Below are the various body shapes available for your GMW Custom Guitar as well as a description of each shape. Please also utilize the below buttons to help in your choices for your GMW Custom Guitar.

In addition, we offer a wide array of "no extra cost" options, some of which are listed below. Most guitar manufacturers apply extra fees for such options, but here at GMW, we prefer to allow the customer complete freedom in building the guitar of their dreams without having to worry about a host of extra charges.
 

Customers are invited to browse our GMW Virtual Guitar Generator along with our GMW Custom Guitar Price Menu to help you realize the custom guitar of your dreams. It's easy, and you don't need to bust the bank to achieve the guitar you develop.

GMW "No Extra Cost" Options:

 

 

 

Choice of either rosewood or maple fingerboard on a maple neck

Choice of 6150, 6100, 6000, 6230 fretwire / Choice of either 1 5/8" or 1 11/16" wide nut width

Choice of any standard model Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio or EMG pickup in any standard color

Choice of any standard solid color or metallic color.  (Pure white is additional)

Choice of any hardware color (chrome, black or gold)

Choice of either Gotoh SG-36 non-locking tuners or Sperzel Trim Lock locking tuners

Choice of type and location of all controls.  Extra controls like coil taps and kill switches are no extra cost options!!!

Choice of bridge system (Original Floyd Rose, two point steel block/steel saddle standard trem, tunomatic, etc.)

Choice of pearl, abalone, white or black dot inlays (and side dots)
 

GMW CS Model:  The GMW CS guitar is the most popular model in the GMW family of guitars.  Standard features include an alder body, multiple pickup and bridge options, plus a maple neck with either our GMW Traditional, or the GMW Millennium headstock designs.  Both of these headstocks feature our patent pending "tilt axis tuning" feature, which allows better access to the tuners, while giving the headstock both added mass along with a very unique 3D presentation.  This headstock design feature is truly unique to the guitar building industry and sets the GMW headstock designs apart from any of the other styles present in the market place.
 

GMW LTS Model:  The GMW LTS "laminate top" model is an obvious extension of our standard CS model.  It generally includes a highly figured flame or quilt maple laminate top, although we've also used such woods as flame koa, spalted maple, sapele (pronounced "sa-pee-lee"), burl maple, flame redwood and figured camphor burl maple.  Other woods such as lacewood, rosewood, bubinga, flame cedar, paduak, purple heart and birdseye maple are also available upon request.  We invite you to visit our GMW Custom Guitar Price Menu for options and pricing.  This model can also be ordered with body binding in white, black, creme, ivoroid or in abalone with a white cap, although with the maple laminate tops, an "au natural binding" look can also be ordered.  Examples of many of these options can be found in the GMW Archive pages.  (A link to the GMW Archives is included at the top of this page.)  Finally, most clients request either a solid alder, swamp ash or one piece mahogany body with this model, although we have made this model with alternate woods such as solid quilt maple (see G0011) and korina (white limba).
 

GMW ATS Model:  The GMW ATS model is the arch top version of the familiar LTS GMW guitar.  Like with the LTS model, it typically includes a highly figured flame or quilt maple laminate top, with a top thickness of approximately 5/8" at the center of the body.  We also use this body shape for our highly popular wood inlayed hot rod flame models such as G0030 and G0031 (see GMW Archives), so it's a perfect choice for those that want a little extra in terms of styling and a custom shop appearance.  Body woods are typically swamp ash and one piece mahogany, although like the GMW LTS model, we've also made these using alternate woods such as quilt or flame maple.  Korina (white or black limba) is also available upon request.
 

GMW DS Model:  The GMW DS model is simply a "reduced size", or stream lined version of our standard CS model.  All of the standard features described above for the GMW CS model are applicable to the GMW DS model.  In addition, we now offer a more "production" model GMW guitar called the GMW "Revolver" which incorporates the GMW DS shape into its design.  Standard features for the GMW Revolver model include a three piece flame maple neck with either a maple or rosewood fingerboard, along with our new GMW Double Diamond inlays and 6100 Dunlop fretwire.  An Original Floyd Rose trem (either recessed or not recessed), plus a choice of either a single humbucker, or a one hum/one single coil noise canceling pickup is included.  Finally, customers will also specify the hardware color, guitar color, fingerboard wood and choice of pickup model and brand.  This model will be released in April of 2007.
 

GMW SS Model:  The GMW SS model is an extended horn version of the CS model described above.  As with our DS model, all of the standard features described above for the CS model are applicable to the GMW SS model. 
 

GMW CT Model:  The GMW CT model simply expands the GMW line into another familiar body style found throughout the guitar manufacturing industry.  All of the features described for the GMW CS and LTS models are applicable to the GMW CT model.  To date, we have never produced an arch top version of the CT model analogous to our ATS guitar, but it is available upon request.
 

GMW Velocity V model:  This GMW guitar represents our V shape and follows the usual format found with the guitar models described above in terms of woods, pickups, bridge and color options.  The most popular version of this model is found by viewing our polka dot V guitars found in the Rock Replica section of our website.  We normally make this model as a neck-thru- body guitar due to the added stability in the fingerboard terminus region (neck pocket area) of the guitar.  But a bolt on model is also available.  In fact, the GMW Forum administrator has one on order now!!!!

 
 

GMW "Firefox"  model.  Like the GMW Velocity model, this GMW guitar represents a variant on a popular body style made by other guitar manufacturers.  This model is available in either a bolt-on-neck or neck-thru-body format.  As with all GMW made guitars, clients are invited to specify all of the features to be incorporated into the guitar such as the woods to be used, in addition to the parts, color and the overall construction.