"To us it is simple. We love perfectly setup, adjustable, old sounding, and old/beat up looking guitars, and that's what we make."

Gorgeous stuff.
Field trip!
Absolute legend David Grier playing his Pre-war at the Station Inn. Sounds incredible through the @eartrumpetlabs mics.
Thanks to @cartervintageguitars for all the hospitality!
Josh from @poramblinboys meeting his new guitar!
Gear talk and hang, repping @cartervintageguitars and @straightupstrings

You can Choose your distress level.

We scientifically age all of our instruments to achieve a very lively, responsive, and accurate vintage tone. "Level 1" is our baseline option, it has -no- added play wear or distress.

Level One:

NO ADDED PLAY WEAR -Equivalent to a collectors grade EX+ or Mint condition.

Level Two:

Inspired by vintage guitars that were lovingly cared for and played for much of their life.

Level Three:

An homage to the true “Road Warrior” guitars we all know and love, with an artful amount of heavy play wear.