Michael Dunn Guitars:
I build my instruments two at a time so I don't sit around and watch the glue dry. The models are based on their design and not the woods used. Thus, a Mystery Pacific model can have a spruce or cedar soundboard with rosewood or satinwood back and sides ...
It is the combination of colours which give my guitars their unique visual character ...
Hanika Guitars:
Die weitgehend in handarbeit hergestellten instrumente erlauben neben ausgefeilten konstruktionsvarianten auch die individuelle anpassung an die bedurfnisse des einzelnen gitarrenspielers und setzen somit den unverwechselbaren Hanika-Qualitatsstandard.
Koolau Guitar and Ukulele Company, Fine Handcrafted Musical Instruments made in Hawaii.
The Ko'olau Guitar & 'Ukulele Company is owned and operated by the Kitakis Family: John and Susan Kitakis, and Sons Noa (Bonk) and Andrew.
Ko'olau Guitars and 'Ukuleles are professional quality, hand crafted instruments. The shop is located in Kaneohe, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, approximately fifteen minutes from Honolulu, at the foot of the the beautiful Ko'olau Mountains.
Materials used are all the highest quality available. Solid woods, locally harvested from the Hawaiian Islands are used to make Ko'olau Instruments such as Koa, Hawaiian Mahogany, Milo, Kulawood, and other exotic woods as available. Much time and care is given to each instrument to insure the best tone and projection ...
Paul Fischer, maker of fine classical guitars:
Fine instruments are a pleasure to play, a joy to behold….. there can be few appreciating assets which can give such pleasure both for the present and for future generations.
Beginning his instrument making career in 1956, Paul Fischer has remained true to his art and is now the most famous British living classical guitar maker. He is widely acknowledged throughout the world as one of the finest exponents of the craft of the luthier. Born on the Isle of Man but brought up in the city of Oxford, it was here that he began his career under the tutelage of the renowned harpsichord maker Robert Goble, making instruments within the finest European tradition. Further study at the Oxford College of Art and Technology completed his training. Making harpsichords, spinets and clavichords gave him an added perspective and fresh thoughts on the quality of craftsmanship and value of the history of instrument making ...
Kinscherff Guitars: My journey into the life of a guitarmaker was the result of a natural progression. I started playing guitar in 1967. Being the curious person I am it wasn't long before I was experimenting with pawnshop wrecks. I actually made my first guitars in 1978, an electric and a dreadnought. I found gainful employment at the then-fledgling Taylor Guitars and worked there for a couple of years.
In the early eighties I moved back to my native Texas, repairing and building instruments in Dallas. Wanderlust struck in 1986 and I decided to go on a walkabout. After about a year and a half of adventures that included travel in Europe , N. Africa, India and Nepal, I returned to the US and again found work at Taylor.
By 1990 I was ready to move back to Texas, this time the capital, Austin. It was there that I made the first acoustic guitars under the Kinscherff name, and designed the models I now offer ...