About
About the founder
Pearson Instruments was founded by industrial designer Dom Pearson in late 2023. He is the lead product designer and oversees all New Zealand based manufacturing and production.
Dom was born and raised in the small New Zealand town of Rotorua. He is a trained classical guitarist, classical violinist and electric guitarist who began guitar lessons at age 8. He has performed in various rock bands, jazz bands and choirs over the years.
After leaving high-school, he began working with his uncle (a highly skilled carbon composites specialist) to design and build carbon fiber electric guitars. Through the process of designing and iterating designs, Dom became a highly competent industrial designer though the constant use of CAD and product prototyping, which has lead to the advanced products Pearson Instruments now offers.
He plans to take on the entrenched guitar market by offering more advanced and cost effective headless guitars to the international market with the aim of spreading technically superior guitar design to players worldwide.
Where are the guitars built?
The Pearson Hyper B Special is built from a combination of imported and custom parts.
All aluminum and acrylic parts are machined and built here in New Zealand. The necks are custom built from reputable Chinese guitar manufactures. The hardware is also source from various overseas suppliers. Though we use Korean made Alpha pots, most of the hardware is Chinese manufactured . Once the required parts arrive, the guitars are fully assembled and setup here in New Zealand.
Once the necks arrive here in New Zealand, they undergo further work to ensure every neck is perfectly leveled, polished and setup.