Alistair Hay Custom Design Portfolio
X20 9-String Tibetan
In September, 2015 I travelled to China to get US-based customer’s dream guitar decorated. I travelled to the ...Daedalus
In April, 2015 I met up with Aaron Dorval in Boulder, Colorado to present him with his custom electric guitar, which...KK36
After completing the incredible Triocha 30-string for Kevin Kastning we expected he would be preoccupied for many mo...KK15 – X20 Nylon Red Fan Fret
Ever since I received the first email from Kevin Kastning a few years ago things haven’t quite been the same since f...Draco
After building Bahamut in 2008 it created a lot of interest in my guitars in Asia and one of the results of that was...Cello Nylon String
For this guitar the customer gave me a very simple brief – ‘I want a nylon string guitar that looks like a cello’. I...Steve Vai’s Ultra Guitar
As long as I can remember I have been obsessed with the guitar. As a kid I can remember watching people play with fa...X10 MIDI 9-String Arch Top
I began talking to Markus about his dream instrument almost two years before the X10 MIDI 9-string Arch Top was comp...Alien
In 2005 I got a commission to build a special guitar that would become a centre piece for a major stage show in the ...Bahamut
Early one Friday morning June 20, 2008 I got a call from a guy in Taiwan and he mentioned he had been trying to get ...Triocha
Over the past couple of years we have been developing our double neck guitars and this culminated in the creation of...Ali Gator
When I was asked to build a guitar with an alligator skin pattern I wasn’t really sure what to think but IR...Steampunk Synergy X20 harp guitar
The Steampunk Synergy X20 was an Alistair Hay Custom Design commission by renowned American harp guitar player Steam...The Phoenix 6-string Violin
After first seeing the Bahamut guitar I built for Wang Leehom, Dennis Lau got in touch with me with the idea to buil...
