Luthier
Scott Walker Electric Guitars
- Luthier
- Scott Walker
- Location
- Santa Cruz, California
Scott Walker builds high quality, beautiful electric guitars out of his Californian base workshop. These are exceptional instruments and Scott is held in high esteem by players and luthiers alike.
Scott began tinkering with electronics at an early age. In his early teens he began playing guitar and experimenting with pickups. Fifteen years later he found himself working alongside luthier Richard Hoover, of Santa Cruz Guitar Company, studying acoustic guitar construction. At Santa Cruz Guitar Company he hand carved over 1000 necks.

“Obsession to create is where I reside.”
Custom neck carving became his specialty. While mastering every aspect of neck construction he took on other responsibilities as the Shop Foreman. These included all phases of guitar construction, guitar finishing with Nitrocellulose, wood management and tool maintenance. At this time he began developing an electric guitar for the 21st century. After meeting musician Barry Sless, he began to develop an instrument that had the broadest tonal range available. After five years he opened shop and offered his guitars to the public. During his pursuit to develop an electronic package to incorporate into these instruments, he began working with electronic wizards Peter Miller and John Cutler. The collaboration between Scott, John, Peter, Barry and Steve Kimock has opened the door to a variety of options now available on these instruments.
I am so lucky to be working with the North American Guitar. They deliver the highest quality guitar buying experience in the marketplace. A genuine shop for heirloom quality instruments.
The Guitars
Models
Standard specifications
- Body
- One piece solid Mahogany
- Neck
- One piece Cocobolo
- Fretboard
- Mahogany or Cocobolo
- Neck Joint
- Locking neck join without glue or bolts
- Frets
- 21
- Scale Length
- 24.75"
- Nut Width
- Nut Width
- 1 11/16"
- 1 11/16"
- Pickups
- Lollar Johnny Smith pickup
- Bridge
- Ebony floating bridge with Damascus tailpiece
- Pickguard
- Custom
- Jack Socket
- Custom
- Case
- Calton
Standard specifications
- Top
- Varies
- Back
- Mahogany
- Neck
- Mahogany
- Tailpiece
- Walker
- Fretboard
- Ebony
- Fretboard Radius
- 12"
- Bridge
- Tone pros
- Binding
- Ivoroid
- Frets
- 22, medium jumbo
- Scale Length
- 24.75
- Nut Width
- 1 11/16th
- Headstock
- Ivoroid Bound Ebony
- Pickup
- Choice of Humbuckers, 3 way pickups selector
- Preamp
- Walker Buffer/Booster Preamp
- Hardware
- Master Volume and Tone and Gain (for booster)
- Switch
- Active/Passive switch
- Controls
- Master Volume and Tone
Standard specifications
- Top
- Varies
- Back
- Mahogany
- Neck
- Mahogany
- Fretboard
- Ebony
- Fretboard Radius
- 12"
- Frets
- 22, medium Jumbo
- Binding
- Ivoroid
- Headstock
- Ivory bound Ebony
- Tailpiece
- Walker
- Bridge
- Tone Pros
- Switch
- Active/Passive
- Controls
- Master Volume and Tone
- Preamp
- Walker Preamp with Gain Knob
- Pickups
- Choice of Humbuckers
- Scale Length
- 24.75
- Nut Width
- 1 11/16th
Standard specifications
- Top
- Varies
- Back
- Varies
- Neck
- Varies
- Electrics
- Custom
- Case
- Calton
- Scale length
- 25"
- Frets
- 24
- Nut Width
- 1 11/16"