About Noceti
Original guitars, workshop tools, and educational content from Walnut Creek, California.
A Longstanding Goal
I wanted to build a guitar long before I believed I could.
After beginning to play at a young age, music became a lasting part of my life. Years later, while studying Sound Arts at Ex’pression College, a studio-maintenance course introduced me to electronics and gave me the confidence to begin building music equipment myself.
I started with guitar pedals, then moved into tube amplifiers, partscaster guitars, pickup winding, and eventually complete instruments. Each new skill opened the door to the next.
Building Complete Guitars
In 2020, access to a dedicated workshop finally made full guitar building possible.
I began with a modest collection of tools and traditional templates, building Telecaster-style instruments while learning woodworking, fretwork, setup, and finishing. My earliest guitars used simple oil finishes. As my skills grew, I built a spray booth and developed finishing processes capable of producing the level of work I wanted from a Noceti guitar.
Designing the Restani
Learning CAD and digital fabrication changed what was possible in the workshop. Instead of being limited to existing templates and familiar body shapes, I could begin developing original designs.
That led to the Restani, the first original Noceti model. Named after Restani Way in San Francisco, where my grandfather gave me the guitar that started my musical journey, it honors the place where that journey began while marking the beginning of Noceti's own design language.
The Restani reflects my belief that innovation does not require abandoning everything that already works. I still consider the Telecaster one of the greatest electric guitar designs ever created, so the Restani retains proven elements such as a three-barrel brass bridge, Tele-style control plate, and straightforward control layout.
Around those foundations, I developed an original body shape, headstock, pickguards, and electronics, often paired with custom-wound humbuckers or Filter'Tron-style pickups.
It respects the past while remaining unmistakably Noceti.
Tools, Technology, and Continuous Improvement
Problem-solving has always been central to the way I build.
When a process could be made more accurate, repeatable, or efficient, I began designing my own jigs and fixtures. That work led naturally into CAD, 3D modeling, 3D printing, and eventually CNC machining.
In 2022, I began offering several of those workshop tools to other builders. Since then, Noceti tools have shipped to workshops around the world, helping fund new equipment, better processes, and future guitar development.
The CNC added in 2024 was not intended to replace craftsmanship. It became another way to improve precision and repeatability while keeping the critical shaping, finishing, fretwork, assembly, pickup winding, and setup firmly in my hands.
Noceti Today
Today, Noceti Custom Guitars brings together everything I've learned throughout that journey.
Every guitar is built one at a time with the same attention to craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and thoughtful design that shaped the workshop from the beginning.
Alongside custom guitars, I continue developing workshop tools and educational content to help other builders improve their own craft.
Whether I'm building an instrument, designing a jig, or filming a tutorial, the goal has always been the same:
Build something I'm proud to put my name on.