Teuffel Tesla Trem

A Guitar That Redefines What an Electric Guitar Can Be

The Teuffel Tesla Trem is unlike anything else in the world of electric guitars. Designed and handcrafted in Germany by visionary luthier Ulrich Teuffel, it combines futuristic industrial design, uncompromising ergonomics, and an astonishingly versatile sonic palette.

Originally introduced at the NAMM Show in 2000, the Tesla immediately found its way into the hands of adventurous players such as David Torn and Henry Kaiser. Today it remains one of the most distinctive and collectible boutique guitars ever built.

Radical Design, Serious Performance

While the Tesla's appearance is unmistakably avant-garde, every aspect of its construction serves a practical purpose.

The lightweight through-neck construction provides exceptional sustain, stability, and balance, while the compact body makes the instrument feel remarkably comfortable whether seated or standing. Despite its unconventional silhouette, the Tesla quickly disappears in your hands, leaving only an incredibly responsive playing experience.

Built with premium tonewoods, a Bird's Eye Maple through-neck, American Alder body wings, compound-radius fingerboard and precision fretwork, it delivers boutique-level craftsmanship throughout.

The Trem Version

The Tesla Trem adds an expressive vibrato system to the platform, allowing everything from subtle shimmer to dramatic pitch manipulation while maintaining excellent tuning stability.

Combined with the guitar's highly resonant construction and carefully voiced pickups, the result is an instrument equally at home with ambient textures, modern rock, fusion, progressive music and experimental soundscapes.

More Than Pickups

The Tesla is famous for going beyond traditional guitar electronics.

Integrated contact points and push-buttons allow the player to introduce controlled electronic artifacts, glitches and vintage-inspired electrical noises alongside conventional guitar tones. Rather than being flaws, these sounds become musical tools that can be performed in real time, making the Tesla uniquely expressive for creative musicians and sonic explorers.

Premium Specifications

• Handcrafted in Germany by Ulrich Teuffel

• Through-neck construction

• Bird's Eye Maple neck

• American Alder body

• 25.5" (648 mm) scale length

• Compound-radius fingerboard

• 22 Dunlop 6105 frets

• Boutique pickup configuration

• Lightweight design (approximately 2.95 kg)

• Tremolo bridge for expressive performance

• Premium flight case and toolset included

An Instrument Without Compromise

The Teuffel Tesla Trem is not built to imitate the past—it was designed to expand what an electric guitar can become.

Whether you're searching for uncompromising playability, inspiring design, or an instrument capable of producing sounds no conventional guitar can achieve, the Tesla Trem stands in a class entirely of its own.

For players who refuse to follow convention, few guitars are as inspiring—or as unforgettable—as the Teuffel Tesla Trem.