Dunham Guitars

Dunham Guitars MN-based creator of electric guitars and basses designed to be statement pieces for the eye and ear. Guitars LLC in 2021 (Dunham Guitars as of 2022).

With an artist and an engineer for parents, Marc built his first electric guitar in high school under the mentorship of Ed Schaefer, renowned archtop luthier and owner of Schaefer Guitars. After a hiatus for higher education and day job pursuits, Marc began building again as a Pandemic Project in 2020 and established Dr. D. With all emphasis aimed at one-of-a-kind beautiful-sounding/-looking instr

uments, Dunham Guitars targets the middle/upper end of the instrument market. I specialize in exotic and figured woods, high quality assembly and electronics, and thoughtful inlay design to create an attention-commanding instrument on stage or on display.

New inlay design (“Blood Moon Eclipse”) in progress on this with some fun visual effects. Excited by what I’m seeing...
09/15/2025

New inlay design (“Blood Moon Eclipse”) in progress on this with some fun visual effects. Excited by what I’m seeing so far 👍

These are going to be wild. Two curly necks, one will get a curly and the other some super spiderwebbed .Come che...
09/08/2025

These are going to be wild. Two curly necks, one will get a curly and the other some super spiderwebbed .

Come check them out at the MN Woodworker’s Expo October 11!

Clamping down for epoxied stabilizer bars in these necks: 1 customer build and 2 I hope to show at the upcoming MN Woodw...
09/06/2025

Clamping down for epoxied stabilizer bars in these necks: 1 customer build and 2 I hope to show at the upcoming MN Woodworkers Expo October 11th at the State Fairgrounds 👍

Batch of neck blanks for new builds, squared, surfaced, and thicknessed. Curly (x2), (x2), and curly .
08/27/2025

Batch of neck blanks for new builds, squared, surfaced, and thicknessed. Curly (x2), (x2), and curly .

Finish line in sight for this extraordinary specimen.
07/13/2025

Finish line in sight for this extraordinary specimen.

-6 ferrule routes look familiar 🧐
07/04/2025

-6 ferrule routes look familiar 🧐

Setting the neck! This one is going to be a knockout 🤩
01/10/2025

Setting the neck! This one is going to be a knockout 🤩

A few more steps before stain and finish 👍
01/03/2025

A few more steps before stain and finish 👍

Experimenting with some dyed maple autumn leaf inlays.
12/20/2024

Experimenting with some dyed maple autumn leaf inlays.

Some work in progress.
12/15/2024

Some work in progress.

Anyone like ?
12/05/2024

Anyone like ?

The first Crescendo model acoustic guitar is on the way to its new home 🥹
11/13/2024

The first Crescendo model acoustic guitar is on the way to its new home 🥹

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