One-Off Instruments

Most Munson guitars begin with a player. Occasionally, an idea comes first.

It might begin with an exceptional piece of timber, a sound we want to explore, an unusual combination of materials or electronics, or simply an instrument we believe should exist.

These are the guitars that begin with an idea in our workshop, rather than with a customer commission.

Some are available to buy. Others remain here as part of the Munson archive.

Available Now

These guitars are complete, inspected, set up and ready to ship. Availability is limited to the instruments shown below.

Each guitar shown is the actual instrument available for purchase.

Private Stock

Our ideas. Built one at a time.

Private Stock gives us the freedom to build without a customer brief.

An instrument might begin with an exceptional piece of timber, a sound or electronics idea we want to explore, an unusual finish, or simply a design we want to take somewhere new.

There is no standard Private Stock specification and no production schedule. Each guitar is developed around the idea that inspired it, and built as an individual instrument.

Some stay close to an established Munson design. Others take us somewhere entirely different.

Built because we believed the instrument should exist.

Artist Editions

Two creative practices. One instrument.

Artist Editions are one-off Munson guitars created in collaboration with artists, designers and other makers.

Rather than one person simply decorating another’s work, the aim is for both sides of the collaboration to influence the finished instrument, its materials, visual language, details and overall character.

An Artist Edition might begin with an artwork, a shared idea, a material, a theme or a conversation that develops as the guitar takes shape.

Each collaboration is treated as an individual project, with the instrument allowed to become something neither collaborator would have created alone.

Made together. Built as one.

Archive

One-off instruments that have already found their owners.

These guitars are no longer available, but they remain part of the Munson story.

The archive records selected Private Stock instruments, Artist Editions, prototypes and other significant one-offs, preserving the ideas, collaborations and details that made each one individual.

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