Bellus Custom Guitars: Custom guitars created for the everyday musician ranging from budget models to high-end works of art.
The bluffs of the Illinois River provide the perfect backdrop for a small company by the name of Bellus Custom Guitars. Guitars built with unhurried craftsmanship, guitars built with attention to the smallest detail, guitars built with the clients exact specifications as a roadmap to the completion of a work of art. All of these guitars and more are built at Bellus Custom Guitars ...
Handmade Classical Guitars by Luthier Ben Tortorici.
Ben Tortorici was already an accomplished woodworker when he was introduced to guitar making in 1978. As he brought his unique gifts to guitar building, his skills were further refined under the guidance of his friend, the late R.L. "Bob" Mattingly, a renowned classical guitar maker, who himself studied under the legendary Miguel Rodriguez.
Dedication, attention to detail, and a passion to create; these are the attributes a true artisan brings to his craft. Add in the skill and experience of a master woodworker and you have Ben Tortorici, a Luthier with an unrivaled devotion to his art ...
Schafer Classical Guitars are built for a sonorous and beautiful quality of tone with adequate volume for a concert instrument. These instruments are built to maximize energy and increase efficiency. This is achieved by making certain areas heavy and strong while other areas are light and flexible. The ideal combination is achieved by weighing and measuring every component to a specific weight and dimension. All soundboard braces are weighed, measured and checked for strength prior to installation. Following completion, each soundboard is checked for strength and flexibility to insure responsiveness.
Schafer Guitars are built by one individual from start to finish. This individual approach allows greater control to maintain the consistency of quality the customer comes to expect from a hand crafted instrument.
Pablo Requena, Maker of Fine Spanish Guitars.
Pablo's guitars are built following traditional Spanish methods of construction. He learnt these methods over the years and has developed them in his own personal way.
Pablo has worked with classical and flamenco guitars of well known makers who have created history. The makers who have influenced Pablo the most are Antonio de Torres, Santos Hernandez, Marcelo Barbero, Reyes and Hauser. Having studied their work has enabled him to incorporate some of their methods into his own guitars ...
To achieve the highest standards, Pablo personally selects all the woods for their individual qualities. Once in his workshop, they are stored to season to the optimum level to be used only when the wood is ready.
Pablo likes finishing his guitars in French polish, especially classical guitars as this enhances the sound and the beauty of the wood. For those in need of a more resistant finish he also offers polyurethane which is a high gloss finish, very tough and easy to maintain.
Superior Guitar Works: Guitar and tube amplifier repair,vintage restoration, refinishing, recovering, custom made, build, built to order.
Superior Guitar Works is a vintage guitar restoration and guitar repair shop located in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, PA. We specialize in repairs and restorations of all fretted instruments. Our guitar services include setups, fretwork, refretting, refinishing, broken headstock repairs, bridges and bridge work, nut and saddle replacement, pickup replacement, wiring work, bindings, pearl inlays, custom work, custom building and complete vintage guitar restorations. We are a Gibson four star A-level warranty service center as well as a Taylor warranty service center. Superior Guitar Works repairs and restores all types of fretted instruments including those made by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Martin, Taylor, National, Vega, and others. We have over twenty years experience in fretted instrument work. We have restored or repaired all types of vintage guitars, bass guitars, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, mandolas, banjos, and even the occasional ukelele. Our services also include complete tube amplifier repairs, modifications and restorations. Please visit our articles page to see detailed step by step pictorial presentations of some of our work. The articles page will have new items added on a regular basis ...