A bit about me...
Jon “Sully” Sullivan was born at an early age. Shortly thereafter, he got his first guitar by way of commandeering it from his older sister, who was supposed to take lessons but never did. Said guitar had a large chip in the nut that kept the B string from remaining in its slot, so Young Jon (not to be confused with rapper Lil’ Jon) found a nail in the treasure trove known as the kitchen junk drawer, and made a string tree to keep it in place. One might say it was all downhill from there.
Growing up in the hot rod guitar culture of the 80s, he was obsessed with the instruments of his musical heroes and lusted after numerous Jackson, Charvel, and BC Rich guitars. The owner of his local guitar store built parts guitars and was a very encouraging influence, letting him hang out and watch while repairs were being done on client guitars. It was this influence that eventually inspired Sully’s own path; first by modding his own guitars as well as projects for friends as a teenager, to making Sully branded parts guitars in 2001 to building from scratch a few years later (which also included sharing aspects of his work via the long-defunct You Tube series Sully’s Guitar Garage), and eventually making the jump to a full time guitar building career in 2014.
Sully Guitars have been played all over the world, from bedrooms to Coachella, and while we’ve come a long way from the eight year old with the hammer and junk drawer nail, the spirit of that kid is still very much part of what the brand is today.
