Hardware & Electronic
Premium Hardware and Electronics For Your Custom Guitar
Markland Guitarworks uses premium guitar hardware designed to enhance tone, stability, and long-term use. Every component—from bridges and tuners to nuts, saddles, and strap systems—is carefully engineered to support the performance needs of modern musicians. Our custom guitar hardware ensures smooth operation, precise adjustment, and consistent tonal response across every model we build.
We offer numerous options of high-quality guitar hardware sourced from trusted manufacturers, including Gotoh®, Hipshot®, Graph Tech®, and KTS®. Each part is matched to the instrument’s overall design, ensuring proper resonance, tuning stability, and ergonomic comfort. Whether you prefer lightweight modern hardware or traditional high-mass options, our configurations are built to optimize sustain and effortless playability.
For players seeking deeper and more detail customization, we provide alternative options such as luxury model of locking tuners, titanium saddles, compensated nuts, brass and stainless-steel tremolo block. Every hardware choice is integrated with precise craftsmanship to ensure your guitar performs reliably on stage, in the studio, and over years of continuous use.
“Explore Markland guitars with high-quality guitar hardware and create an instrument that delivers unparalleled tone, comfort, and performance.”
Choosing High-Quality Guitar Hardware for Your Instrument
BRIDGE
Our bridges and saddles, key elements of high-quality guitar hardware, are designed for precision and durability, ensuring smooth string movement and reliable tuning. Incorporating high-quality guitar hardware like this improves overall instrument performance and player experience.
Gotoh
Gotoh renowned for their high-precision engineering and consistent performance, Gotoh components are crafted in Japan and respected worldwide by builders and musicians alike. From bridges and tuners to control knobs and saddles, Gotoh high-quality guitar hardware offers exceptional reliability, smooth operation, and long-term durability—perfectly aligning with our commitment to build instruments that perform flawlessly, day after day. More info
Hipshot
The Hipshot line offers high‑quality, precision‑machined guitar bridges that enhance tuning stability, sustain, and string energy. For example, the Hipshot 6-String Hardtail Guitar Bridge is a stainless‑steel fixed bridge designed for hardtail Strat‑style guitars — offering excellent tone transfer and stable tuning. Meanwhile, the Hipshot 6-String Ibby HM Guitar Bridge (Hi‑Mass bridge) is machined from a solid billet of brass to give guitars boosted sustain, punch, and tonal depth.
Aldridge Emperindo
We also build partnership with Aldridge Emperindo as our for custom high-quality guitar hardware supplier. Aldridge known for their handcrafted components and precision detailing. Specializing in custom bridges, knobs, and customized guitar parts, Aldridge combines functionality with striking visual design—perfectly complementing the character of a Markland build. While all of our instruments feature carefully selected hardware by default, we recommend Aldridge hardware by request for players seeking an even more personalized touch. This is allows us to deliver truly one-of-a-kind instruments, where every detail—from tone to tactile feel—is built around the player. More info
TUNING MACHINES
We exclusively use high-quality guitar hardware in the form of Gotoh tuning machines, prized for their precision, durability, and smooth operation. Our guitars feature the Gotoh SG series for classic rock-solid tuning stability, and the premium Gotoh 510 series for ultra-smooth gear ratios and refined feel. Both series ensure consistent tuning and long-term reliability for professional-grade instruments.
Gotoh
The SG variants come with a 1:16 gear ratio and are known for their smooth rotation and precise tuning. They feature durable construction, high-quality finishes, and advanced options beyond the standard model, such as :
Traditional locking (MG-Trad)
Height-adjustable posts (H.A.P,)
Height-adjustable posts featured locking system (H.A.P-M)
The Gotoh Magnum Lock-Trad (MG-T) tuners for 6-in-line headstocks feature staggered string post heights to improve tuning stability and eliminate the need for string trees.
Post Height Configuration:
1st–3rd strings: Short shaft (18.5mm)
4th–6th strings: Long shaft (20mm)
Gotoh Luxury
The Gotoh Luxury Mode series represents the pinnacle of high-quality guitar hardware, combining elegance with flawless performance. The SGS510Z-A70LX tuners provide precise tuning in finely detailed casings, built in Japan with premium materials, ideal for custom builds where tone, function, and visual artistry meet the highest standards.
RATIO® tuners by Graph Tech
The Graphtech tuners exemplify high-quality guitar hardware, with patented gears and individually calibrated ratios for each string. RATIO® technology ensures a half-turn equals a semitone, making tuning intuitive and consistent. Four InvisoMatch mounting plates in brushed aluminum allow fast and accurate installation using existing screw holes.
PICKUPS
We’re all about giving you the freedom to shape your tone and voicing your way.
Our guitars come equipped with a selection of high-quality guitar hardware and pickups from trusted names like DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, Lollar, and more. These time-tested options deliver the tone, reliability, and dynamic response that experienced players demand.
We’ve also collaborated with local pickup builder Ganee Pickup to create something uniquely ours: the Marksman Series. These prototypes were first installed in our MS-625 and MD-525 models back in 2022, designed to bring out the full character of our guitars with a distinct tone and voicing.
Looking for something truly custom? We offer handwound pickups, built to your exact specifications. Through our Online Order Form, you can choose materials, voicing, and details to shape a set of pickups that reflects your unique sound.
Prefer to use your own pickups? Absolutely. We welcome customer-supplied pickups for any custom build, as long as they meet our terms and conditions. Just send us your preferred set, and we’ll integrate them with the same attention to detail we bring to every Markland guitar. Tone is personal — we’re here to help you make it yours.
Nut
One of our key choices is Tusq by Graph Tech, a highly engineered synthetic material designed to replicate the tonal qualities of natural ivory while offering greater consistency and stability. Tusq nuts, part of our high-quality guitar hardware selection, deliver a balanced tone across all strings, enhancing sustain and improving tuning stability by reducing friction where the strings contact the nut.
In addition to Tusq, we also use natural bone nuts, a traditional material prized by luthiers worldwide for its warm, rich resonance and excellent vibration transfer. Bone nuts, considered essential in many setups of high-quality guitar hardware, contribute to a full-bodied tone with enhanced sustain, making them a favorite for players seeking classic vintage sound and feel.
We understand that individual playing techniques and hand sizes necessitate different string spacing. To accommodate this, we offer three specific nut width options, each paired with carefully calibrated string spacing:
Narrow Spacing — Ideal for players who prefer close string proximity for faster fretting and smoother chord transitions. Commonly used in jazz or lead guitar setups.
Standard Spacing — Our default spacing option, providing a balanced feel suitable for a wide range of playing styles and genres. It offers enough string separation for clear articulation while maintaining comfort.
Wide Spacing — Designed for hybrid fingerstyle players or those with larger hands, wide spacing facilitates easier string plucking and reduced string interference, enhancing note clarity and dynamics.
Custom Guitar Wiring : Crafting Your Perfect Tone
We believe that exceptional tone begins with attention to detail—including custom guitar wiring. Our wiring designs are crafted to unlock the full sonic potential of each instrument, enhancing tonal versatility and playability. Whether it’s smooth coil-splitting for bright, single-coil clarity, rich series tones for thicker sustain, or precision switching options for expanded sound palettes, every wiring scheme is engineered with premium components to ensure reliability, clarity, and tuning stability. This careful integration complements our choice of tonewoods, pickups, and high-quality guitar hardware, delivering seamless performance across our guitar lines.
From the versatile Genesis series to the modern-inspired Imera Modern, each Markland guitar features wiring tailored to its unique voice and scale length—offering options for articulate clarity or vintage warmth. Our customized control layouts and intuitive switching make dialing in your ideal tone effortless, whether on stage, in the studio, or at home. We claimed, custom wiring is more than a technical detail; it’s a core part of our commitment to crafting instruments that feel like a natural extension of the player, empowering you to explore your tone and guitar voicing with confidence.
