Redtail
Redtail
Also known as: Redtail Guitars, Red Tail Guitars
UnclaimedRedtail Guitars is a small, custom electric guitar shop run by luthier Greg Martin out of Colorado. The brand traces back to a one-off all-walnut build named "Brownie" that Martin made for his son Andy in 1992, using a 95-year-old walnut burl slab he had kept since 1973. Martin works in small runs with hand-shaped bodies rather than fixed production models.
The shop is best known for its Bee...
Redtail Guitars is a small, custom electric guitar shop run by luthier Greg Martin out of Colorado. The brand traces back to a one-off all-walnut build named "Brownie" that Martin made for his son Andy in 1992, using a 95-year-old walnut burl slab he had kept since 1973. Martin works in small runs with hand-shaped bodies rather than fixed production models.
The shop is best known for its Beetle Kill series — guitars built from Colorado pine harvested from trees killed by mountain pine beetle infestations, finished as light-relic instruments and loaded with Redtail's own hand-wound Redtail 90 pickups (a take on the classic P-90). Alongside guitars, Martin builds analog fuzz pedals and speaker cabinets, and previously ran a long-standing eBay parts shop dealing in vintage guitar hardware and tone capacitors.
The brand has gained visibility through demos by Martin's son Andy Martin, a well-known gear demonstrator associated with ProGuitarShop, Reverb, and the AndyDemos channel.
Redtail has 3 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Solid Body Electric Guitars. Their gear is featured by 1 artist, with the strongest followings in Rock and Blues. Notable users include Andy Martin.
Are you on the Redtail team?
- Be the first to know when an artist is spotted using Redtail gear
- Curate the Redtail catalog, images, and product details
- Respond to community photos and reviews of Redtail gear
- See how Redtail gear is trending on Equipboard