Guitarmakers and Guitarmaking

How I Learned to Make Guitars: Eight Modern Luthiers on the Origins of Their Craft

From the March/April 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY E. E. BRADMANAs the old saying goes, getting started is the hardest part. ... Read More...

Classical Guitar Builder Joshia de Jonge on Experimentation and a Life of Lutherie

From the January/February 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Emile MenaschéJoshia de Jonge has never known a world without the sig... Read More...

Makers & Shakers: Sherwood ‘Woody’ Phifer’s Forward-Thinking Archtop Designs

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Ken ParkerBorn and raised in New York City, Sherwood “Woody” Phifer ... Read More...

Ecuadorian Master Luthier Luis Uyaguari Uses Hand Tools and Designs His Own Guitar Molds

From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Gary ParksAlmost 50 years ago, master luthier Luis Uyaguari Quezada, then ... Read More...

Peace, Love & Guitars: the 1970s Lutherie Revolution

From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Dick Boak with Adam PerlmutterIn the mid-1960s, many members of the Baby Boomer generation, myself ... Read More...

Personalized Inlays: Working Pieces of Art

From the May/June 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Greg OlwellJimmie Rodgers was already a major recording star by the time he a... Read More...

Made in Oregon: The First Twenty Years at Breedlove Guitars

From the May 2010 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By TEJA GERKENThis article tells the story of Breedlove’s first 20 years, 1990 to 2010. For further informatio... Read More...

Luthier Profile: Larrivée Guitars

From the April 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY TEJA GERKENThis profile was written in 2008. For more information on the company and its more recent past, vi... Read More...