The Jackson® Custom Shop

The globally-renowned and respected Jackson Custom Shop is the longest-operating facility of its type on this planet, turning out world-class, high-performance custom guitars ever since Grover Jackson first affixed his name to a headstock in late 1980.

The reason for this amazing longevity is simple: Jackson started out as a custom shop. In the beginning, there were no production guitars—every Jackson guitar was a highly original high-performance custom instrument.

Whereas some production guitar makers open their own custom shops after reaching a certain age or level of success, Jackson existed from its very earliest days as nothing but a custom shop; one that built meticulously crafted high-performance guitars for a very exacting clientele.

Furthermore, right from the very start, no design was deemed too crazy and no idea considered too far out—if someone could conceive of it, Jackson’s talented, imaginative and at times even demented craftsmen could build it. This early emphasis on true uniqueness and outlandish one-off instruments proved to have an enormous influence on Jackson’s most famous and oft-copied body shapes.

In addition to housing the most gifted and open-minded team of luthiers in the world, many of the Jackson Custom Shop’s original members are still working there. As a result, we can proudly proclaim more than 170 years of combined guitar-building experience under one roof.

The Jackson Custom Shop—the original Custom Shop. Made in the United States with precision, pride and passion.