Electric Guitars. Guitar Amplifiers. Audio Tools.
Crafted with Passion & CharacterInstruments crafted from raw wood, wire, and labour—from start-to-finish, right here in North America.
At Norfolk & Jarvis, we meld the best of modern science and technology with traditional woodworking techniques to design and create one-of-a-kind Electric Guitars with distinctive and robust tonality.
Our truly innovative Electric Guitar Amplifiers are seriously lightweight, very energy-efficient, and sound right.
Serious: With a Bit of Mischief
Truly playable instruments that inspire achievement and enjoyment.
We’re dedicated to providing the working musician and audio professional with instruments and electronics made in North America.
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Norfolk & Jarvis is a proud supporter of Make Music Matter:-)
We choose to create solutions and solve problems. It takes commitment, energy, intellect, and integrity to build a community. Make Music Matter is on a mission to use the creative process as a therapeutic tool to help empower marginalized individuals and...
“When you know better, you do better”
Guitar pickups are simple things that are very complicated. A long wire, wrapped around a magnet is about as simple an electrical device as can be imagined. The result produces a complex tonal signature beyond any expectations the simple construction would...
Norfolk & Jarvis is now a Peterson Strobe Tuners Authorized Reseller
Tuning a guitar is based on science. It requires a stable instrument with the following: - an accurately cut nut - frets that are accurately placed and properly leveled and crowned - a well made bridge accurately placed and correctly adjusted for string spacing and...
I was gone, and now I’m back
I'm happy to announce that I've fully recovered from double cataract replacement surgery! I now realize I was slowly going blind for the last two years. I quit driving at night four months before my first surgery. It made my life during the pandemic way more...
Thankful for 2020 and looking forward to 2021
As Denis and I celebrate the third anniversary of our initial discussion that evolved into Norfolk & Jarvis Audio Technologies, here are our thoughts. Firstly, it has become an interesting adventure. We now know we can hand craft an electric guitar from start to...
Join us at the Elmira Vintage Guitar Show Online this Sunday, November 22 from 1pm to 4pm
Mark your calendar to be a part of Canada’s Biggest and Best Guitar Show!
The prototype Blue Hour Electric Guitar is now on sale for $1,500 plus HST at Norfolk & Jarvis
The Blue Hour Electric Guitar is a solid body prototype we built last year. It was inspired by Leo's classic "T" style guitar. We incorporated updates to create a contemporary interpretation of this classic design. Blue Hour is now on sale directly from Norfolk &...
The prototype Blue Hour Electric Guitar is now on sale for $1,750 plus HST at Norfolk & Jarvis
The Blue Hour Electric Guitar is a solid body prototype we built last year. It was inspired by Leo's classic "T" style guitar. We incorporated updates to create a contemporary interpretation of this classic design. Blue Hour is now on sale directly from Norfolk &...
Genius is in creation, not imitation
There are many commercial guitars out there. Many are very pretty. What they lack is individuality. You are likely to see the same model in another player’s hands again and again. One of the defining attributes of luthier built instruments is individuality. We...
Affordable inspiration in a mass-produced guitar world
Full disclosure, Denis and I have collectively been playing guitar for the better part of a century. Through personal experience, we have both developed identical lists of likes and dislikes for electric guitar features. We both have a lifelong interest in...
We are motivated by a love of, a passion for, and a hands-on commitment to our personal vision of making the best, affordable, custom-made electric guitars and guitar amplifiers we can.
We believe we have succeeded in doing so, and we invite you to check out our instruments and amps to see if you agree.
I sought an enterprise to explore the more purely musical side of my technological soul. And here we are, building guitars, amps, and other worthy musical technologies.
Perhaps it will be history.