Welcome to gilaguitars.com!

If you've selected this portion of the website, you're obviously more interested in the guitar collection than the Gila Monster collection. Good choice!

Let me start by saying that the idea behind this website was to enable me to sell some lizards and buy more USA Jackson guitars!!! I pay finders fees for leads on cool instruments, and I'm always looking to buy unique USA made Jackson guitars, as well as Ernie Ball Music Man EVH models, and Steinbergers with Trans Tremolo systems. If you have something you think I'd like, or know of something for sale somewhere you think I'd be interested in, email me and send along some information, pictures, and a price. Thanks.

My background…

I got hooked on Jackson guitars in high school when I purchased my first new San Dimas Jackson Custom Soloist (a 1984 model) after considering just about every other manufacturer's models out there. I waited almost 1 year before I received my original Jackson , but the wait was worth it – it was everything I had expected and more. I still remember the huge rush of excitement I got when the UPS driver pulled up. I still get that same rush when a new guitar arrives! I later modified the hell out of this poor guitar and sold it recently because it no longer fit in my collection. I played it religiously throughout my formative years in high school and college, and always had the desire to purchase a pile of Jacksons if I had the resources. Currently I've been able to purchase most of the cool guitars I've wanted my whole life. You can never have enough guitars though…hence this website and another shameless plug to email me with your cool guitars for sale.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the site. Check out the Gila Monster collection if you're curious – they're fantastic lizards (and they're venomous). This website will be updated every time I purchase something cool that I want to share.

www.gilaguitars.com