Beardsell Guitars
706 St. Matthews Ave. R3G 0H1 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

The Master of Jazz. A multi- scale ( 26.25-28) baritone, a chambered, contoured Korina body, Bakelite ‘guard holding two JM pickups cunningly hidden in p90 covers. Stainless (w/zero) frets on cocobolo fingerboard, torrefied maple neck, matching cocobolo tunamatic bridge. 4-colour dark burst. GITD sidedots! #guitar #baritoneguitar #guitarporn #guitarsdaily #jazzmaster #multiscale #wood #handmade #handwound #guitarsofinstagram #sustainfordays #carbonfibre

I was nominated by kickass guitarmaker and buddy Sheldon Schwartz (thanks man) , to show one image of my art, my life, my studio or exhibition for 10 consecutiv...e days. No explanation needed. Also, to nominate another artist every day to do the same thing: 10 images, 10 nominations, 0 explanations. The purpose is to promote positivity, passion, and draw attention to some beautiful art across different mediums being made by people in this world. See more

I was nominated by kickass guitarmaker and buddy Sheldon Schwartz (thanks man) , to show one image of my art, my life, my studio or exhibition for 10 consecutiv...e days. No explanation needed. Also, to nominate another artist every day to do the same thing: 10 images, 10 nominations, 0 explanations. The purpose is to promote positivity, passion, and draw attention to some beautiful art across different mediums being made by people in this world. And I nominate See more

I was nominated by kickass guitarmaker and buddy Sheldon Schwartz (thanks man) , to show one image of my art, my life, my studio or exhibition for 10 consecutiv...e days. No explanation needed. Also, to nominate another artist every day to do the same thing: 10 images, 10 nominations, 0 explanations. The purpose is to promote positivity, passion, and draw attention to some beautiful art across different mediums being made by people in this world. And I nominate Jeremy Hamm-tone See more

I was nominated by kickass guitarmaker and buddy Sheldon Schwartz (thanks man) , to show one image of my art, my life, my studio or exhibition for 10 consecutiv...e days. No explanation needed. Also, to nominate another artist every day to do the same thing: 10 images, 10 nominations, 0 explanations. The purpose is to promote positivity, passion, and draw attention to some beautiful art across different mediums being made by people in this world. And I nominate Mark Roberts See more

I was nominated by kickass guitarmaker and buddy Sheldon Schwartz (thanks man) , to show one image of my art, my life, my studio or exhibition for 10 consecutiv...e days. No explanation needed. Also, to nominate another artist every day to do the same thing: 10 images, 10 nominations, 0 explanations. The purpose is to promote positivity, passion, and draw attention to some beautiful art across different mediums being made by people in this world. And I nominate Les Godfrey See more

Thank you Trev Ewankiw!

Back in the day when hair was still a thing.... Red Collar Boy in Northern Germany kicking out the jams.

We are happy to announce the return of Lucas Roger to the repair bench! We are celebrating with 10% off Set-ups for the month of June! 2 metre social distance and pre-arranged visit times are still in place as per easing of COVID-19 pandemic guidelines. Please call 204-772-5780, or text 204-250-7415 to arrange time for drop-offs, assessments, and pick-ups!

All You Need is Love.

UPDATE-- As of today the shop will be closed to unscheduled pickups and drop-offs. If you have any questions regarding repairs, builds, and warranty work or need to pick up repairs currently in the shop, please call us at 204-772-5780, or text at 204-250-7415. We will be happy to discuss the work by phone or arrange safe transfer of your instruments. This strategy may change at a moments notice but it is the best response based on the information that we have. And this photo was taken before social distancing became a thing!

This is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died today. Andys final tour in November was the only way he was ever really goin...g to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row. His uncompromising artistic vision and commitment to the cause meant that he was still listening to mixes for the upcoming record, whilst planning the next tour from his hospital bed. But to us, he was our friend - and well remember him for his kindness and generosity, his fearsome intelligence, bad jokes, mad stories and endless cups of Darjeeling tea. He just so happened to be a bit of a genius too. One of the best to ever do it, his influence on guitar music and the creative process was inspiring for us, as well as everyone who worked alongside him and listened to his music. And his albums and production work speak for themselves. Go give em a spin for him... Love you mate. John, Thomas and Tobias GANG OF FOUR

Popped into Al Beardsell's workshop a while ago to talk about the appeal of music and watch him build some guitars.

Always great when a guitar I really enjoyed making finds a good home. Thanks for the shout out Noel Hudson !

Nice surprise, indeed! Honoured to have two guitars on Ken Totusheks latest recording.

Hey it's Lucas here on the repair bench! Really busy time at the shop these days which is great!. Sometimes it seems like we get a lot of the same type of repair in at the same time. For example we had four Telecaster re-frets in the last week among many other things. I really liked this Telecaster Deluxe. Mid seventies Fender wide-range pickups seem to always make me happy and I definitely played this one longer than I needed to. It's got 1 meg pots too which is interesting.... I'm not one to memorize all vintage guitar facts so that was a surprise to me and it wasn't nearly as bright as I would have thought. This guitar got standard nickel-silver frets to replace the old worn out ones. While truing the neck, I noticed that like a lot of bolt-on necks, this guitar had shifted over time and had a low spot near the 12th fret and a really high spot near the end of the neck. Now all those 15th fret bends won't choke out! It's got a new bone nut and a lot of life to be played. See more

Ready for Shreddy's. Chris from Propagandhi came by to pick up his new Super Gee! Kinda like an SG, a pinch of Firebird, a little Evertune, stainless frets, triple pups, carbon fiber, chambers, waffles, cocobolo... tasty!

Way to go Caleb on completing your first guitar! Caleb came from Bow River Specialty Woods ( BC) to work and learn over the past few weeks. He made almost every part pickups, chambered ash body, pickguard, neck,wiring and finish. Oh, and it totally rocks. #guitarsofinstagram #guitarcover #guitarlessons #thinline #beardsellguitars #guitarlessons #luthiery #onthebench #woodworking #guitarmaker

Hey it's Lucas on the repair bench here. We had a couple Les Paul's here recently that had head stock cracks that had been reset multiple times. We decided to remove as much of the cracked and previously reset material as possible. Obviously this isn't the go-to repair on a simple crack that can be reset but there are some that just have problematic sections in the wood. I started by building a very simple jig that would hold the head stock angle true to the fingerboard whil...e we sliced off a thin layer of the back of the head stock. This jig had to clamp firmly to the neck but also provide a very flat and long surface for the fence on the band saw. After that we used a safe-t-planer on a drill press, and then sanding blocks to make that surface flat and then added a thick piece of mahogany that we could thickness again. This new piece had to be tapered so that when we re-applied the back of the original head stock, it would match the original thickness. Using the tuning peg holes as a reference, we were able to put that original piece back on and then Al put some finish on them to make them look nice! These should be nice and strong now with no worry of previously re-set cracks opening up again!

Blacktop...not even light can escape. #beginthefinish #agooddaytodye #scrolldown #blackwood #fff5 #thedarkloar #heavywood

Tuesday morning restPaqueta played on my Allan Beardsell guitar. Learned from Pat Kirtley this is my modified version of this beautiful song, that I have fo...und little infomation about. I am in the process of having this version TABbed, in case anyone is interested. Blessings this day! See more

Heavy metal Strat gold and silver leaf finish on a new mahogany body, new torrefied maple neck with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. Completed at Beardsell Guitars Workshop. #wheedlywheedly #onthebench #shred-tactic #shiny #guitarstuff #stainlesssteelfrets

Hey it's Lucas here on the repair bench. This is a really cool guitar that I got the chance to work on this week. The neck on this guitar had a lot of relief. It was pretty hard to play and the adjustable bridge was bottomed out to try to make it comfortable to play. The problem is that the strings were actually buzzing on the gold foil pickup covers in the process. When I got the neck off I realized that many of the frets were loose and they needed resetting. I used a heat p...ressing method to straighten out the neck and then leveled out the frets. Hard to work without an adjustable truss rod but there are some things you can do! After the neck was dealt with I made a new saddle for the bridge that had a bit more compensation built into it. I was happy to see that when this was all done, I had almost the exact pickup height that I wanted. On these guitars the pickup height is set (although you can just make different pickup risers) so I was happy I didn't have to change that. Blah blah blah guitars are cool. See more

Received my t-shirt. Wearing it proudly. Thanks Allan Beardsell

Hey it's Lucas from the repair bench here. A pretty nice Martin D-28 came in a little while ago with a really low saddle and some uneven frets. Even with the high action there were some pretty buzzy spots. The bridge was also lifting and the saddle was located in a way where the intonation was quite sharp. Instead of replacing the bridge which was fine otherwise we decided to fill the saddle slot with ebony of the same grain orientation and rout a new slot behind it. I'm not ...sure if everyone approaches that problem that way but for me it allows the guitar to sound the way it should and not require bridge replacement or moving the bridge further back. Moving the bridge back would expose unfinished soundboard as well as require filling the existing holes in the soundboard and bridge plate so that the ball end of the strings don't pull through the top and into the bridge. After that I reset the neck angle and dressed the frets and made it ready for the world again. I love these projects where multiple actions are taken and each one affects the other. It's always great to string them up after and strum a couple chords and make all this nerdy guitar talk irrelevant. See more

Jonny Guitar.. ox-blood burst w/Filtertron and P90, Bigsby. Flamey on the front , Birdseye maple on the back. All the tones, all the time. It's a great moment when I get to put a custom guitar directly into the hands of the customer who entrusted me to make it. It reminds me why I build -- it's for the people who make the music. #ingoodhands #truesemiacoustic #archtop #newguitarsmell #onthebench #handmadeinwinnipeg

Hey it's Lucas here on the repair bench. This super cool Vox Hurricane came in with the frets nearly down to the tang and a sketchy wiring harness. We put on some new medium frets and then put in all new pots, jack, pickup selector and capacitor. These two single coils did not hum cancel when selected together so we changed that. Seemed like a lost opportunity! I thought this was a pretty cool guitar. Not a lot of "fake" Bigsby tailpieces work very well but this one seemed to bring the strings back to tune when you used it.

SOLD! "Awesome guitar! Brilliant body shape. It fits perfectly. Thanks. I may have to follow Jackson Browne's advice and need 2." - Chris Korfist. Thanks to Destroy All Guitars for connecting this 7E Beardsell with its new owner!

Here's the lowdown on Beardsell Guitar t-shirts. We now have sizes S to XXL. Just $20.00 a pop if you can drop by the shop. Add $5 for shipping and handling if you are out of town. Inbox us with email, shipping address and size(s) and we'll send 'em on over. Thanks to Kelly Ryback for this sweet photo!

Allan Beardsell Macassar Ebony guitar with 2 bevels! Lance Allen #guitars #Beardsellguitars #MacassarEbony #acousticguitar #handmadeguitar VISIT: https://www.guitargal.com///products/beardsell-3d-v-guitar

Hey it's Lucas here on the repair bench. A while ago we got this really cool Espana "harp" guitar in for some fixing. Someone had converted it to a fretless instrument and the bridge was coming off. The pickup worked but the saddle sits on top of it and was constantly sliding forward so intonation was pretty tricky. We dug out the veneer filled fret slots and fretted it with some medium frets. After the bridge was reset I went about making the pickup/saddle thing workable. I made a rosewood pad that fit the footprint needed to sit in the cradle of the pickup. From there I routed a 1/8" channel in that rosewood piece for the saddle that I made. Now it intonates pretty well and the pickup works!

Lucas here on the repair bench! This 1966 Telecaster came in to the workshop and the owner explained to me that he always wanted an old Telecaster with pinstripes on it. He found this Telecaster which had been refinished and therefore he felt like he wasn't hurting the value of a collectible item. I thought that was pretty cool! It's not what I would do with this guitar but I think it's great when someone makes a guitar their own. I re-fretted this guitar and made a new bone nut for it. When it came in, the neck pickup had been rewound to around 5k and because it's got a pretty high output bridge pickup we decided to overwind the neck pickup to around 10k with 43 gauge wire. Check out the birdseye maple on the neck! It's ready to play again for a long time.

If you are in Vancouver, head over to Bluedog Guitars and check out this archtop! https://www.bluedogguitars.com//beardsell-guitars/14614628

7E semi-acoustic electric guitar. Aussie Silver oak back and sides, curly maple top, Pau Ferro tunamatic bridge, fingerboard, head veneers. High-wound PAF-style ( A5 bridge, A2 neck) nickel covers, volume control with treble bleed, B-11 Bigsby, Gotoh 510 tuners in aged chrome and ebony buttons. Guitar features include fully arched top , pickups mounted through the top via the back , Bigsby sits on supports mounted through the top into the centerblock. Only the bridge mounts directly onto the top to keep it lively. the back is laminated and supported by the centerblock (lightweight basswood) to minimize feedback. Neck is reenforced with a two-way truss rod and carbon-fibre. All-celluloid bindings and pickguard.

Guitars have landed in Vancouver. So have I. Getting ready for the Vancouver International Guitar Festival 2018 . Come on down and check out these new axes.

Here at Beardsell Guitars we have two things: rockin guitars and now clean t-shirts. Get em while they last, and before next wash day...and thanks to Relish for the great design and to Floodway Print Company for printing. Two great local #Winnipeg companies. #fashionaccessory #gaucamolestains #repair #guitarmaker #nolaundryforme

Two Beardsell Swingmasters for sale. Affectionately known as Salsa and Guacamole...http://www.beardsellguitars.com/instruments-for-sale/

Pickup winding day. Filtertrons, P90s, mini-hums, maxi-hums, and Charlie Christians. A2,A3, andA5 magnets. 1018 and 1022 polepieces. 41, 43, and 43 awg magnet wire with Formvar, poly and plain enamel builds. Beeswax....so many variables to get the tones. Come on down to the Vancouver International Guitar Festival 2018 to check out the sound for yourself. #thetones #goingelectric #semiacoustic #guitarmaking #interface #turnfeelingsintovoltage

A broken guitars second lifehappened to me in Vancouver last year, retopped by original luthier Allan Beardsell. I picked it up from him near Winnipeg midwe...ek. Detained and interrogated by immigrationoh, not getting in to the U.S., getting in to CanadaNOTHING like this ever before! My guess is its payback for current U.S. immigration policiesso sad! I love the guitar though, and the great restoration job by Allan! See more

One of the coolest axes in a long time: Al Beardsells multiscale 3G is a monster that plays like velvet, dressed to match. #dreamguitars #beardsellguitars #mul...tiscale #fanfret #lutherie #dadgad #canadian #flatpicking #fingerstyle Allan Beardsell Beardsell Guitars https://youtu.be/iCavPR3LiM4 https://www.dreamguitars.com//new-beardsell-3gms25-27-leop See more

I think its just made me a better player in general, and its opened music up to me, because its something that responds really well to the way that I play, which is pretty rudimentary, Joh K. Samson says. I feel like Al figured out how to make me a guitar I actually wanna play. I think for a long time I didnt really wanna play guitar. It was a means to an end. And I think that since this has come along, I feel a lot more joy in playing, because I feel supported by the instrument.

Lucas here on the repair bench. We recently sent home this cool 50s D-18. It had clearly been around. There was green paint in places and it looked like it had been shot with a shotgun on the top and then had the holes filled with some kind of brown putty. The bridge was split clean in two and the pick guard has shrunk and taken the top and a brace with it. While it kind of needed a neck reset it was decided that we would make a new bridge that was a little shorter. That and... level the frets. Sometimes we have to find a solution that isnt the full job but is going to work for someones family member who just wants to play it. The bridge was made to the same footprint as the original but I opted to keep the saddle shorter in length instead of extending to the wings of the bridge. While I know its not exactly how it would have been done, I made that call because the bridge is thinner than it should be and Im already so used to seeing those bridges split down the saddle line. Its all better now and it sounds great. I think D-18s are the best Dreadnaughts. See more