ABOUT
COLE ESPELAND IS A GUITARIST,
BUILDER, AND ARTIST BASED
IN DES MOINES, IOWA.
GUITARIST
FIRST.
Guitarist for Vended.
Years spent touring, recording, and playing around the world shaped the way I look at the instrument.
Not just as a tool —
but as an object with identity.
MADE TO
STAND APART.
Each piece is painted and finished by hand in Des Moines.
Some become complete instruments. Others remain finished bodies.
No two are intended to be exactly alike.
MADE TO BE
PLAYED.
ONE-OFF INSTRUMENTS.
BUILT BY HAND.