About

All of our products are made by hand, one at a time, in Tampa, Florida by company owner & operator Mike Ingold. With over 25 years of wood shop experience, Mike has been building and modifying guitars, speaker cabinets, pedals, and pedal boards for himself and musicians in the local music scene since the early 2000's. From 2013 to 2023 Mike worked for The University of Tampa as a professor of Art and Design, as well as being the Wood Shop Technician for the department's fabrication studios. During his tenure at UT he continued to design, build, and modify guitars in his spare time. As of January 2023, Mike has made the leap to full-time guitar building, opening Ingold Guitars in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa.

In addition to being a builder, Ingold has also been an avid guitar player for over thirty years. He was gifted his first guitar at age 12; a 1970s Madeira A30-R, which is still his favorite and gets played daily. Over three decades in music, Mike has owned, played, modified, and repaired innumerable instruments, always taking the time to identify the traits and specs that appealed to him most. Ingold guitars borrow from brands and models you know and love without ever directly imitating any one in particular. Our instruments feel familiar yet new, comfortable yet unique, recognizable yet different. They are a modern take on a well-loved tradition.