08.-10. September 2017: Mannheim Guitar Summit The first Guitar Summit will take place from September, the 8th to September, the 10th, 2017 – an event thoroughly dedicated to the guitar. …
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 …
2017 Artisan Guitar Show
Some big names in the Archtop business will be here: Manzer, Greenfield, Beauregard, Ribbeke, Parker. As well as giants in acoustic building — Somogyi, Laskin. April 7 – 9, 2017 …
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), …
2018 Holy Grail Guitar Show
As mentioned on the HGGS website: The Holy Grail Guitar Show will take place on May 5 – 6, 2018 in Berlin. As you can see the Show is moving …
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 …
Marek Dabek of Stradi Instruments
Marek Dabek of Stradi Instruments makes some incredible basses. This one shown here at the Local Woods Challenge is the Symphony Model: Neck: Oak / Ammonia smoked oak / Hornbeam, …
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 …
Vancouver International Guitar Festival 2017
Nothing like seeing world-class guitars in a world-class city! Details here: http://www.vancouverguitarfestival.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Vancouverguitarfestival
The Holy Grail Guitar Show 2016 – Local Woods Challenge
One aspect of the Holy Grail Guitar Show was The Locals Woods Challenge — a challenge to the luthiers to build a guitar for the show that only used local …