Cara Guitars

Cara Guitars, also known as Cara Hot Rod Guitars or the Original Hot Rod Guitar Shop, is a guitar manufacturing and customization company based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, run by founder and president Jim Cara. The company specializes in custom, hot-rodded, and road-worn guitars, replicas, and exclusive custom designs for professional musicians, with notable endorsements from artists such as Gene Simmons and Lita Ford. In 2013, the company briefly expanded into effects pedals with the announcement of the ClapTone pedal, a mid-range boost stompbox, at NAMM.