Get the details for the upcoming Build and Paint your own Guitar class here.
BUILD, DESIGN and PAINT Your Own Custom Warbird Guitar!
Tracy’s Custom OMJ Bandit
Custom Collaboration: Learn Guitars with Tracy Jenkins. A new model is born!!
Mike Learn’s RichPen Airbrushes
For nearly a decade, the high-quality Japanese RichPen airbrushes have been missing in the USA. After months of communication, research and development, we are PROUD to bring them back.
THE SKETCHBOOK & Random Thoughts – AutoPilot
This painting was commissioned for Michael Lichter’s Speed Demon exhibit at the Journey Museum in Rapid City, SD.
SPOTLIGHT: P61 Black Widow Warbird
This Jackson King V project was commissioned from a repeat customer, Alex. Mike has done several great pieces for him, and this one was no different. The guitar originally had 2 pickups, so Mike did some modifications to fill the second pickup recess and the holes for the electronics. Alex left the design for the […]Read More
SPOTLIGHT: OCTOPUS Les Paul Project
This project has garnered a lot of interest as its progression was documented on social media. Now that it is complete I thought I would put the entire process and the most relevant images and videos together one one place. The project came to us from a customer in China and there are several back […]Read More
Nuclear Explosion! Jackson King V
This Jackson King V is heading home to Bob! The guitar arrived with a broken neck, fortunately Mike is as skilled in luthiery as he is in art! The explosion theme came from Bob’s love of Megadeth music! Here is Mike talking a bit more about the this project:
SPOTLIGHT: Jackson D.O.C Guitar Series
Mike has often been given the freedom to create ideas for the Jackson Custom Shop “Short Runs”. This concept, Jackson Department of Corrections is an example. Mike came up with the idea of prison stripes and chains and even designed the chain link inlays to wrap the design from the body up through the fingerboard! […]Read More
Them’s Fighting Words
I want to address the “technology enhanced vs. all ‘freehand/old school’ airbrushing” controversy that is lingering around the modern art industry. Many of you know my stance on the issue, but maybe not the basis. Here it is. You have 2 choices in life. You can be the hammer, or you can be a nail. […]Read More
SPOTLIGHT: Mike’s WarBird Art
Those of you whom have followed Mike for any length of time have probably noticed that he is a big fan of Warbird paint jobs, particularly on guitars. I, better than anyone I suppose, know how much he enjoys this particular type of art, so I decided to ask Mike exactly why he found warbird […]Read More
SPOTLIGHT: The Reaper
Custom, hand carved, 3D bad ass, full blown screamer! Mike created this masterpiece as a spec build. Although it sold moments after we presented it to the world, it is still a popular instrument that makes a splash whenever it is seen. The Reaper it is this week’s SPOTLIGHT model. SPECS: 5A maple neck-thru design […]Read More
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