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Custom Guitars

Handcrafted acoustic and electric builds from Sydney, tailored with Australian tonewoods for your sound.

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Find your Australian voice

Every Big Ed guitar begins with your playing style, then pairs it with native tonewoods and thoughtful design.

Pricing

Custom Standard

Standard Custom Series from $2,800–$3,600 AUD, depending on body style, Australian tonewood selection, pickup configuration, and finish options. Includes full professional setup and hard case.

Premium Elite

Luthier Select Series from $3,800–$5,500+ AUD for highly figured native timbers, custom neck profiles, complex electronics, and hand-voiced acoustic builds. Pricing finalised after design consultation and detailed spec sheet.

Master-grade timbers, custom electronics, unique inlays, full studio-ready professional setup

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Reviews

A panoramic photographic realism shot of a tidy luthier’s workshop focused on a sturdy central bench holding an in-progress acoustic guitar built from rich honey-colored Australian Blackwood back and sides and a pale Bunya top. The soundboard is clamped in a precise jig, surrounded by labeled trays of fretwire, tuners, and hand tools. Warm overhead LED shop lighting combines with a strip of cool daylight from a high side window, creating a balanced, neutral illumination with soft shadows along the bench. The composition uses rule of thirds, with the guitar slightly off-center and CNC machines, wood racks, and neatly coiled strings receding into a softly blurred background, conveying a professional, meticulous atmosphere.

Aya Nakamura

My Blackwood dreadnought sings; flawless fretwork, huge projection, and it arrived perfectly set up.

A detailed photographic realism image of stacked native Australian tonewood sets organized on heavy wooden shelving: bookmatched back and side sets of Tasmanian blackwood, Queensland maple, and silky oak, each labeled with handwritten tags. The planks show varied figure—flame, curl, and ribbon grain—against the warm, slightly worn texture of the shelving. Soft, indirect morning light enters from a high workshop window, skimming across the wood surfaces and accentuating grain patterns while casting long, gentle shadows on the floor. The camera is placed at shelf height, shooting down the length of the row with a medium depth of field so the nearest sets are crisp and the rest gradually blur into the distance. The atmosphere feels curated, artisanal, and quietly proud of local materials, ideal for highlighting tonewood choices.

Mateo García

The custom Tele-style balances beautifully, stays in tune, and the Queensland Maple neck feels alive.