Handmade in Nokia, Finland

Built slowly.
Played forever.

Singular electric guitars shaped by hand, tuned by ear, and built one at a time in a small workshop in Nokia.

Disclaimer: No original body shapes were harmed in the making of all of this. Only stunt doubles were used.

The workshop Nokia, Finland

Philosophy

“Every piece of wood carries a voice.
Our work is to reveal it.”

No production line. No two instruments alike. Just patient hands, resonant timber, and the belief that a guitar should feel alive before it is ever plugged in.

From the workshop

Guitar galleries

Follow each instrument from the first cut to its life beyond the workshop.

Buried and goneGone, not forgotten Hanged to dryFinished instruments Chopping the piecesBuilds in progress We all float down hereMysterious experiments

Out of the workshop

Buried and gone

Gone, but not forgotten.

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Kitten-painted bass leaning on a leather armchair — Kitten Cloud *in collaboration with Alex Blom*01 / 14

Pink and purple kitten-painted guitar with chrome hardware, seen from above — Kitten Cloud *in collaboration with Alex Blom*02 / 14

Close-up of the pink kitten-painted body with a chrome bridge and knobs — Kitten Cloud, detail *in collaboration with Alex Blom*03 / 14

Burst four-string bass with figured grain and a wooden control cover — Smoke Signal04 / 14

Red headless guitar with deep pointed horns, black fretboard and black hardware — Headhunter05 / 14

Low-angle view of a red headless guitar with a knurled fine-tuner bridge on a rug — Headhunter, bridge06 / 14

Sunburst single-cutaway guitar with tortoiseshell pickguard and black headstock, by a frosted-glass door — Sunset Skull07 / 14

Sunburst guitar with a winged skull tailpiece and a dark cross-shaped stripe on the body — Sunset Skull, tailpiece08 / 14

Charcoal V-shaped guitar with black hardware, leaning on a worn leather armchair near a brick fireplace — Coal Crow09 / 14

Charcoal V-shaped guitar lying on a wooden floor among tangled cables, seen from above — Coal Crow, from above10 / 14

Dark sunburst single-cutaway guitar with cream pickups, leaning on a brick wall with iron stove doors — Dark Brew11 / 14

Dark sunburst single-cutaway guitar with cream pickups and gold knobs, front view — Dark Brew12 / 14

Red double-horned body with a black strap, another red guitar hanging behind — Horned Red13 / 14

Red single-cutaway guitar lying on a carpet, seen from the headstock end — Ladybird14 / 14

Finished instruments

Hanged to dry

Finished and set up—each one a singular build.

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Dark spiky V-shaped guitar with a magazine-shaped fin, photographed outdoors — Reindeer Rifle01 / 19

Dark V-shaped guitar with a magazine-shaped fin hanging from a rope, front view — Reindeer Rifle02 / 19

Back of the dark V-shaped guitar with its curved magazine-shaped fin, hanging from a rope — Reindeer Rifle, back03 / 19

Bright red angular guitar cut out on white, with figured grain, gold hardware and ornate inlays — Blood Moon04 / 19

Red angular guitar with gold hardware hanging from a rope, front view — Blood Moon, hanging05 / 19

Close-up of a pointed red headstock with gold tuners next to a hanging rope — Blood Moon, headstock06 / 19

Silver and gold guitar with carved flame patterns, pointed horns and a black tremolo — Frost Fire07 / 19

Red guitar with barbed-wire inlays hanging from a rope against a dark, blurred workshop — Gallows Bird08 / 19

Back of the red guitar hanging from a rope, with a natural wood neck and black strap — Gallows Bird, back09 / 19

Red headstock bound with thick rope above a dark fretboard with barbed-wire inlays — Gallows Bird, headstock10 / 19

Red double-cutaway guitar with a black pickguard, gold bridge and barbed-wire inlays — Sour Cherry11 / 19

Back of the red double-cutaway guitar with a black strap, hanging by its headstock — Sour Cherry, back12 / 19

Angular guitar in red-to-natural burst with barbed-wire artwork, leaning among amplifiers in a workshop — No Man's Land13 / 19

Pale natural angular guitar with ornate inlays and dark red pickup surrounds in a dim room — Ghost Birch14 / 19

Red guitar with sharp horns and an axe-blade headstock ornament, standing against a panelled door — The Woodcutter15 / 19

Red double-horned guitar with black pickguard and tremolo arm, leaning against a wooden wall — Crimson Fang16 / 19

Sunburst guitar with curled horn and red headstock, on a stand in a cluttered workshop — Fiddlehead17 / 19

Red-orange single-cutaway guitar seen front-on: light fretboard with red dot inlays, black pickups — Ember18 / 19

Distressed brown single-cutaway bass with gold knobs and a metallic pickguard, hanging on a wall — Old Bark19 / 19

In the workshop

Chopping the pieces

Raw timber becoming something with a pulse.

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Smoky dark-stained V-shaped body with masked pickup cavities, lying on a black amp cabinet — Smoke-stained V01 / 52

Dark slotted fretboard with clusters of tiny white dot inlays on a pale neck — Dot inlays02 / 52

Pale headstock blank with pencilled tuner-hole circles beside a reddish fretboard — Headstock sketch03 / 52

Black V-shaped and red double-cutaway guitars with barbed-wire inlays, awaiting hardware — Waiting for hardware04 / 52

Single-cutaway body with a dark red sunburst fading into a natural wood centre — Sunburst body05 / 52

Close-up of a single white barbed-wire inlay on a dark fretboard — Barbed wire inlay06 / 52

Wood boards and blocks clamped on a folding workbench, body templates on the wall behind — Raw neck blanks07 / 52

Close-up of a pale body horn with a through-cut oval hole and stepped edge — Horn cut-out08 / 52

Front of a raw horned body showing the neck pocket and two pickup routes — Horned body, raw09 / 52

Low side view of the horned body, revealing its thickness and rounded edges — Horned body, side10 / 52

Closer view of the red horned body: framed humbuckers and two knobs in a leaf-covered panel — Horned body, red11 / 52

Natural horned body from the back: metal-leaf plate, figured wood cover, two black hatches — Metal leaf back12 / 52

Pale neck blank with cut fret slots and a squared headstock, lying on a rag rug — Neck blank13 / 52

Glossy amber-finished body with a raised rim, clamped to a workbench in a garage — Driftwood, amber14 / 52

Body with a purple-brown edge burst and bare natural centre, clamped to a workbench — Driftwood, burst15 / 52

Fretted neck with purple-stained sides resting across an aluminium ladder — Violet Ghost, neck16 / 52

Red-stained angular body with pointed horns and a pale neck fitted, beside an orange air hose — Red angles17 / 52

Red headless guitar with a spiky body and copper-toned pickups, propped on a suitcase — Headhunter, almost done18 / 52

Back of a raw single-cutaway body with a routed control cavity and round recess — Single-cut, back19 / 52

Raw single-cutaway body with its neck test-fitted, fretboard marked with dots — Neck test-fit20 / 52

Back of a deep red-stained single-cutaway body, control cavity left bare, on a workbench — Red stain21 / 52

Glossy red single-cutaway body with an unfinished neck fitted, on a yellow mat among tools — Gloss coat22 / 52

Dark fretboard with a row of white barbed-wire inlays, viewed lengthwise — Barbed wire fretboard23 / 52

Two raw double-cutaway bodies, one with a barbed-wire-inlaid neck running through it — Twin bodies24 / 52

Pencil outline of an offset double-cutaway body drawn across three pale boards — Pencil lines25 / 52

Brown-stained double-cutaway guitar with barbed-wire inlays and a notched headstock, by a speaker cabinet — Brown & barbed26 / 52

Reddish fretboard with dark barbed-wire markings beside a plain dark blank and traced body blanks — Fretboard blanks27 / 52

Pale angular body with engraved barbed-wire lines and routed pickup cavities, clamped on a stand — No Man's Land, raw28 / 52

Clear-coated body near the neck pocket, barbed-wire engraving meeting a red dripping edge fade — No Man's Land, blood drip29 / 52

Cut-out body blank with a long swept horn and pencil-drawn cavity outlines, lying on a floor — Swept horn blank30 / 52

Offset body blank of glued-up boards with two pickup outlines marked in pencil — Offset blank31 / 52

Stack of rough sawn boards resting across a bandsaw table in the workshop — Rough boards32 / 52

Three slotted fretboards, two with barbed-wire markers, lined up on a workbench among tools — Barbed wire necks33 / 52

Freshly cut logs on a trailer behind a quad bike on a snowy forest track — Fresh timber34 / 52

Wooden strip clamped against a miter fence on a sawdust-covered bandsaw table — Bandsaw work35 / 52

Fretboard with dark sitting-cat inlays laid across a grey cut-out body — Cat inlays36 / 52

Angular body in glossy, crackle-textured black finish with routed pickup cavities, held in a clamp — Crackle black37 / 52

Two black pointed bodies with routed cavities and small pale antler-like inlays, leaning together — Antler inlays38 / 52

Rough single-cutaway body with ridged machining marks on the carved top and routed cavities — Machined top39 / 52

Dark streaky fretboard blank on a machine bed, with small cross-shaped inlay pockets cut in — Cross inlays, cut40 / 52

Slotted dark fretboard with black cross-shaped inlays lying on a beige carpet — Cross inlays, set41 / 52

Neck with a pale headstock and blue resin-filled fretboard, white material at the marker positions — Blue resin42 / 52

Offset body in a dark burst finish over deep open grain, hanging on a clamp rod — Smoke Signal, finish43 / 52

Flowing, swirled flame-like ornament relief-carved into a pale wooden board — Frost Fire, carving44 / 52

Hand holding a horned body top covered in flowing flame-like carved grooves — Frost Fire, carved45 / 52

Dark sunburst offset body with a neck set in its pocket, lying on a workbench — Smoke Signal, neck on46 / 52

Carved double-horned body with routed cavities and a dark-fretboard neck set in place — Frost Fire, neck on47 / 52

Angular body with deep red stain hanging in the workshop, cavities plugged with wooden blocks — Bat Wing, hanging48 / 52

Back of the red-stained angular body with a round recess and a rounded control cavity — Bat Wing, back49 / 52

Offset body hand-painted in pink and purple with kittens, a winged cat and sparkles — Kitten Cloud, painted *in collaboration with Alex Blom*50 / 52

Kitten-painted body with two pickups fitted, waiting for its neck — Kitten Cloud, pickups *in collaboration with Alex Blom*51 / 52

Close-up of the kitten-painted body with a pickup and chrome knobs fitted — Kitten Cloud, detail *in collaboration with Alex Blom*52 / 52

Mysterious experiments

We all float down here

Unusual ideas, strange details, and instruments from the edge of the workshop.

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Purple-stained headstock drying on a ladder — Violet Ghost, drying01 / 09

Natural wood body with an asymmetric, swept shape — Driftwood02 / 09

Large speaker driver mounted in a plywood box with flexible hoses — The thing in the box03 / 09

Selfie in a black hat in front of an ornate stone church doorway — The shaman himself04 / 09

Carved wooden hand headstock making the horns sign — Devil's hand05 / 09

Purple-burst body with a striped purple-and-maple neck — Violet Ghost06 / 09

Purple-burst instrument with a striped neck leaning in a doorway — Violet Ghost07 / 09

Back of a natural wood body with a copper cavity cover — Copper back08 / 09

Handbuilt cab09 / 09

Design detail

The flame strap guide

A small part that changes how the guitar hangs on you.

Black flame-shaped strap guide on the back of a red guitar, with the leather strap running through it

Flame strap guideUnique solution

Body dive vs. neck dive

Leans in, not away.

The flame on the back of the guitar is not just decoration — the strap runs through it. That changes the angle the strap pulls from, so the guitar turns toward the player instead of tilting away. The same idea works on round bodies too: with two strap buttons on the body, or with the strap running straight through the body itself.

Problem: Guitar tilts away from the player
Solution: Strap runs through the flame
Also in: Round bodies, with two strap buttons
Another way: Strap through the body

Other versions

Red angular guitar with a leather strap fixed to two strap buttons on the body — Two strap buttons01 / 03

Black strap running through a slot in a red guitar body — Through the body02 / 03

Close-up of a strap passing through the body under the bridge of a red guitar — Through the body03 / 03

Built light

Reindeer Rifle

Light on the shoulder, long on the neck.

Reindeer Rifle27" scale · 28 frets

Easy to carry, easy to play

Only 3 kg.

The guitars are built to be light, so they stay comfortable through a long night of playing. The Reindeer Rifle weighs just 3 kg without its magazine — and still has a 27-inch scale and 28 frets.

Weight: 3 kg without the magazine
Scale: 27"
Frets: 28

Origin

Born from
hands & wood.

Lapland Shaman Guitars began in Nokia, Finland, with a simple idea: build distinctive instruments slowly, carefully, and by hand.

In a small workshop in Nokia, traditional hand skills and modern playability meet in every build. The name may look north, but the sawdust, tools, and guitars belong here.

Each guitar is made one at a time—from selecting the wood to the final setup. The result is not a copy of something familiar, but a personal instrument with its own weight, grain, and voice.

Lapland Shaman

Workshop tool

Design it
in the browser.

CNCguitarwizard is an open-source guitar design tool: set the parameters for the neck, fretboard and body, preview the toolpaths, and download CNC-ready G-code and a FreeCAD script.

Designed and coded by Jone at the Lapland Shaman workshop. Nothing to install — it runs right in your browser.