ZenJohn Guitars

My first build of 2023. A PRS style guitar with a curly maple cap on a mahogany body. A mahogany neck with a goncalo alves fret board. The pickups are PRS’s DGT pickups

My final build of the year. A one-piece alder body with a burled maple top.

Just completed a golden sunburst on a rainy 4th of July. It has a chambered swamp ash body with a quilted maple cap, a one-piece maple neck, and Bare Knuckle Flat 50 pickups

Flying V Friday! I just finished building this beauty today. It’s solid mahogany with an ebony fretboard and Joe Bonamassa signature Amos pickups.

I finished a Charlie Christian Telecaster today. It has a one-piece ash body and a one-piece maple snake head neck. For those of you who are unaware Telecaster originally were made with snake head necks like this one. The pickups are the amazing Charlie Christian pickups made by Lollar.

The first guitar of 2022. A Jazzmaster with a roasted ash body, a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, and Lollar Blademaster jazzmaster pickups.

Holiday weekends are great for guitar building. Here’s a Jazzmaster I just finished

I just finished this lovely Telecaster. The body is made of highly-figured black korina.

Two new guitars in process...

A Jazzmaster completed. This one has a stunning Padauk wood top and neck. Yes, that is the wood’s natural color

My latest hollow body project finished. A lovely canary wood top, mahogany back, and amazing Zhangbucker pickups

A Jazzmaster in the finishing process. I love the rich natural red of padauk wood

A new Telecaster completed today. A mahogany body with a spalted maple top, a roasted maple neck and Bare Knuckle pickups

A new Telecaster in the finishing process. A lovely spalted maple top.

A guitar from my personal collection with some very special pickups...Klein Jazzy Cats. Now available on Reverb.

A new hollow body Stratocaster comes into the world. Mahogany body and neck with splitable DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PAFs. Have a great Thanksgiving!

New ZenJohn Custom Stratocaster with Mark Foley pickups available on Reverb and Ebay

A new ZenJohn Stratocaster comes into the world and it’s available now on Reverb and Ebay

I completed the second of my quarantine builds. This has a flame maple top with a mahogany body. It is graced with the only pair of Timbucker P-90’s I have ever seen.

Here’s a sound sample.

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I just finished the first of my quarantine builds. It has a swamp ash body with a stunning ziricote top and a maple neck with a ziricote fretboard. To top it off, it’s equipped with Ox4 humbuckers. Available now on Reverb and Ebay.