Baxter. It has the most perfect neck of all but one guitar I've owned, and the best tuning stability of any I've played. Peace, Keith in.... Ah, you know where ✌️

My local Luthier assembled a Fender Esquire for me that would measure up with the quality any Fender Custom Shop guitar of the same model. He charged me $300 for labor and I provided ALL the Parts. He hand fitted the neck to the neck pocket and all the parts align up properly and it plays like a dream. Partscaster or not it was well worth the money and much cheaper than buying Custom Shop or Boutique.

I just had my first custom built done. I went with a pretty traditional Strat style beefed up. It beats both my Fenders and my Gibson Les Paul hands down. I think we need to get past name recognition and look at the quality of the instrument. The guy who built mine is a stud. He’s my guitar teacher.

Dudes! Big intro about talking about boutique builders, followed by a video essentially about the Fender Custom Shop. I’ve heard this stuff before, but since I love you and you help make my 5:30 am west coast morning time so much more bearable, I’ll give you a Mulligan on this one, especially if you mention Koll guitars Cheers

Mario martin in Nashville as well as Danocasters!

I would just like to say I completely and totally agree with Baxter’s take on Star Wars, absolutely 100% correct. I also didn’t know Carlos left Fender. My favorite FCS builders are Dale and Vincent. I love their relics because, while the relic haters say that should be done naturally, a lot of what they do would very very rarely happen naturally to a new guitar (especially with plasticized nitro and non-smoking bars 😉) and would take 60 years to if it did, and it is just so satisfying to look at and really creates a story. One my favorite boutique brand is Rock N Roll Relics, they make some awesome stuff.

Xotic, from California, make some really good guitars. The UK is also making some fine instruments from PJD, Gray guitars, Gordon Smith and Patrick James Eggle.

Spot on about Star Wars guys

CHC Guitars/Austin, TX SUPERBADASSBUILDER. I own several and am selling off my Fenders and Gibsons. Merry Christmas y'all!

Loving the boutique builder’s Johnathin s not in because they did a preliminary arm wrestling market ,, thats all team Baxter

It's cute that Baxter thinks that ANYONE thinks Jonathan is why there's movie talk sprinkled through the show 🤣❤🤘🎸. Great video, as always.

😎 Thanks Casino ⚓️

as a hobbyist guitar builder there is a lot of inspiration out there.

Red Rocket, amazing build and works of art!

I'm excited to see what John Cruz does.

It would be nice if you made a video of some of the other boutique builders, like outside of Fender and Gibson universe, there are some really interesting builders out there who don’t have the “classic” body’s but still make great instruments. Frank Brothers, Nova, Uma guitars… there’s a ton

IF I could afford it, I’d buy an acoustic by Kevin Ryan in Westminster Ca, an archtop by Dale Unger of American Archtop Guitars in E Stroudsberg, Pa, and an electric by Matt Artinger from somewhere in the north east. Not sure if he’s in Pa, NJ or elsewhere. I’ve had the honor and pleasure of not only playing a guitar by each of them, but meeting each of them back around 2005/06. Each of them are brilliant, talented beyond belief and wonderful people. Also I’d buy an archtop from Chris Mirabella in Long Island. While I’ve never met him we have a mutual friend and I know he does amazing work.

Hey guys thanks for all of your videos. Since you are in NC you might consider checking out the great luthier in Franklin NC, John Buscarino. His primarily is an archtop builder catering to the jazz player but also makes fine flattop, classical, and solid body guitars. I have 9 of his guitars. You might especially like his strat style “Mira”model guitar.

This reminds me how much I miss NAMM and meeting all the unique independent builders

How about an episode on boutique amps?

I think we'll be seeing some really cool guitars coming out, it's a guitar arms race

I’m not big on boutique, BUT my exceptions are Rick Kelly & Cindy Hulej of Carmine Street Guitars. I really want a bespoke Bowery Pine Tele from this shop!

Baxter, Sean could you also share your thoughts on some newcomers' boutique builders like Bunting or Fidelity guitars? Would love to hear your thoughts on a new builders that are also worth following

I have a 2002 Fender MIM 60s reissue that I would put up against any guitar. Maybe I lucked out, but I've played many and I couldn't believe how great these were. I've seen other youtubers that have this exact year guitar and they say the same thing. I guess there was magic in the Mexico factories in 2002.

Good morning guys. Having my Coffee and Casino guitar morning. Great videos. Jonathan is probably missing because he’s working out so he doesn’t loose the arm wrestling contest. He’s being ghostly. Lol

Damn where did Carlos Lopez go?

Where's Jonathan?

Luxxtone is doing some cool work in California. Side note... Can you reveal what hair products Sean uses. The kid has great hair.

My birthday is Aug 10th. Yours is the 12th how cool. Let’s not mention the year though. Lol

Check out Lucky Dog guitars some of the best looking guitars I have ever seen.

Sean, my man!

Look at Shabat...Avy is amazing!!!

Jon Kammerer guitars are incredible.

Haha. I’m like you. People will ask me how old I am and I can’t say for sure. Something I never think about.

Francisco Frugoni. He does team builds for Walt Grace Vintage.

How can you not see Shaun very often ? I mean, look at the hair. The guy must be your long-lost son Baxter 😉

im a big fan of Bilt guitars...

great stuff guys!

Hey Baxter are the Wildwood 10 pick ups that go into their Fender custom shop Stratocaster‘s design by John Cruz? I think they may have had his name on them before, but it was taken off after he was let go by Fender. Just wondering?

Since when is Fender a boutique builder?

Does Keisel count?

Great video!

If Baxter and Jonathan were SW characters, I'd say Han Solo & Chewbacca, but Baxter would need a moar swagger & Jonathan would have let him borrow "The Jacket" to get the Harrison Ford vibe he put in Han Solo. Man Casino guitars gots me jonesing for some trad Fend + Gibs and def keep mentioned in mind . . .. no mention of gib clone luthiers? what luthier would be a star wars characters lol, good one. Title: Baxter and his son Sean. I think its a casino thing, to go off in tangents + I feel the new SW trilogy could have been written better and kept true to the original

This is the first video that I’ve seen where Baxter says that he doesn’t like something.

How about Monson Guitars, Schloff Guitars, or Sully Guitars.

The most important part is the neck. If you don't like the neck, you will never be happy with the rest of the guitar

Wide Sky guitars are supposedly awesome boutique builds as well.

Wow.. I thought the Arm Wrestling contest happened and Baxter " The Champ " beat Johnathon "The Beast " so Bad it made Him Beard less and Young 🤴 🤷‍♂️ 🤣

So, does the one who loses in the arm wrestling match have to leave town?

Sean!!!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

check out Lado guitars and school Lindsay Ontario. Canada...

is boutiqu spelled right?

4 Kiesel's in. It's hard to play off the shelf guitars after having one built up for ya'.

Sean is your son right Baxter?

I think it's nice that people with ADHD have a place to work in Southern Pines

Seriously guys…don’t get me heated this early in the morning bringing up the last 3 Star Wars episodes… Thank god the last Mando episode happened. That’s all I’m gonna say.

SMP Guitars UK

Boutique Guitars are really nice.. until you attempt to resell them....

Sean needs to be a regular...

Dennis Fano.

My top is B. & G guitars. Builder Wayne Henderson. 👍Respect and stay healthy all

Paul languadec makes the best guitars for trey anastasio

At last, someone with a worse haircut than u Baxter! Haha, looks like an explosion in a mattress factory! 🤣 only joking boys

Interesting. I always thought anonymous people built the custom stuff.

Kylo, Finn and Poe were characters with so much potential and they got lost in translation and a very badly put together storyline. I absolutely agree that Palp should not have return. On the other hand yeah Carlos should be a Jedi!

I already subscribed and commented about arm wrasslin, but as soon as the hat gets turned backwards like Stallone, its over. (whoever is wearing the hat)

but the prs tho

is that his son?

Sorry.... NOT a Relic fan! I DO really like a well built fretboard with exquisite fretwork and beautifully rolled edges...... but NO way on a beat up finish. Why pay more to make it look 50 years old? I sort of understand the thoughts behind eliminating that "first ding" trauma, but buying a brand new guitar that looks 50 years old just isn't right. Especially when you pay a premium for a bad finish!

I think boutique is a joke. Why spend 5k on a guitar when you can spend 10k instead on a Gibson?

Nash, novo, paoletti and many more, don’t talk about boutique and only talk about fender cs

This Channel is getting very boring and monotonous it's time to Exit

New Star Wars sucks ass.....I saw every S.W. on opening nite including 77 (altho I was 4) in a drive in with my dad.....the prequels also sucked until I got older to appreciate them as I've aged....however I did love ep.3....the E.Ù. should have stood as cannon, they still could have added clone wars, rebels, bad batch, mandalorian, and fett series....mixed in Thrawn....removing yuzaun vong (spelling lost me) was a better plot line....these all could have been adapted to a whole cohesive story....also X-wing rogue squadron just cause of the 4 or 5 central characters with wedge antillies....im a child of the E.U. and have read them all, not the new books.....Kennedy has no clue what we want, fan service and E.U. needed done....They could do KOTOR, bit they won't, and this would fix alot of fan relations....done ranting about Star Wars LOL.....another great video guys

KInda of wish you guys would release two videos, one raw footage, and one with all the movie crap edited out.

Boutique means: Something you think is really great and esoteric and nobody knows about, handmade by a name nobody knows about that made shitty amps in the early sixties now is cool, bench tech builds amps that has switches that makes differences that are virtually inaudible, guitar that people think it is just another LP or Strat copy or a piece of gear that you hope another STAR WARS Jedi will appreciate. You bought you own it plan on keeping it. Don't try to sell it because you will just get lowballed. Learn this know this grow up.

A lot of boutique builders, Nash for instance, are just Allparts necks on random bodies. Then people pay a premium price for the name. Foolish