Guitar Urns

These guitar cremation urns are for the person whose instrument was never in its case and who played the same songs at every family gathering. Our collection features engraved and printed designs in aluminum or handcrafted wood, with motifs including acoustic and electric guitars. Aluminum and Signature wood pieces can be engraved with a name and dates.

These musician memorial urns honor the songs that still echo in the house.

A guitar is a deeply personal instrument because of the way it is held against the body. Over years of regular use, the wood develops a specific character through the calluses left behind, the worn spots where a pick might fall, or even the one string that always seemed to go flat. These small, repetitive habits leave a mark on the instrument, making it a form of handwriting unique to the player.

This was the person who kept a capo in every jacket pocket and could not pass a music store without stepping inside. Whether they were playing on a porch on a summer night, by a campfire, or in the kitchen after dinner, they shared their music through the same familiar songs until everyone knew the words. Those melodies remain as a memory, staying in the house even when the instrument is silent.

The collection features designs that honor these musical connections, including an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar, and electric guitars adorned with angel wings or flowers. These motifs are available in aluminum or handcrafted wood. The aluminum urns come in a range of painted colors or a hand-applied enamel finish with hand-detailed silver bands, featuring a threaded screw-top lid and a felt base. Our wood pieces are handcrafted in the USA and are bottom-loading. The Signature line is engraved into solid alder or walnut, while the Prestige line carries a printed artwork panel on walnut or oak.

Selecting one of these designs is a way to acknowledge that the guitar was their voice. The presence of an acoustic or electric guitar serves as a quiet reminder of the rhythm they brought to the family.

To ensure every family can find a fitting tribute, the collection includes full-size, sharing, and keepsake urns, allowing for the choice of one piece or several. For those who wish to make the tribute more personal, the aluminum and Signature wood urns can be engraved directly by us with a name and dates. On the aluminum pieces, this engraving appears as a two-tone effect.

The American guitar has a birthday. C. F. Martin and Company was established in New York City in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin, a German-born maker, and moved to Nazareth, Pennsylvania in 1839, where it still builds guitars. In 1916 the company devised the dreadnought, a body larger and deeper than any guitar before it, and that shape became the sound of a century of American music, from front porches to festival stages.

The design on the urn honors the instrument that served as their voice and the songs everyone in your home still knows.

Source: Wikipedia, C. F. Martin and Company

If the person you remember was the one who always had a capo tucked in a jacket and played those same three songs until every relative could sing along, this design serves as a symbol for those who listened, recalling the unique rhythm they brought to every gathering. It honors the melody they shared with everyone around them.

Selecting a tribute is a decision left entirely to your own memory of them. Those songs still come out in the quiet moments by the campfire or around the kitchen table.

Our guide to selecting the right size urn