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Holbrook Instrument Manufacturing

Custom Hand-Carved Guitars, tune-ups, repairs and what-nots

About Me



My name is Alan Holbrook and this is what I have to say - Of all the things I've made of wood over the decades, guitars take the cake. It makes sense because I love to play, so why not make one? I never saw one in a store that I liked enough to buy, so I went and made one for myself, the way I wanted it! I love the feeling of holding an instrument that was made exatly to my playing style and I would love to make that possible for musicians around the globe. Nature is the only true thing in this world and I like to use that in my work. I am fortunate enough to share life with an extraordinary woman. She is an inspiration and my perverbial gas pedal in our buisiness venture. I hope you like my stuff, and if you don't, so what. Comments and feedback are always welcome. I'll post bulletins when a new "Lady" is created....... Stay tuned!!

Email me: [email protected]

My Interests


Playing bass, making guitars, watching movies, walking through the park, making fun of stupid people, simplicity, drinking beer, and...you know....other stuff.

Introducing the Beast V



This little project took quite a while, but now she's all done. The finished product eneded up being some 18 layers of various woods and lots of contouring. The active EMG on the bass is monsterous and the dimebucker on the guitar sounds awesome. The floyd rose trem was tricky to install, but completed this beast of an instrument. Some perty little abalone bell knobs really tied everything together. All in all, I'd say it all went very well. My thanks to Shawn Kalista of Suisun Ink !

Sweet Delilah

THE PROUD PAPPA

Samson & Delilah

I'd like to meet:

The son of a bitch that ran over my cat! And....Les claypool! But really anyone that is tired of settling for the cookie cutter crap they sell in stores. Custom in my mind means custom. Also, "cool people" and maybe someone to jam with, hmm....ya.


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Music:


Uh........Primus? Jimi Hendrix, Rush, The residents, Snake finger, Chilli Peppers, Frank Zappa, Anything Claypool, NOT country,butI also dig Blues, R&B, Jazz, Victor Wooten, Stu Hamm (his autograph is on the fretless). All you whiney "my daddy din't love me enough" bands can go home and cry to mommy. Grow a pair and drop the pick!Samson of Vext Intent trying out Bella L... Samson and his wood...

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no longer for sale

Sorry guys but the refurbished Samick sold!
Posted by Holbrook Instrument Manufacturing on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:48:00 PST

Wanna buy me???

So as I sat patiently awaiting the custom ordered wood for " The Beast ", I decided to take an old Samick 4 string P-bass and give it a new outlook on life. I have never liked the big, bulky look of t...
Posted by Holbrook Instrument Manufacturing on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:29:00 PST

Bass-ackwards

Picture, if you will, a normal day at work. There you are working next to "the new guy" when it occurs to you that you don't know a damned thing about him other than what his broken english has some-w...
Posted by Holbrook Instrument Manufacturing on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:22:00 PST

Samson & Delilah

This is the story of Samson & Delilah.                Once upon a time in a place called here, there was a man who was on a quest fo...
Posted by Holbrook Instrument Manufacturing on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 03:58:00 PST