J. T. Hargreaves Basses and Guitars: Makers of fine acoustic guitars and bass guitars utilizing the Kasha/Schneider bracing design.
Welcome to J. T. Hargreaves Basses & Guitars. With his Bluejay
model bass guitar, Hargreaves is revolutionizing the acoustic bass
guitar with a bracing system that is the result of collaboration with
Dr. Michael Kasha and Richard Schneider since 1987, thus producing
an instrument with superb tonal clarity. Hargreaves is not only building
basses, but is also producing classical and steel string guitars.
All instruments utilize the Kasha/Schneider bracing design.
Gander Guitars: Luthier handmade exotic solid wood body unique electric guitar with reinforced carbon springless whammy bar.
You will see in this website that luthier Ray Gander produces some of the most uniquely designed and most beautiful exotic wood custom guitars in the world. What you can’t see, but what is even more important, is that Ray’s almost obsessive attention to detail and the incorporation of three of Ray’s patented construction features, including a large dimension internal carbon fiber reinforcement beam, makes them the BEST handmade solid body electric guitars in the world. Intonation, sustain, tone, feel of the neck, string action, stainless steel frets, balance, comfort and overall quality are second to none ...
Everett Guitars are among the finest handmade acoustic guitars in America. Built by hand, untouched by compromise.
Kent "Carlos" Everett began his love of building guitars in 1977, and has had a guitar in the works ever since.
He is primarily self-taught. "I have learned a lot from many different people. Does that mean I am self-taught? The two people who have influenced me the most are: Devon Bogue for teaching me the meaning of craftsmanship; and Wade Lowe for teaching me that it is OK to be passionate about your work."
During the 1980's, Everett worked for and later owned the premier repair shop in Atlanta: the Atlanta Guitar Works. After the 50 hour week of repair and restoration, Kent still found evening and weekend time to follow his passion for building. "My goal was to reach a point where I could actually build guitars during the daytime." Building approximately 10 instruments annually, he built a variety of archtop, semi-hollow, solid-body electrics, acoustics, Dobros, mandolins, and in 1988 received a patent for his popular electric guitar design.
Toward the end of the 1980's, Kent began building more and more and repairing less and less. In 1990 he closed the Guitar Works and opened Everett Guitars, a one man shop dedicated to building high-end acoustic guitars ...
Constructor de guitarras, Bernd Martin, luthier conocido mundialmente por la calidad de sus guitarras classicas; Granada, España.
Bernd Martin (Stuttgart 1954) construye guitarras desde 1976. Sus guitarras son piezas únicas,
hechas enteramente a mano. Aprendió las técnicas tradicionales del oficio en los artesanos
talleres de Granada y fue el primer guitarrero extranjero en establecerse en la ciudad de la Alhambra ...
Bernd Martin has been a guitar-maker since 1976. His instruments are custom built
and purely hand-made. He acquired the Spanish craft techniques in the traditional
workshops of Granada, before opening his own workshop
in the historic Albayzin quarter ...
McKenna Guitars: Custom handcrafted 6 & 8 string resophonic guitars commonly known as Dobro, resophonic, slide or non-pedal acoustic guitar. These quality instruments are handmade one at a time with the finest materials available by a quality craftsman who takes pride in a great sounding instrument.