by admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog
After 10 years of building spruce-topped guitars exclusively. Dominique Field has just completed his 230th guitar with a Canadian red cedar soundboard. The French builder’s last cedar guitar was #163 and made in 2004 for GSI – view Field’s #163 here. Dominique has...
by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
We have a new guitar coming soon from Baltimore-based luthier Ross Gutmeier. And we’re particularly interested to hear that after building double-top and otherwise ‘modern’ guitars for many years Ross is returning to a more traditional approach after spending some...
by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
“I wanted to reflect on some of the things I’ve learned as someone who has bought and sold a lot of gear,” begins YouTuber and gigging player John Nathan Cordy. He estimates this amount being in the £100,000 territory over the years, which is...
by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | Blog
Ever wanted to improve your picking skills? Imagine if you didn’t have to. Guitar player Olav Kvern has built a robotic device that fits to an electric guitar and picks its strings for you.The idea started when Kvern was watching a Seattle guitarist he admired,...
by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | Blog
Check out this lovely piece on NPR about Leo Brouwer’s legacy, which includes some very interesting details about his life and how that influenced his musical upbringing. Here’s a great quote that I think we all responded to:“To be useful is something incredible,...
