LoveMaker
- Hand Crafted Custom Guitar
The LoveMaker is more than a handcrafted American-made guitar—it's a reminder that music has the power to restore, connect, and inspire. Proudly designed and built in the USA, every LoveMaker combines exceptional craftsmanship with innovative Rudder Guitar features to deliver outstanding tone, comfort, and playability.
At the center of every LoveMaker is a simple idea: music can be an act of emotional self-care. The LoveMaker name on the headstock serves as a daily reminder to make space for love—in your music, your relationships, and your life. Whether you're writing songs at home, relaxing on the couch, rehearsing with friends, or performing on stage, the LoveMaker is designed to help players reconnect with what matters most.
The LoveMaker is part of the Rudder Guitars family, alongside the JoyMaker, PeaceMaker, and HopeMaker, with each model representing a different emotional value. Together, they reflect Rudder Guitars' belief that music is a universal language capable of bringing people together through love, joy, peace, hope, and faith.
The signature candle featured on the headstock symbolizes that mission—a light meant to be shared. More than a logo, it represents the belief that great instruments can inspire meaningful moments, memorable performances, and genuine human connection.
Handcrafted in the USA and built with exclusive Rudder innovations like the Freedom Performance Circuit, Speed Sensitive Tone Neck, and premium American-made components, the LoveMaker is designed to become more than your favorite guitar—it becomes part of your story.
Base price: $1,600 plus Options
Freedom Performance Circuit (F.P.C.)
The Freedom Performance Circuit (F.P.C.) is one of Rudder Guitars' signature innovations, designed to expand tonal possibilities without adding unnecessary complexity. Every circuit is carefully hand-assembled and hand-soldered using precisely matched electronic components to deliver exceptional clarity, consistency, and a remarkably versatile range of tones.
The result is an instrument that encourages exploration. From familiar classic sounds to entirely new tonal combinations, the F.P.C. gives players the freedom to shape a voice that's uniquely their own. Whether playing clean, pushing an amplifier into natural overdrive, or running through an extensive pedalboard, every note retains its definition, balance, and character.
Unlike traditional switching systems that clutter the guitar with multiple mini-switches, the Freedom Performance Circuit keeps the instrument clean, intuitive, and performance-focused. The streamlined controls make it easy to access a wide range of sounds while preserving the elegant appearance of the guitar.
Built to inspire creativity, the Freedom Performance Circuit allows players to spend less time adjusting controls and more time making music.
LoveMaker Standard Pickups:
Standard are the Dual US Hand Made BR&A ACT2 HB or BR&A Asymmetrical Clear Tone Coil Tap Humbucker in the Bridge and Neck or BR&A P90 in the neck. Both are in a matched set.
Rudder Guitar Pickup Collection
LoveMaker Switches
Standard Switch is the Free-Way ®/Rudder Hi-Lo 6-way giving you both Single Coil and Humbucker sounds. The standard Vintage has Switchcraft 3-way Switch.
LoveMaker Potentiometers
It includes CTS Potentiometers to match Pick-Up output. Each pickup has individual Volume control and a Master Tone control.
LoveMaker Capacitors
It features Selected orange drop capacitors on all potentiometers demonstrating how capacitors work creating swells, rotation kill switch and hear full EQ from lows, clean mids, and highs.
LoveMaker Output Jack
It features Puretone 4 Point Output Jack 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 to carry a strong clear signal to your effect pedals and amplifier for your unique sound.
- Body Back Wood: Honduran Mahogony
- Top: Maple Arch Top: Low Flame with optional High Flame, Waves, and more.
- Fretboard: Rosewood, Maple, or optional Ebony and Royal Blackwood
- Neck: Honduran Mahogany
- Masked Body Binding.
- Optional Cream, Black, or White Body and Neck ABS Binding.
- Optional Neck, Back and Top: Custom Color Poly Mix Opaque Colors
- Frets: Stewmac Medium/High, optional Jescar Gold EVO Frets or Stainless.
- Weight: 8-9 Lbs
- Truss Rod: Headstock Adjustment
- Fretboard Radius: 12"
- Inlay: Abalone Dots
- Number of Frets: 22
- Scale Length: 24.562"
- Nut: GraphTech® Nu Bone
- Width at Nut: 1.69"
- Width at 12th Fret 2.02"
- Body Thickness: 2.25”
- Inlay: Side Dots Standard
- Finish: Standard Poly Colors or Custom Color Poly Mix Opaque.
- Tuners: Grover 18-1 Chrome optional Locking optional Gold or Black, optional GraphTech® Locking Ratio Tuners
- Optional Bigsby Tremolo with Vibramate
- Truss Rod Nut Headstock Adjustment
- Nut: GraphTech TSQL Nut
- Bridge: roller
Standard are the Dual US Hand Made BR&A ACT2 HB or BR&A Asymmetrical Clear Tone Coil Tap Humbucker in the Bridge and Neck or BR&A P90 in the neck. Both are in a matched set.
The Modern Bridge is 15K without distortion and Neck 10K or Modern P90-10K.
The Vintage Bridge (Standard) Max. 10K and Neck 8k. The Vintage P90-8K
Rudder Guitar Pickup Collection
BR&A ACT 2 HB
Introducing the Made in USA BR&A ACT 2 HB or BR&A Asymmetrical Clear Tone Coil Tap Humbucker Pick Up. It is standard in most Rudder Guitars. They produce a brighter sound with more highs and lows. The Clear Tone Coil Tap or CTCT is ultra quiet and produces a clear tone with more punch. It is available in Vintage construction matched set under 10K and Modern matched set over 10K without distortion. We make the HB+HB or HB+P90 matching sets in vintage and modern.
WFR GTV9 Dual Humbucker Pick-Ups Vintage
Lollar™ Pickups
Lollar™ DB Matching Set
Lollar™ Imperial Hi Wind. Matching Set
RG Select Seymour Duncan Signature Collection
Seymour Duncan Whole Lotta™ Humbucker
- 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 Adjustment Nut on the base of head stock.