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~ Terry C McInturff Guitars ~

Terry McInturff graduated from Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery December 1977 and accepted his first full-time repair position at Oxbow Music in Chapel Hill North Carolina January 1978. He spent the next 11 years working full time at repair/restoration (The BEST education possible!), 9 of those years self-employed. Terry’s was the sole CF Martin authorized repair shop in Philly.

In 1989 Terry was offered a position in PA to work with the brilliant Mike Dresdner in his shop, subcontracting the assembling/spraying of the entire Ken Smith bass line. Mike and Terry also worked with CF Martin to prototype the neck for their then-new acoutic bass guitar...the first such design/subcontact work in Martin history.

When Mike Dresdner was bought-out by Ken Smith, Frank Untermeyer (President of Hamer) heard Terry was available and made him an offer that he couldn’t refuse. They relocated Terry to Chicago where he went to work as their custom builder. Terry worked with Hamer for approximately 2 years where his main focus was on custom designs and building.

Terry C. McInturff Guitars was incorporated in August 1996. He had shown at the summer Namm the month before. At that time, he was the only experienced electric indie showing! From 1996 through to 2003 McInturff produced 3000 guitars. The facility during those years was 6800 square feet with ten workers. It was a tremendous education, providing vast experience in the areas of production techniques, design, sales and marketing.

Terry has taken all the above knowledge and experience and is now applying it to a new business plan with new designs and build techniques that are far superior to those of earlier days.

During the recent renaissance of electric guitar lutherie Terry has seen the rise of new builders "with something to say," and Terry is delighted, as he loves this instrument, and he admires the luthiers involved. “The market is very different now...better, I think. And I look forward to dealing with the challenges that re-establishing my marque will entail.”

DAG REPRESENTS CUSTOM COMMISSIONS FOR THIS BUILDER!

DAG represents custom commissions for Terry McInturff. We can only handle a limited amount per year and they are on a first come-first served basis with typical wait times ranging from 6 to 10 months. If interested please call for a preliminary discussion in regard to the guitar you'd like to have Terry build for you. If scheduling permits and it's an instrument that Terry is interested in building, we will proceed to the next step and have you consulting directly with Terry to work out all the fine details, as well as pricing and deposits, before the build commences.

Terry has been awarded two Guitar Player Magazine "Editor's Pick Awards" for the McInturff Royal and the McInturff Taurus Standard (both of which are still in the current model lineup) and he has appeared on the cover of Guitar Player and Guitarist magazines, and received uniformly top ratings via reviews in virtually all of the guitar mags that matter..

Terry has built guitars for the following artists, among others: Jimmy Page, Brad Delson, Eric Clapton, Brad Rice, Dave Hidalgo, Danny Flowers, Brad Whitford, Chuck Garvey, Marshall Crenshaw, Jeff Beck, etc, etc.

McInturff Taurus Models

McInturff Sportster: Offset single-cut design, all mahogany body with carved top and internal “fan” chambers...McInturff Taurus Standard: Offset single-cut design, carved 4A figured maple top, mahogany body with “fan” chambers...McInturff Taurus Custom: The award-winning Taurus with the addition of ivoroid top, fretboard, and headstock binding, 5A figured maple top...McInturff Taurus Tree-Of-Life: The Taurus TOL not only boasts the incredible Tree-Of-Life inlay, but carries with it a whole host of options regarding woods, electronics, finishes, and so much more.

McInturff Royal

Offset double-cut design with carved mahogany top, semi-hollow mahogany body with tuned acoustic port, set neck, 25.125” scale, 22 frets, IRW fretboard with 12” radius, Pau “rope” inlays, dual humbucker or P90 style pickups, volume, tone, 3-way or 5-way blade switch, tuneomatic/stoptail, Sperzel locking tuners, nitro finish.

McInturff Carolina

The Carolina : Based loosely upon the Taurus chassis, the all- new Carolina carries a fabulous feature set intended to appeal to true devotees of a late 1950’s classic design. The DAG Custom Carolina: We at DAG are honored to have our name on the headstock of this masterpiece. This Custom Carolina, weighing in at 8lbs 5oz, is made from all premium woods chosen by Terry and Cliff for their resonant qualities. The Carolina Standard: The "Custom Carolina Standard" a slightly scaled down version of the Custom Carolina at a much more affordable price. Same basic guitar with Spanish Cedar back and no binding. Feels and plays just like it's bigger brother producing a big, beautiful sound that rivals that of finest LP style guitars to be found.

McInturff Gemini

Dual offset double-cut design, from there the design is individually crafted to order. These are totally custom instruments that carry a host of available options regarding woods, chambers, electronics, finishes, and much more. These are some of the very finest guitars that Terry has ever made.

McInturff Terrycaster

Offset double-cut design, carved mahogany top, solid swamp ash body, set mahogany neck, 25.125” scale, 22 frets, IRW fretboard with “microdot” inlays, 12” radius, custom-wound AL90 neck pickup, custom-wound vintage Tele style bridge pickup, master volume/master tone controls, unique McInturff Midrange control (passive), Wilkinson Tele style bridge, Sperzel locking tuners, nitro finish.