I’ve heard a lot of carbon fibre guitars and haven’t been impressed with their overall feel and sound. They have a certain appeal to the modern guitarist, however. Not just …
Rick Toone Dark Matter
With Rick Toone, you can always tell his guitars as they have a certain aesthetic: typically darker colors, wood melded with metal and carbon-fiber with an industrial look — often …
Sankey Cold Fusion Archtop
Most luthiers today spend their time honing their craft, designing and creating guitars (vintage or modern) that eventually become a standard model in their product lineup. Once the standard models …
Michi Matsuda NY Pizza Roll Archtop
Another masterpiece from the hands of Michi Matsuda: “Arch top” guitars have a strong established image in our time, which is fine. But, sometimes it becomes a boundary. Instead of …
Benoit Lavoie Acoustic Archtop
Benoit Lavoie is another tremendous luthier from Quebec, Canada. His submission to the 2016 Holy Grail Local Woods Challenge involves a guitar with some unique woods. The top is yellow …
Mother Plucker Guitars
I really like the design aesthetic and choice of figured woods used at Mother Plucker Guitars. The name is pretty cool too! The luthier is Keith Felker, and his pricing …
Michael Sankey Nightflight
Built for the 2016 Holy Grail Guitar Show Local Woods Challenge, this nylon string guitar has some very interesting woods and construction. Here are the details: Neck: Butternut (Juglans Cinerea), …
Thierry Andre Harp Guitar
Thierry Andre hails from Quebec Canada and is producing some incredible avant-garde guitar masterpieces. The harp guitar shown here was recently displayed at the 2016 Holy Grail Guitar Show in …
Boutique Guitars at Winter NAMM 2017
I wasn’t able to make it out to NAMM this year, and luckily, many boutique makers are exhibiting there, getting valuable exposure. Many of the great makers I saw at …
Ormsby Goliath Headless
Ormsby Guitars from Australia have been making limited run orders on guitars in the style of Blackmachine, and have recently branched out to making all sorts of models. Including the …