Background and Overview...

John Singletary has been working with his hands for more than 20 years. He began working in the woodcraft industries building tables, boxes, lamps and other woodcraft items using specialized custom inlay and marquetry. He now applies these skills to the design and construction of fine guitars.

Professionally Trained...

John studied at the Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair, Luthiers International School of Luthiery on Vancouver Island, Canada in 2004. Summit School provides comprehensive professional training in Guitar Building & Repair. John's instructors were Mike Jarvis and Sigmund Johannessen. Mike Jarvis has been in the field since 1976, operating his own repair shops and working for Fender Musical Instruments as a repairman. More recently He has taught in Sweden and the USA at the Atlanta Institute of Music. Before returning to Canada he opened three MARS (Music and Recording Superstores) repair departments. Mike now teaches full-time at Summit School. Sigmund Johannessen hails from Norway where he acquired most of his training. He has been working in the field since 1984 repairing and building. In 1994 he joined Summit School as a partner and full-time instructor.

Crafted by Hand to the Client's Specifications...

John lives in the Hill Country of Texas where he set up shop and now builds guitars. He specializes in custom jobs and allows customers the opportunity to select the wood of their choice for backs, sides and tops and specify the design for rosettes and headstock or fingerboard inlay. All of the guitars John works on are done by hand including hand bending the sides with a bending iron and cutting out the inlays with a scroll saw. All of the rosettes on John’s guitars are handcrafted and many of them are intricate marquetry designs using many small pieces of wood. Please check our website in the future to see the different types of wood available for you to purchase for custom jobs.

One-of-a-Kind Originals...

The guitar photographs on this site are representative of the work John has done. All instruments have a full sound quality and a good tone. All guitars purchased from Singletary Guitars are one-of-a-kind originals. There will never be a another guitar made like yours. Guitars which are available for purchase are so noted. Please contact us for pricing information. We accept PayPal for payment of deposits.

If you are interested in having a guitar custom-built please contact us at etsingle@nwol.net or by phone at (512) 793-2030 to discuss the details. A deposit is required before work begins.