Kauer Guitars

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In an industry that celebrates hand-built everything, it’s refreshing to hear a guitar maker openly declare that certain forms of automation just create better guitars. Doug Kauer celebrates the power of machines, while still valuing the creativity of human hands.

Find out what the mysterious slider switches on this guitar do.

A nod to a certain George Lucas space opera.

"It came to the studio and right out of the box, those TV Jones Filter’Trons became my best friends!"

A stunning Gretsch-vibed semi-hollow from the mind of maverick US luthier Doug Kauer.

Kauer guitars feature high-quality tonewoods, boutique pickups and on-trend shapes. We test out the Arcturus…