Crimson Guitars Reviews 

These guys answered my queries quickly and accurately. Super fast delivery and the best file I’ve ever used!

The quality and speed of the item i bought was excellent was really appreciated as a present

Great tools, products and excellent speedy delivery.

In stock, fast, efficient delivery.

Great tools - fast service

I attended the 2-week guitar building course and learned a lot from it. I went through the full process of building my own carved-top guitar, used a wide range of manual and electric woodworking tools, and learned not only from James and Dom, but also from seeing other students go through the same build process. The fact that I came away with a guitar that works is a big positive.

That said, the experience should have been better, especially given the price and the complexity of a 2-week build.

The main issue was course management. During our 2-week course, there were also 1-day and 1-week students being taught at the same time. We were six people on the 2-week course, plus additional students on shorter courses, which made the environment feel chaotic at times. I would not have minded this on its own, but it seemed to contribute to inconsistent guidance and quality-control issues.

James and Dom generally follow the same structure, but they also have different subjective ways of approaching tasks. As a result, it was possible to receive different instructions for the same stage of the build. For example, I was not initially told to draw a center line on the fretboard before cutting the fret slots, which later meant spending extra time trying to add it accurately.
The bigger concern was that some quality-control steps existed, but were not always followed or enforced properly. After receiving guidance on where to position the pickup routes and getting approval before cutting them, I only discovered during final assembly that there was a large visible gap between the neck pickup and the fretboard, which had to be creatively patched. This should have been caught much earlier.

The most serious issue was the neck angle. We did a dry clamp before gluing the neck and checked the angle, but after applying glue and clamping properly, the neck angle was not checked again. Possibly due to glue buildup, the final angle ended up steeper than intended. This was only discovered near the end of the course, once strings were fitted. By then, I had already been given the OK to also carve the back of the body-neck joint, and the guitar was essentially finished but not playable as intended.
To Dom’s credit, he spent a couple of hours ungluing and resetting the neck, which I genuinely appreciated. However, this also visibly affected the finish and beauty of the guitar, and the problem should have been caught much earlier in the process.

Overall, I learned a lot and I’m glad I built the guitar, but this could have been a 5-star experience. For me, it ended up as a 3-star course because of overcrowding, inconsistent guidance, and preventable process failures during critical build stages.

I went to Crimson Guitars for the 1 day setup course and really enjoyed it. James and Matt were really helpful and I have come away from it feeling far more confident in messing around with the components of any electric guitar.

I will 100% be back as I loved it but also because my health band said my stress levels fell by 63% whilst I was there haha!

Wonderful service, there was a slight issue with my order and it was rectified instantly and without friction! Would recommend them for tools. Really high quality.

My first stop for guitar tools. I'm by no means a luthier, but I do like to setup my own guitars and basses, which means having a set of quality tools for adjusting truss rods, bridge saddles, etc. They are also very reasonably priced which is not something that can be said for all luthier suppliers.

Always transparent. And great communication and great products.

Great product, great service.

Excellent products and delivered immaculately wrapped.

My order was placed just after the Christmas period and was delivered in under 2 weeks from England to Australia. Very prompt. The Stains i purchased worked well and seemed good quality, and the price was reasonable considering how ridiculous the cost of everything is these days.

Reliable and polite. Good products .

Good service.

Would recommend crimson to anyone

Excellent service, very quick delivery and very helpful.
Highly recommended

Right on the button. Arrived 2 days after ordering 👍
Packaged well 👍and able to track delivery status
Birthday gift and recipient thrilled with quality of product.
Thanks Crimson ... I'll be back 👌

Quality products and expert advice, stunning stains purchased to complete DIY bass guitar project.