About
One person.
One studio.
One-of-one.
The Studio
Borderman started with one guitar.
I'd been drawing gig posters for years and building guitars on the side. One night I asked the obvious question: why is the body always the boring part? Why is it always a solid colour or a sunburst, when the guitar itself is the loudest thing on the stage?
So I tried it. Printed an original design directly onto a raw alder body, sealed it under a satin top-coat, and strung it up. It played the same. It looked like nothing else.
Borderman is the studio that came out of that — a one-person operation building electric guitars where the body is the artwork. Every piece is a one-of-one. The print never repeats.
Process
How a Borderman is made.
Step 01
Design
Hand-drawn or built in the studio. No stock art, no licensed graphics.
Step 02
Prep
Body sanded to 320, sealed, masked, and laid flat for printing.
Step 03
Print
Pigment goes on the wood directly. Multiple passes for opacity.
Step 04
Finish
Sealed under satin or gloss, wet-sanded, polished, and assembled.
Want one with your name on it?
Commissions are open. Send a brief, and we'll work out a print together — usually six to ten weeks from sketch to delivery.
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