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Petko Petkov Interview 9 Varnish – Can you tell us what kind of varnishing techniques you use? Hello Petko, can you tell us what kind of varnishing techniques you use? Oil-based, Spirit-based, french polish varnish? What are your choices and why? I use two types of varnishes for my instruments: oil-based and spirit-based. […]
La Récupcaster par César Box Guitars ID MODEL : Récupcaster LUTHIER : César Box Guitars La Récupcaster par César Box Guitars – Peux-tu nous présenter ton modèle ? La Récupcaster est une guitare électrique fabriquée à partir de bois de récupération provenant souvent de tables chinées à Emmaüs. Le […]
Gray Acoustics by Steve Gray Interview ID NAME: Stephen Gray – “Gray-Acoustics” NICK NAME: I’m fine with Steve LIVING IN : Nantes, France TRAINING & BACKGROUND: I would say I fit into the “self-taught” category. Having formed a love for music in my early teens and then gone on to study electrical/mechanical engineering at […]
RDG by Roger Daguet Interview ID NAME: Daguet Roger NICK NAME : Roger “the engineer” LIVING IN : Moret sur Loing, France TRAINING & BACKGROUND: none but BTS bureau d’étude + CNAM 5 years PLAYING: I used to play guitar/bass/organ/loud noise. NAME OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL BAND : Guerilla theater / les enculés (… sorry for […]
Roger Daguet Luthier Daguet Guitars Interview 1 Background You can also discover this interview in English https://luthiers.com/daguet-guitars-luthier-interview-1-background-english-version/ Roger Daguet Luthier – Pour celles et ceux qui ne te connaissent pas encore, peux-tu nous parler de ton parcours ? As-tu fait une école de lutherie ? As-tu suivi une formation auprès de […]
Gerhard Schoepp Music Interview 3 Flagship models Gerhard Schoepp Music – Can you tell us about your current flagship models? Do you have a range that you do regularly? Do you also make unique custom models ? How did you proceed to create them ? What were your choices and your creation process? […]
Daguet Guitars Luthier Interview 1 Background Vous pouvez également découvrir cette interview en français https://luthiers.com/roger-daguet-luthier-daguet-guitars-interview-1-background/ Daguet Guitars Luthier – For those who don’t know you yet, can you tell us about your background? Did you attend a lutherie school ? Did you follow a training with already established luthiers ? And, […]
Whitney Guitars Interview ID NAME: Michael Whitney LIVING IN : Summerland, BC Canada TRAINING & BACKGROUND: The most interesting of roads rarely run in straight lines. I find the same to be true of my path into lutherie. Through my twenties, I worked as a traditional graphic artist alongside some highly talented sign-writers and airbrush […]
George Stevens Luthier Interview ID NAME: George P.J. Stevens LIVING IN : Lydd, Kent, United Kingdom TRAINING & BACKGROUND: The instrument making course at the London College of Furntiture ’89 – ’94 PLAYING: Drums, bouzouki, european and english bagpipes. Bit and pieces on the instruments I make – lute, early harp, gittern etc. NAME OF […]
odem Guitars Interview ID NAME: Tim Walter NICK NAME : just Tim 🙂 LIVING IN : Limbach-Oberfrohna/Saxony/Germany TRAINING & BACKGROUND: autodidact (books, friends, youtube 😉 studied business economics but music and arts always played a role in my life so I got interested in the electric guitar, learned piano in music school before, now I […]
Accordeo Interview 1 Background Accordions Accordeo Interview 1 Background Accordions – Could you tell us more about the history of the shop ? Is it a Family business ? Since when is it open ? and many people work in your shop ? I come from Germany and I made my education […]
Roadrunner Guitars Supersonic Fuzz For Sale In the category of blog posts: “Instruments for sale“, you will find the instruments of Luthiers.com subscribers available for sale : either directly from the luthier or from their dealers. We remind you that our website Luthiers.com does not manage in any case the sales of the instruments. […]
Mark Knopfler and his Diamond Bottlenecks custom slides I would like to warmly thank Ian McWee, founder of Diamond Bottlenecks, as well as Mark Knopfler for the photos in this article. The photos where Mark Knopfler appears are extracted from the official video of the film “Mark Knopfler – Tracker – A Film By […]
Mojo Box Guitars Interview Retrouvez cet interview en français ICI ID NAME : Pierre Marc Martelli NICK NAME: Péhème, Tonton, Le Marseillais, Gros, Pierro, etc… LIVING IN : Bayonne, France TRAINING & BACKGROUND : I learned lutherie by myself, over a period of 7-8 years between my first creations and the opening of my first workshop. PALYING […]
Guitares Martelli Interview You can read this interview in English HERE ID NOM : Pierre Marc Martelli SURNOM : Péhème, Tonton, Le Marseillais, Gros, Pierro, etc… ATELIER : Guitares Martelli à Bayonne, France FORMATION & BACKGROUND : J’ai appris la lutherie en autodidacte, sur une période de 7-8 ans entre mes premières réalisations et l’ouverture de […]
Mankato Guitars by Rosie Interview ID NAME: Rosanne Machado NICK NAME : Rosie Mankato LIVING IN : Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil TRAINING & BACKGROUND: UFPR, Leandro Mombach Lutherie Center at Parana’s Federal University (Class of 2016) PLAYING: Acoustic and Electric guitar and bass and a bit of everything! (I’m a music producer) LUTHIER YOU […]
FP Guitars by Flavio Poratelli Interview ID NAME: Flavio Poratelli NICK NAME : Liuteria FP LIVING IN : BOVISIO ITALY TRAINING & BACKGROUND: I am self-taught, I have followed various stages with established luthiers. PLAYING: Guitar LUTHIER YOU ADMIRE THE MOST: Matsuda INSTRUMENT YOU DREAM TO HAVE ONE DAY: Matsuda LAST ALBUM YOU BOUGHT : Gillian Welch […]
Van Solinge Guitars by Laura Van Solinge Interview ID NAME: Van Solinge Laura NICK NAME : Van Solinge Guitars LIVING IN : Totnes, United Kingdom TRAINING & BACKGROUND: I trained at the Totnes School of guitar making in Devon ( UK ), it’s a very special place surrounded by very special people. I’ve done three […]
On Guitars by Christoph Noe Interview ID NAME: Christoph Noe NICK NAME : Nö LIVING IN : Munich, Germany TRAINING & BACKGROUND: I studied graphic design and taught myself to build guitars PLAYING: Electric Bass and sometimes Guitar, Drums and Modular Synthesizer NAME OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL BAND : Metal Socks (such an embarrassing name :D) […]
Hozen Guitars by Ho Zen Yong Interview ID NAME: Ho Zen Yong NICK NAME : Hozen LIVING IN : Singapore TRAINING & BACKGROUND: Basic Training done with UK luthier Chris Horton follow by advance lessons from Ervin Somogyi. Most of it is self-taught with no formal structured training. PLAYING: Piano. Not good ! 🙂 LUTHIER YOU ADMIRE […]
Gijs de Wit Guitars Interview ID NAME: Gijs de Wit LIVING IN : I live in Heerenveen, a town in the Northern part of the Netherlands in de province Friesland. TRAINING & BACKGROUND: I began my building carreer around 1980 , building/repairing and customizing electric guitars, my mentors were Anno Galama (known as the man […]
Meet Paula Lazzarini during the IG 2022 ! ID NAME : Paula Lazzarini NICK NAME : Pepa LIVING IN : Cremona, Italy TRAINING & BACKGROUND : My first steps were together with Ricardo Louzao in Buenos Aires. I also met other guitar and violin makers at that time. I even made my first violins at the […]
Retrouvez Hervé Bérardet aux IG 2022 ! ID NOM : Hervé Bérardet L’ATELIER : Bordeaux FORMATION : ITEMM au Mans en 1991/93 Formation CAP Facteur de guitares JOUE : J’ai joué un peu de guitare et du saxophone LUTHIER QUE TU ADMIRES LE PLUS : José Luis Romanillos, Antonio de Torres, Robert Bouchet, Georges Lowden, Kamel Chenaouy, […]
Retrouvez Julien Garcia aux IG 2022 ! ID NOM : GARCIA Julien L’ATELIER : Agde FORMATION : Chez Claude Fouquet JOUE : De la guitare électrique et folk. Un peu de classique, je manque de temps. LUTHIER QUE TU ADMIRES LE PLUS : Il y en a énormément, Franck Cheval, Maurice Dupont, Richard Baudry, Thomas Féjoz, Ervin […]
Pernambuco bows and musicians : CITES update Pernambuco bows and musicians Jacques Carbonneaux, member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Facture Instrumentale (CSFI) gives us an update on the current legislation. While international regulations on wood and other endangered species of fauna and flora impact musical instrument manufacturers and traders, it should not […]
Archets en pernambouc et musiciens : point sur la CITES Archets en pernambouc et musiciens Jacques Carbonneaux, membre de l’équipe de la Chambre Syndicale de la Facture Instrumentale (CSFI) nous fait un point sur la législation en cours. Si les réglementations internationales des bois et autres espèces menacées de la faune et […]
Hellfest Signature by DasViken – Interview Lancement d’une nouvelle marque d’instruments de musique en France. DasViken Guitars et le Hellfest s’associent pour lancer « Hellfest Signature by DasViken » NOM : DasViken Guitars, Gildas DasViken. PHILOSOPHIE : DasViken – Ce nom me vient d’une alliance bretonne ancienne que l’on m’a offerte. […]
Stigma Guitars and Ukulele Interview ID NAME: Garrett Gardner NICK NAME: For the past handful of years people have always called me “G”. On rare occasion l’ve been refered to as “Crazy G”, hopefully after the famous ukulele song. LIVING IN : Meridian Idaho, which is just outside Boise…..well the area all blends together […]
Julien Garcia Guitars Interview 1 Background Lisez cet article en français : https://luthiers.com/julien-garcia-luthier-interview-1-background Julien Garcia Luthier -For those who don’t know you yet, can you tell us about your background ? Did you attend a lutherie school ? Did you follow a training with famous makers ? Were you a musician before becoming […]
MacPherson Guitars Luthier Interview 1 Background Discover an interview with MacPherson Guitars in English. This interview is also available in French Vous pouvez également découvrir cette interview en français https://luthiers.com/luthier-macpherson-guitars-interview-1-background MacPherson Guitars Luthier – For those who don’t know you yet, can you tell us about your background? Did you go to […]