Category: Luthiers
Mastering the basics: A guide to maintaining your luthier instrument Mastering the basics: A guide to maintaining your luthier instrument – Why regular maintenance is crucial for the longevity of your luthier instrument As a luthier instrument owner, it is essential to understand the importance of regular maintenance in order to prolong the […]
We can help you find your next luthier instrument! Please note that all instruments presented in this article, are instruments available for sale, contact the Luthier for more info We can help you find your next luthier instrument! When it comes to purchasing a musical instrument, many musicians turn to luthiers to create […]
NW Guitars by Nicolas Walkowiak ID NAME: NW Guitars NICK NAME : Walkowiak Nicolas LIVING IN : Toulouse, France TRAINING & BACKGROUND: Self taught PLAYING: Guitar, Vocals, Drums NAME OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL BAND : Drawn, Dexter LUTHIER YOU ADMIRE THE MOST: Padalka LAST ALBUM YOU BOUGHT : Audioslave LAST MUSIC SONG YOU PUT IN YOUR CAR: Show […]
NW Guitars Interview ID NOM: NW Guitars SURNOM : Walkowiak Nicolas ATELIER : Toulouse, France FORMATION : Autodidacte JOUE : Guitare, Chant, Batterie NOM DE TON GROUPE : Drawn, Dexter LUTHIER QUE TU ADMIRES LE PLUS : Padalka DERNIER ALBUM ACHETÉ : Audioslave DERNIÈRE MUSIQUE TU AS ÉCOUTÉ EN VOITURE : Show me how to live : Audioslave […]
Road One T-style by NW Guitars ID MODEL : Road One T-style LUTHIER : NW Guitars Road One T-style by NW Guitars – Can you tell us about the inspiration behind the design of this new Road One guitar model? The Road One, a modern guitar that preserves the classic and […]
La Road One T-style par NW Guitars ID MODEL : Road One T-style LUTHIER : NW Guitars La Road One T-style par NW Guitars – Peux-tu nous parler de l’inspiration derrière la conception de ce nouveau modèle de guitare Road One ? La Road One, une guitare moderne qui conserve le […]
Eyestone Guitars by Leonhard Augenstein Interview ID NAME: Leonhard Augenstein, Eyestone Guitars LIVING IN : Bavaria, Germany TRAINING & BACKGROUND: I am a professional industrial designer with tons of experience in doing prototypes and other stuff. Books and DIY were my teachers when I stepped more and more into the lutherie. PLAYING: Guitar, of course. […]
Joey Landreth – Interview Artists and Luthiers Joey Landreth is a Singer/Songwriter & Musician from Winnipeg / Manitoba Canada. He was part of the The Bros. Landreth band with his elder brother David. The brothers share vocals, while Joey plays guitar and David plays bass. Country and folk music group, their album Let It […]
César Box Guitars by César Vous pouvez lire cette interview en français ICI ID NAME: César Box Guitars NICK NAME : César LIVING IN : 18340 VORLY, FRANCE TRAINING & BACKGROUND: Self-taught PLAYING: Guitar & cigar box PLAYING IN A BAND: Subdream LUTHIER YOU ADMIRE THE MOST: I really like Daddy Mojo’s work, his […]
César Box Guitars Interview You can read this interview in English HERE ID NOM : César Box Guitars SURNOM : César ATELIER : 18340 VORLY, FRANCE FORMATION & BACKGROUND : Autodidacte JOUE DE: Guitare & cigar box GROUPE : Subdream, on fait du rock instrumental. LUTHIER QUE TU ADMIRES LE PLUS : J’aime beaucoup le travail de […]
Frisina Design by Guido Frisina Interview ID NAME: Guido Frisina NICK NAME : Guido LIVING IN : Viena – Barcelona, SPAIN TRAINING & BACKGROUND: Autodidact from 1994. PLAYING: I feel better doing than dreaming. But I play guitar and bass. But actually I’m a professional percussionist LUTHIER YOU ADMIRE THE MOST: Michael Spalt, Ezequiel Galasso, […]
Mastering the Art of Violin Making: A Look into Dmitry Badiarov’s Book Please note that the book presented in this article is available for sale, contact the Luthier for more information. Mastering the Art of Violin Making: A Look into Dmitry Badiarov’s Book The world of violin making is a highly skilled and […]
Daz Guitarz Luthier Interview Vous pouvez lire cette interview en français ICI ID NAME : David Zammitti LIVING IN : Calmont 31560, FRANCE TRAINING & BACKGROUND: self-taught PLAYING: Guitar, bass, drums NAME OF YOUR BAND : Nema LUTHIER YOU ADMIRE THE MOST: Fred Donvalle, Maxime Plangenet INSTRUMENT YOU DREAM TO HAVE ONE DAY: 90′ Wasburn LAST ALBUM YOU […]
Daz Guitarz Lutherie Interview You can read this interview in English HERE ID NOM : David Zammitti L’ATELIER : Calmont 31560, FRANCE FORMATION : Autodidacte JOUE : Guitare, basse, batterie NOM DE TON GROUPE : Nema LE LUTHIER QUE TU ADMIRES LE PLUS : Fred Donvalle, Maxime Plangenet L’INSTRUMENT QUE TU RÊVES D’AVOIR UN JOUR […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]