PeaceMaker

The PeaceMaker is a handcrafted American-made guitar created for players who appreciate exceptional tone, effortless playability, and the calming experience that only music can provide. Designed and built in the USA, the PeaceMaker combines premium craftsmanship with Rudder Guitars' exclusive innovations to deliver an instrument that feels as inspiring as it sounds.

Whether you're practicing at home, recording in the studio, leading worship, or performing on stage, the PeaceMaker responds with clarity, warmth, and dynamic expression. Every detail is designed to help players focus less on the instrument and more on the music, creating an experience that feels natural, comfortable, and deeply rewarding.

The PeaceMaker name on the headstock serves as a reminder that music has a unique ability to quiet the noise of everyday life. Every time the guitar is picked up, it becomes an opportunity to slow down, refocus, and find peace through creativity. From moments of personal reflection to sharing music with family, friends, or an audience, the PeaceMaker encourages meaningful connection through every note.

The PeaceMaker is part of the Rudder Guitars family, alongside the LoveMaker, JoyMaker, and HopeMaker. Each model represents an emotional value that music can inspire, reflecting Rudder Guitars' belief that great instruments are built not only to create exceptional sound, but also to encourage love, joy, peace, hope, and faith in the lives of those who play them.

Every PeaceMaker is proudly handcrafted in the USA and features Rudder's exclusive performance technologies, including the Freedom Performance Circuit, Speed Sensitive Tone (SST) Neck, Friendly Handshake Grip, and other proprietary innovations. The result is an instrument that offers outstanding tonal versatility, exceptional comfort, and the confidence to perform at your best—wherever your music takes you.

Freedom Performance Circuit

PeaceMaker has the F.P.C. to begin our quest for a guitar to create your new unique sounds.  We do this intentionally by matching up all of our electronics and hand soldering the components for the most versatile production of fresh new sounds with a new clarity. You can now produce multiple and even new types of music with their distinct sound to send into your pedals and amplifier. Everything looks clean on the top of your guitar because of our eliminating the need for micro switches all over the guitar body.

See more about the Freedom performance Circuit.

PeaceMaker Pick Ups: 

PeaceMaker has the standard Made in the USA hand-wound BR&A Three Single Coil Modern or Vintage Set pickups.  

Modern: Bridge 15k; Middle RWRW and Neck 10k

Vintage: Pre 1963. Bridge 10k; Middle and Neck 8k

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PeaceMaker Switching: 

PeaceMaker uses the Free-Way ®/Rudder 10-Way Control switches. It gives you 5 new sounds from the three single coil pickups! Vintage has original USA Made CTS  5 Position for true Vintage construction.

Peacemaker Potentiometers

PeaceMaker uses a Single Master Volume Potentiometer, Bridge Tone Potentiometer and a Bourns Dual-Gang pots for NECK and MIDDLE tone on one pot. All Volume and Tone Potentiometers match up with the selected Pickup Outputs. 

PeaceMaker Capacitors

The PeaceMaker features Selected orange drop capacitors on all potentiometers. This demonstrates how capacitors work creating swells, rotation kill switch and hear full EQ from lows, clean mids, and highs.  

PeaceMaker Output Jack

The PeaceMaker features Puretone 4 Point Output Jack. It provides dual tension grounds and dual positive tips for optimal signal and lowest possible noise. The dual Tensioned design locks cable securely in place while the increased metal mass is designed to carry a strong clear signal to your effect pedals and amplifier for your unique sound.  

• Body Wood: Alder 
• Optional Reverse Headstock 
• Left-Handed Model 
• Fretboard: Indian Rosewood, Maple or optional Baked Maple 
• Neck: Rosewood, Maple or optional Baked Maple 
• Weight: 8-9 lbs. 
• Fretboard Radius: 12" 
• GraphTech® Nu Bone  
• Inlay: Mother of Pearl or Abalone Dots 
• Number of Frets: 22 
• Scale Length: 24.562" 
• Width at Nut: 1.69" 
• Width at 12th Fret 2.02" 
• Inlay: Side Dots Standard  
• Finish: Custom Color Poly Mix Paint 
• Frets: We use Stew Mac #141 Medium / High fret wire.  

• Tuners: Grover® Tuners 18:1 Ratio 
• Tremolo: Wilkinson® WVPSB "Wave Knife" Bridge (Dual fulcrum pivot, steel block, and stainless-steel saddles)
• Bigsby Tremolo optional
• Truss Rod: With Easy Dual Action Neck Adjustment Spoke Wheel (at neck joint)

• Freedom Performance Circuit or FPC
• Rudder Speed Sensitive Tone Neck or SST Neck     
• The Friendly Handshake Grip Neck
• 12 O Clock High Feature
• The Same Muscle Memory for Accuracy and More Speed 
•  WFR Spoke Truss Rod Wheel 

Standard Features on all wood guitars