 TG-250 "Lady on the Beach" Setneck Hello and welcome to the Joe Till Guitars website. That would be me and these would be them - my babies. Thank you for stopping by.
2012 marks my 16th year of building my own line of electric guitars and basses. Each begins with that "Eureka" moment when I discover a suitably incredible piece of wood. I never know where I'll find the next piece, so I have to look everywhere from lumber yards to thrift stores. In fact, some of my most spectacular pieces came from rickety old furniture. That's my favorite source because the wood has often been curing for decades while still being of use. An old burlwood coffee table can provide enough wood for a dozen caps.  TG-250 no.152 Birdseye Maple Setneck
Of course, on full custom orders I usually need to order wood from mills due to the 'needle in a haystack' nature of my preferred method.
From my hands to yours...
Generally speaking, if you've heard of a guitar company they use computerized machinery to pump out their product. This is true even of most "boutique" shops that produce fewer than a hundred guitars per year. By definition, a robot can only produce dull, lifeless copy after lifeless copy. That's why I build my guitars completely by hand. Each one is a unique, one-of-a-kind piece of functional art. After I make the initial pencil tracing of the shape, each guitar develops a personality of its own. I let the wood grain direct my top carvings, the tap tones determine pickup placement and my mood determines the final color.  Till Bass with Zebrawood Cap I know my site is a little difficult to navigate but I am slowly fixing it up. The best way is to simply click on the red highlighted words and the red "next" buttons on the bottom of each page. Until I put up a proper guitar gallery, you can check out my Etsy store for available guitars. In the meantime, feel free to
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with any questions about my work. You can also see some of my guitars in action on the Joe Till Guitars Channel on Youtube.
Guitar Models
I currently offer two different guitar models and have recently introduced the new Till Bass. Each model can be modified endlessly. Each is available with Glued-in Setnecks, Bolt-on necks or Neck-Through-Body construction. Seymour Duncan pickups are standard, but you're welcome to choose any brand of pickup for custom orders.
 #145 Aqua Lagoon FInish TG-100 "Solo"
The TG-100 was my first original guitar design sixteen years ago. It's an explosively fast guitar to play with the short 24 3/4 inch (Gibson) scale and my own comfortable styling. After years of continual tinkering, this model has evolved into quite a versatile guitar, as well. Here's a video of this model in action. It could easily be the only guitar you'll ever need on a gig (hence, it's name). Clever switching will give you the best of both worlds when rigged with two humbuckers. From jangly single-coil twang to a throaty full humbucker roar. All is possible with this guitar.
 TG-250 BlueBurst Finish
More on the TG-100
TG-250 "Lady on the Beach"
I'll spare you the story of how this model got its name, but that's what she is: a lady on the beach. This model is somehow even more versatile than the Solo. It balances well with any scale length from 24 3/4 to 25 1/2 inches. I'm just waiting for a custom order for a baritone scale.
I make more of these than the Solo, almost two to one. The 250 covers every musical need I have from pin-drop quiet "antler" gigs to the rock stuff with big, heavy amps and the whole works. More tone than you'll know what to do with!
The TG-250 comes standard with two Humbucking pickups with coil-tapping for single coil and full humbucker sounds. But any pickup configuration works on this model including 3 single-coils and a whammy. Quack, quack.  Wha?
More on the TG-250
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