Luthiers

I built my first guitar at the age of 15 with the American luthier and now pickup manufacturer Jason Loller. We lived on a small island next to Seattle where he offered a workshop and I was the only one to sign up! So, we built a guitar together. I very much enjoyed the process, but was more serious about guitar playing...

This is an update post of the classical guitar luthier from Netherlands Jaroslav Mach. Jaroslav has kindly let me know about his new concert guitar. According to Jaroslav, this guitar's back and sides are made with Wenge (Millettia laurentii) – wenge is a dense hardwood from central...

I'm delighted to introduce Jaroslav Mach from Holland, the Netherlands. I have started to build my guitars professionally in 1975 in Holland. By 1990 I stopped making guitars to look for other challenges in my life. In 2010 I started to build a small number of guitars...

I'm delighted to introduce Gary Sounthwell from United Kingdom. I started making guitars in 1978 in my father's furniture making workshop. I was, and still am, a keen guitarist and artist. In 1980 I went to The London College of Furniture where I studied guitar making with...

I'm delighted to introduce Enrico Bottelli from Voghera, Italy. I began in 1980 building Steel string guitars studying with Ervin Somogyi a famous California based maker. In 1987 I switched to classical guitars and learned initially the innovative method of US luthier Richard Schneider...

Strangely enough, I decided to build my first guitar because of lack of money! I was in my mid twenties and mad about the music of finger-style players like Davy Graham and Bert Jansch. I’d been given a steel-string guitar years earlier when I was about twelve and had eventually traded up to a Framus which was very tired, so I needed something...

I think it all started when I was a student and I decided to learn to play the guitar. My passion for the guitar playing was irresistible. I was lucky to have an excellent teacher who inspired me to finish a 9-year classical guitar course at a neighbouring music school. In this period of my life I also finished my diploma...

I'm delighted to introduce Rodney Stedall from New Zealand.

As far back as I can remember, I always liked guitars. As a musical instrument as well as a piece of art. Music became the most important thing in my life when I started to play electric guitar as a teenager. When I was 20, besides playing music, the local guitar shop hired me to change strings on...

I trained to be a violinist and music teacher. In fact, I worked as a music teacher for nine years. Being completely self-taught, I built violins for two years. Through this, I discovered this fascinating world of luthiery. After this experience I attended a guitar-making course by Rafael López Porras in...