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NK Forster Archtop

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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 …

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Beauregard MB Facet

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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 — …

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Relish Guitars Jane

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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 …

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Verdinero Steel String

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Ralf Martens has designed this Verdinero Guitars model. It’s an acoustic/electric flattop steelstring guitar with floating fretboard, offset soundhole, Swiss alpine spruce soundboard, ebony bindings and fretboard.  The striking part …

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Matsuda 7-string Acoustic

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Michihiro Matsuda never ceases to amaze in his innovative guitar designs. This acoustic is no exception. Note the unique split headstock with different tuning pegs for the bass strings, the …

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Toone Spearfish

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Rick Toone’s recent creation — Spearfish — for 2016 is something which looks aesthetically familiar, but materials and construction make this unique. It features “the world’s most advanced guitar neck: …

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Maxwell Infinitum Archtop

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One of the areas ripe for innovation on guitars is the basic body design — finding ways to uniquely define the sound hole while maximizing vibration.  Offset sound holes as …

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Sankey Tyger 2.0

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The Tyger is an amazing multi-scale 7-string designed for multi-purpose use. It can do jazz, pop, rock, and djent metal with ease.  It originally sported an ABM bridge with Graph-tech …

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Pagelli Quartz Guitar

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This is a unique guitar from Pagelli Guitars due to its material construction. The owner of a stone quarry wanted a guitar made out of Switzerland’s regional valser quartzite. Because a …