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 …
Pons Ouessant L1
I saw the Ouessant L1 guitar at the Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin in October 2016, and it was also showcased in the Local Woods Challenge. Fred Pons is …
Beardsell Model 7A Acoustic Archtop
Here is a Beardsell Model 7A acoustic archtop. What strikes me about this guitar are its simplistic yet modern design, sleek lines, and superb tailpiece. But the obvious cool feature …