The Cycfi XR modern pickups use traditional techniques to pickup the vibrating string, but utilize a low impedance structure to create a full frequency response pickup with impedance matching output …
2016 Holy Grail Guitar Show
The 2016 Holy Grail Guitar Show has just been announced for this year, to be held October 8,9 in Berlin at the Estrel Berlin. This show is the premier show …
PRS Guitars Private Stock: Is it really modern?
PRS Guitars are some of the most lovely guitars made today. But do they really qualify as modern guitars? Well, the first thing you notice about them is the heavily …
Lace Alumitone Pickups
Conventional magnetic pickups have been constructed based on principles known for centuries and the fundamental design has not changed since perhaps the 1930s. There are magnetic pole pieces or bars …
The “Tao Guitar”
Tao Guitars make some really interesting instruments. You can see the industrial and visual design influence in these guitars, especially the “Tao Guitar.” Every piece has been designed with a …
Alquier Guitars
Though the body shape is similar to other modern guitars (for example, by Tao), the unique f-holes and internal construction as well as the bridge and tailpiece show some interesting …
NK Forster Archtop
NK Forster is a maker in England making some archtops with a very unique tailpiece. Typically, an archtop’s strings would pass over a bridge which is the main component that …
Radial PZ-Pre Acoustic Instrument Preamp
I recently was looking for a good DI pedal for some electric guitars that have piezo pickups in them but with no preamp (i.e. passive). I was getting a pretty …
Beauregard MB Facet
Mario Beauregard is one of the premier luthiers in Canada — and the world. In his workshop in Montreal, he creates some of the great masterpieces of luthiery today — …
Relish Guitars Jane
Relish Guitars in Switzerland have created an interesting guitar model they call Jane. The main differentiating feature is that the sides of the guitar are made of aluminum, with the …