Nikita Guitars

Damon Marks/Nikita Guitars

2010-11-07T12:28:00.000-05:00

Popa Chubby--Nikita Kintia series

2010-11-07T12:27:00.000-05:00

Nikita Guitars--Jim Iannucci .m4v

2010-11-07T12:26:00.001-05:00

Nikita Guitars Nat Janoff Nikita Calassic

2010-11-07T12:26:00.000-05:00

Nikita Kintia series Popa Chubby Midnight Mo-Jo Kintia.m4v

2010-11-07T12:25:00.000-05:00

NEW KINTIA SERIES FROM NIKITA GUITARS

2010-08-20T23:02:00.001-04:00

Something Old - Something New - Something Borrowed and one freaking Awesome Guitar. Here are the first pics of the Nikita Kintia semi custom Series Guitars. One year in the making and countless hours of R&D work. I will put this Guitar on stage with any custom shop guitar and just listen to it blow it away, This series will come in four distressed crackle pain colors and four different sound packages. Design your own today all for the starting price of $1850.00 with a case. For more info contact me via email nikitaguitars@gmail.com

2010-05-16T08:52:00.001-04:00

I have a little story for you. It all started at the 2010 NAMM show where I met Mike Stone (if you don't know who he is just google him) I was talking with Ben Friedman from Premier Guitar as he was playing my Dragon Tele, I did not see Mike standing there with Nick Catanese both looking at Ben, After Mike's uncomfortable stare at Ben, he handed Mike the Dragon Tele and I knew as soon as saw Mike with that guitar it was love, He took it home with him. So that how I met Mike Stone. We Started talking about building a players guitar with all the right parts, Mike years of playing and my years of building produced the guitar in the picture below. I will be posting some video soon so you can hear the amazing sound this axe can make.

Nikita Classic Guitar in Premier Guitar Mag

2010-03-17T05:51:00.003-04:00

Check out the April Issue of Premier Guitar Magazine , The Nikita Classic gets Four Stars, PG did a great job of interviewing me and my guitar. The on line magazine has the article and the nice feature is you can listen to sound clips of the different pickups. Here is the link:
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Apr/Nikita_Classic_Electric_Guitar_Review.aspx

Nikita Custom Sperzels

2010-02-28T10:59:00.004-05:00

Hi All, You now can add your own flair to your guitar tuners. I now offer custom combo color from Sperzel USA. Tale a look at the post and email me at info@nikitaguitars.com to start your order. Most order only take two weeks to process.
I need to know THE FINISH for five parts:

STRING POSTS
BODY
BUTTON
SHAFT COVER
LOCKING KNOB

Thanks James

Devon Allman playing the Nikita Dragon

2010-01-30T22:11:00.006-05:00

I had the privilege to meet Devon at the 2010 NAMM show in Cali. He asked if he could play the Dragon guitar, I think before he had the chance to finish the sentence I had it in his hands. The rest is history.

Nikita Guitars Joins FUCHS Amps at the 2010 NAMM Show

2009-11-07T11:31:00.002-05:00

Come see and play my latest creations at Booth #1681 I'm in with Fuchs Audio, January 14-17 at the Anaheim California Convention Center.

Sperzel Convertion Bushings

2009-09-17T21:02:00.003-04:00

Nikita Guitars does it again, I have invented a way to convert your peg head from 9/16 holes to 7/16 hole size with my new Hardened Nylon bushings. You now can change you old factory tuners for Sperzel Professional tuners with out altering you guitar. These bushing fit perfectly tight in to the existing peg head holes and the 7/16 Sperzel barrel nuts fit in side the bushings. You Bass will never sound better and stay in tune. The set of four cost 18.99 and you can find them on my ebay listing #(320425503028)

Stay tuned for the next great idea, James

Jimmy Warren New Front blues Man for Nikita Guitars

2009-09-10T07:16:00.002-04:00

I found my Blues player to endorse for 2010. The winner is Jimmy Warren. Bruse Igluarer of Alligator Records in Chicago said "Jimmy is a powerful guitarist with a great feel." and now even more powerful when he is playing ...a Nikita Guitar/ Jimmy Warren signiture model.Jimmy Warren has performed with: Buddy Miles, Jr Wells, Sugar Blue, Buddy Scott, Lefty Dizz, Nate Turner & the Windy City Blues Band, Little Mack Simmons, Taildragger and more. Jimmy Warren has opened for Pat Travers, Delbert McClinton, Lonnie Mack, REO Speedwagon, Check him out on Myspace www.myspace.com/jimmywarrenband

Rock on Jimmy, Congrats

Sperzel Tuners Authorized Dealer

2009-08-13T21:17:00.002-04:00

Nikita Guitars in now a stocking Authorized dealer for Sperzel tuners. They are considered the best made tuners in the world. Sperzel tuning keys consists of advanced design standards. Every component is designed to provide stable performance and reliable action during combined movements. There tuning keys are machined from solid billet aluminum for light weight and held to precise tolerances and quality checks to produce a precision tuning key that eliminates shaft wobble, endplay and minimum backlash. I'm proud to use a product of this precision on my guitars and also support a USA company.

Guitar Heads Flame theme Guitar

2009-08-01T10:33:00.001-04:00

Flame theme guitar is ready to ship, This was a fun project for Guitar Heads 2010 calender shoot. Now on to the set of Lips Guitar???

New video of Nikita Jazz American

2009-07-26T18:49:00.003-04:00

Jim Iannucci Asked me to stop by the local winery where he was playing a few weeks ago in Highlands Mills, NY He wanted to give the Jazz American a try. I was very curious to see how it would play myself with lighter strings,So I changed the flat wound 14-56 strings to a set of 10-46 and well the rest is history. Jim said after the session that he loved the playability and rich sound of the Walnut hollow body. I'm now working a solid body version of this guitar with three humbuckers.

Stay Tuned, James

Nikita Guitars and Guitarheads work together

2009-07-02T07:22:00.004-04:00

Wayne from Guittarhead.net has contacted me to build a couple of theme guitars for his 2010 calender shoot, The first one is a flame guitar and the next on is a set of lips. It's a fun project to work on and a change from the norm. Watch for updates and visit www.guitarheads.net to take a look at the products.

Nikita Dragon Tele Update

2009-06-18T21:31:00.002-04:00

Nikita Dragon Tele

By James Mellozzo
This series is something new I'm creating. My Mom was a dress maker and all my life I grew up around amazing fabrics. They still turn me on so I decided to use them in my guitars. This the fist and only of this pattern, some of my collectors have already claimed the patters they wanted. Only one of each will be made.

Remember the person with the most guitars WINS!!!

Dragon tele Peg Head

2009-06-04T22:00:00.002-04:00

Here is the peg head design I decided on for the Dragon Tele. This is the same pattern used in the fabric.

Fabric Tele with Candy apple clear coat

2009-06-02T19:06:00.002-04:00

Okay, the next step was to apply 10 coats of red dye candy apple red to the back sides and neck of the guitar. Now comes the waiting, this will need to dry or shrink for a week to ten days. After about three days I will give it a light sanding to open the Nitro clear and let it breath again. This will give it a harder finish to work with in the end. This body will need another ten coats before it's done. Most of the time you sand off at least half of what you spray on. I will be posting the sanded body and the finish product in about two weeks.

Stay tuned for other projects I'm working on and feel free to ask any questions a long the way.

James

Fabric Tele Next step

2009-06-02T07:30:00.002-04:00

This is the next step in creating the fabric tele, I applied a Birdseye maple veneer on the back and made a Birdseye maple neck to match. The neck will be attached with screws and ferrules to increase sustain. At this point the fabric has five coats of Nitro lacquer and has been sanded smooth on top.

The next step in the cherry red dye and the clear coats.

Stay tuned, James

Nikita Custom CNC Guitar Cutting

2009-05-30T21:13:00.002-04:00

Take a look at this one of a kind project I posted the finished product earlier this week. This is a video of how it was made. I offer this service to builders and people who just want to build there dream axe. If you can dream it i can build it.

Thanks James

Dragon Tele

2009-05-30T07:50:00.002-04:00

Here is the first Fabric covered Nikita to be created, Swamp ash CNC made body with double black binding. When I'm finished with this baby it will have a dyed cherry red back and side with black dragon scales.

Stayed tuned for the next step in the finishing.

My Clients New Project

2009-05-29T07:37:00.002-04:00

I'm working on this guitar with a customer of mine, He sent me his design to me on paper and we worked together to build this awesome new guitar. He contacted me trough Ebay and wanted to build a guitar with his eleven year old son. I built the body blank with the woods of his choice and also the neck, Then I had Matt from Custom CNC cutting program the shape of the body and do the cutting. The whole project cost my customer about $650.00 for materials and labor. If he was to try this process with some of the other well known builder out there it would of cost him twice as much and he would not of had the freedom of design. This was a fun project for both of us and now he is working on other designs.

If anyone is interested in designing you own guitar , You can contact me at:nikitaguitars@gmail.com

Fabric covered theme Guitar bodies

2009-05-28T06:38:00.002-04:00

New From Nikita Guitars, Fabric covered theme guitars. These are the same high quality solid wood bodies I use on my custom built guitars. Choose from Swamp Ash, Mahogany, Poplar or Alder. You can pick from one of my designs or use your own fabric. They will also have matching necks. Check my ebay listing soon for more details.

Thanks James