Brian Winger Guitar Co.
Brian Winger Guitar Co. builds an array of custom one of a kind custom electric guitars, and company guitars which are all one off builds, with a matching precious gemstone inlaid into every build they do. The prices range from $1500 – $10,000 each, and come with COA certs, Appraisal valuations, Hand signed and numbers letters, and custom tags for each guitar we sell. Brian Winger Guitar Co. builds 15 to 20 guitars per year from scratch using the same tools used in custom shops like Gibson, Fender, Taylor, Santa Cruz, Suhr, and many others. All of their guitars are built from scratch by hand in the USA and the company is owned by Brian Winger, a disabled veteran who started the company because his military injuries kept him from building jets anymore. Most of the company’s guitars sell to collectors, and investors, and are considered as good as or better than many corporate or boutique built guitars out there. The shop uses only top notch materials and will search high and low to find them. Brian Winger Guitar Co. have several guitars built by exhibition grade woods, and exotic materials not found on corporate guitars. They even use diamonds in some cases.
Name: Brian Winger Guitar Co.
Location: Branson Missouri ( relocating to Phoenix in 2009 )
Address: 844 Knox Ave, Hollister, MO.
Email: Info@BriansGuitarShop.com
sales@BriansGuitarShop.com
Phone: 417-676-0443
Brian Winger Guitar Co. Electric Guitar
Brian Winger Guitar
Brian Winger Guitar Company Electric Guitar
Brian Winger Electric Guitar
Brian Winger Guitar Company
Schroeder Tour Guitar Review
I decided to get on the list for the Schroeder Tour Guitar because I had always been a fan of Jason Schroeder’s work but had only seen his guitars on the internet. I really wanted to get the chance to play one. This is a very cool thing that Schroeder Guitars does. They have a tour guitar that travels around from player to player to give guitarist a chance to live with one of his guitars for a week or two. You can’t beat that! After all, sometimes you pick up a guitar in a store and really love it and then buy it, bring it home and, well, you just don’t bond with it as much as you thought you would. The tour guitar gives you a chance to play it day in and day out and really get a feel for it. The tour guitar is definitely a great idea and I have loved living with it for the past two weeks. I am a McNaught fanatic and my main guitar is a McNaught Vintage Single Cut with mahogany neck and back, flamed maple top, Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, and WCR Goodwood Pickups. Is the Schroeder Tour Guitar up against some very stiff competition? You bet it is! I am used to playing one of the finest hand built guitars in the world!
Schroeder Tour Guitar
The Schroeder Tour Guitar features a one piece quilt maple top, Black Limba back, Indian Rosewood neck, Ebony fingerboard, Bryan Gunsher Smokestacks pickups, and stainless steel frets. The first thing I noticed when picking up the guitar, is that it is a pretty light guitar. I immediately fell in love with the bare Indian Rosewood neck. The guitar is very comfortable and has a nice balanced feel to it. The construction on the Schroeder Tour Guitar is top notch. It is a very solid guitar and the fretwork was just perfect. This is why I like handbuilt guitars. The attention to detail and quality is usually far superior to mass produced guitars and the Schroeder is no exception. Keep in mind this guitar has been traveling the world with the signatures on the case to prove it. It has held up extremely well so you could definitely say Schroeder Guitars are building instruments to last.
The neck on the guitar is 1.75″ at the nut. It is actually a pretty wide neck. Jason told me he has trimmed the neck down to about 1.7″ at the nut on current guitars. I used to play all 7 string guitars so I adjusted very quickly and was not bothered by the neck at all. It was actually quite comfortable for me. Did I mention the bare Indian Rosewood neck? I loved the feel of the neck! The stainless steel frets make bends effortless. I wasn’t expecting to notice much of a difference between stainless steel frets and nickel frets, but I definitely enjoyed them on this guitar and would choose them for a build for myself. I also really liked the Schaller mini-locking tuners. They have a nice, smooth feel when tuning. I should mention I didn’t have to tune the guitar much at all. Even after traveling around the globe, it stays in tune! A sure sign of a quality constructed guitar.
Schroeder Tour Guitar Black Limba Back
Schroeder Indian Rosewood Neck
I think I read that the guitar is a beast tonewise in another review and I must agree. I had ordered a Li’l Dawg 5E3 D-Lux amp (Li’l Dawg Amps) and luckily it arrived while I still had the guitar. This gave me a chance to try out both the tube amp and the tour guitar. I must say they both sound very nice. The tour guitar is definitely a beast tonewise. The one thing I would change is that I would add a coil tap tone knob. I just love coil tapping my humbucker pickups for more tonal variety, but this is a personal thing and something I would do for my own build. The tour guitar is very resonant and this you can feel as you play it. The notes jump off the fretboard. Playing it through the Li’l Dawg D-Lux, the tone was balanced, thick, fat, and warm. Never sounding harsh, thin, or brittle.
How does the guitar hold up against the McNaught? Well, it actually holds up very well. Both of these companies are putting out amazing hand built guitars. Going head to head with a McNaught is a big deal and the Schroeder Guitar was up for the challenge. Would I sell my McNaught to buy a Schroeder? The simple answer is….NO! The more important question after spending time with a Schroeder Guitar is this….Do I want to add a Schroeder Guitar to my McNaught VSC? The answer here is….YES!
Schroeder Tour Guitar
We live in a great time with a lot of boutique guitar builders out there building some of the finest guitars available. The McNaught and the Schroeder have a certain magic and vibe about them. This is the biggest similarity between the Schroeder and the McNaught. While they are both very different, they both have that mojo about them that you can’t explain. It is not about which one is better than the other or which one do I want. It is how do I get both!
I want to thank Jason and Elizabeth for getting me on the list and letting me live with one of your guitars for the past couple of weeks. Schroeder Guitars is building some top notch guitars! Thanks for letting me be a part of it!
Thanks again!
Ron