FOSTINIS GUITARS · THREE PERSONALITIES. ONE STANDARD.
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Three originals.
Infinite expression.

Choose a shape. Explore the grain. Hear your own voice in every detail.

Inspect selected guitarExplore colors & bursts

Vintage amber on your Matadaur. Continue customizing below.

Color, with character

A finish for every voice.

18 transparent dye colors and 18 opaque solid colors, including Black dye and Jet black. Plus No burst, a faded burst in any chosen color, and 10 graduated burst palettes. Choose Honey, Iced Tea, Cherry, Tobacco, Bourbon, Dark Cherry, Charcoal, Cobalt, Fire or Violet edges in the showroom. Each region keeps its own wood, color, burst and sheen.

Burst or no burst.

These dye examples pair a center color with a graduated edge. Applying a palette keeps your selected finish type and wood. You can change the center and edge independently afterward.

Choose your center color.

Color through the grain.

Choose your center color below, then use Top burst in the showroom. A burst adds a soft transition through color at the perimeter; No burst carries your chosen stain across the carved top.

Finish references: PRS Custom 24 · Gibson Honey Burst · Gibson Iced Tea / Dark Cherry. These are color references; the previews retain the original Fostinis shapes.

Maple figure, ash grain, walnut and mahogany use separate texture assets. A color selection never changes the body shape. Natural grain and physical stain results vary; these previews are not color-matched finish samples.

Material sources and reuse rights
  • White maple, ash and walnut: Poly Haven, Jenelle van Heerden, CC0.
  • Original quilted Bigleaf maple reference (Acer macrophyllum): Stephen Ondich / Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
  • Red mahogany texture: PolyScan, CC0. Source trade name; botanical species is unverified.
  • The flame and quilt preview textures are generated photographic-style illustrations. Maple figure varies between individual pieces of wood.
  • Stain palette reference: StewMac ColorTone. Preview colors are design interpretations, not manufacturer color standards.
The appointments

Choose your voice.

Pickups, bridges and tuners for your sound and playing style. Choose your model, then use Add to my guitar. Watch the part change in the live preview while you browse. Manufacturer links stay available beside every part.

Matadaur in Vintage amber
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Your Matadaur.

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Made personal.

All appointments

Up to 40 characters. Appears on your build, shared photos and order.

Model
Matadaur
Wood
Flame maple
Finish type
Transparent dye
Finish
Vintage amber
Burst
No burst
Burst spread
Classic sunburst
Sheen
gloss
Back wood
Red mahogany
Back finish
Natural clear
Back sheen
satin
Neck wood
Red mahogany
Neck finish
Natural clear
Neck sheen
satin
Hardware finish
chrome
pickups
Seymour Duncan JB / Jazz
bridges
Hipshot Tone-A-Matic
tuners
Hipshot Grip-Lock Open Gear
Knobs
Knurled pearl cap

Your investment

Your build price.

Selected options & price breakdown
Component prices & allowances

Hardware upgrades include a $100 bridge allowance, $100 tuner-set allowance and $200 pickup-set allowance. Only the amount above each allowance is charged, plus 20%. Component prices below are from the approved October 15 review; they are not added again. Exact covers, spacing and fit are confirmed with your quote.

All listed options are priced. Contact us to confirm shipping, tax and payment.

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A precise starting point.

The original silhouettes are retained as source images. Front previews add fixed-position parts and source-aligned material layers. Component appearances are detailed illustrations of the selected type; exact manufacturer geometry and routing require the part drawings. The back and neck have independent wood, color and sheen selections. Rear headstock finish follows the neck. Fretboard options stay separate. Wiring below is a functional summary, not a soldering diagram.

Fostinis signature over an original purple guitar design
The Fostinis story · New York / New Jersey

An original shape.
A personal instrument.

Luthier Jimmy Fostinis and artist Joseph Califano brought their ideas together around one ambition: guitars with distinctive looks, an effortless feel, and a voice of their own.

That collaboration lives in three original designs. Start with the shape that speaks to you, then explore your own combination of woods, finishes, and appointments in the showroom.

Continue your Matadaur
01 / The original collection

Three personalities.
One standard.

Original model imagery from Fostinis Guitars. Select a model here and continue building in the live showroom above.

Original white Oryx single-cut design from Fostinis Guitars
02

Oryx

The Fostinis interpretation of a single cut, sharing the family character with a look of its own.

Make the Oryx yours
From the Fostinis homepage

The details.
The real instruments.

Original photographs of Fostinis guitars, from distinctive finishes to the smallest appointments. Explore the collection as you scroll.

Original green and purple Matadaur concept from the Fostinis homepage
The original vision

A shape with a story.

The Matadaur concept shown on the original homepage. Below, photographs of finished instruments bring the Fostinis approach to life.

Bring your ideas to the showroom
Stars-and-stripes Fostinis guitar resting on a tufted sofa
Stars & stripesA custom finish with gold appointments.
Close photograph of a gold Fostinis headstock with six gold tuners
The signature, up closeGold hardware and the Fostinis headstock.
Angled photograph of a carved Fostinis guitar with an amber and dark brown burst
Depth in the carveA warm burst across the sculpted top.
Fostinis guitar with long curved horns and a peach and pink reflective finish
Color in motionLight moving across a custom finish.
Close photograph of a reflective Fostinis body with a black tremolo bridge and four knobs
Every appointmentA closer look at the bridge and controls.
Green Fostinis guitar photographed on wooden boards
Emerald reflectionsTransparent color and a polished surface.
Reddish figured-wood Fostinis guitar with a glossy carved top
Wood, brought to lifeNatural figure beneath a rich transparent finish.
Amber figured Fostinis guitar with white humbuckers photographed in natural light
Amber lightFigured wood, white pickups, and a deep carve.
Blue Fostinis guitar with white pickups and a black tremolo on a wooden surface
Into the blueBlue color with a soft dark perimeter.
Purple and pink Fostinis guitar photographed on outdoor wooden boards
Purple expressionOriginal curves in a vivid finish.
Close photograph of a glossy purple Fostinis guitar reflecting window light
Reflections in the finishA close view of the top and its contours.
Fostinis signature headstock with six black tuners on a workshop bench
From the workshopThe headstock and its final appointments.
Built around the player

Character you can feel.

Published example specifications. Your custom build’s final details are confirmed with Jimmy.

Construction
Set neck · Ultra Access
Top
Deep three-dimensional carve
Body / figured top
Mahogany / flame or quilted maple
Scale / frets
25.5″ (648 mm) / 24 extra jumbo
Neck / radius
Thin C / 14″ (355 mm)
Controls
3-way · 2 volume · 2 tone
Explore the original specification sheet
Neck wood
Mahogany or maple
Fingerboard
Ebony, maple, or rosewood
Neck thickness
20 mm at first fret / 22 mm at twelfth
Nut width
42 mm (1.653″)
Inlays / nut
Curved mother-of-pearl squares / TUSQ
Original C / M appointments
Hipshot fixed / Original Floyd Rose
Original tuners
Hipshot locking · black, gold, or chrome
Pickup / switching options
Choice of pickups; push-pull coil split
Original model specifications ↗
Mark Slaughter playing a Fostinis guitar on stage
02 / In the hands of players

Made to
be played.

The instrument is only the beginning. Meet the players featured by Fostinis Guitars.

Mark Slaughter

Slaughter

On stage with Fostinis.
Find your own voice
Stix Zadinia with Fostinis Guitars

Steel Panther

Stix Zadinia

“Fostinis guitars play great! They’re killer looking too.”

Janne Nieminen with Fostinis Guitars

Finland

Janne Nieminen

Guitarist and 2016 Guitar Gods Festival winner.

Peter Henningsson with Fostinis Guitars

Fortress of Fear

Peter Henningsson

Plays a Matadaur-C in Aurora Burst.

Mike Kyre with Fostinis Guitars

Greece

Mike Kyre

Session guitarist, producer, teacher, and Sphyx player.

From your imagination to your hands

Let’s build
your Fostinis.

Your Matadaur is a starting point for a conversation with Jimmy. Send your current choices, talk through the details, and make it personal.

Email Jimmy about this build ↗Call 201-615-8872
Fostinis Guitars

New York.
New Jersey.

fostinisguitars@gmail.com201-615-8872
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The finishing touch

Fostinis guitar picks.

Explore the Fostinis pick collection.

Black Fostinis guitar pick with a gold signature
Black
Mottled green Fostinis guitar pick with a gold signature
Green
Amber Fostinis guitar pick with a gold signature
Amber
Purple Fostinis guitar pick with a gold signature
Purple
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