Richard Allan Brooks Classical Guitars, hand crafted in the spanish tradition.
Chris Gillette plays his Brooks Custom Cut Away, specially designed for him by Richard Brooks, on his most recent album, "Forward By Faith".
"Live and in the studio, Richard Brooks Guitars are wonderful to play and pleasing to listen to. If you make your living playing a guitar, play a Brooks." Chris Gillette, guitarist and Director of Music at Hope University, has used Brooks guitars since 2001.
Hand-Crafted Classical Guitars by Paul Jacobson, Luthier.
At The Guitar Workshop I produce about a dozen classical guitars each year. I also do repair work on almost all kinds of fretted instruments and customizing, particularly upgrading classical guitars to improve intonation. I do all the work myself...no apprentices. My guitars are sold around the world both direct from my workshop and by dealers in the U. S. and abroad.
If you've visited this webSite in the past (or even if you haven't), you may want to check the News page first. That's where I post changes and additions to the site. I also put most anything else there that I consider newsworthy for fellow friends of the guitar. If I'm planning to attend an upcoming guitar event, I'll make that known on this page...perhaps we'll bump up against each other.
Most of the customizing work I do on classical guitars is in the area of intonation, which is a special interest of mine. Almost any otherwise well-made guitar can be made to play in tune, even though most of them do not. There's a special Intonation Upgrades page on this if you'd like to find out more ...
Jean Larrivée first became interested in the guitar as a teenager, trying to play Duane Eddy licks on an $18 guitar. At twenty, with no other musical training in his background, he made the decision to take up a serious study of classic guitar. Four years into this study, he was introduced to German classical guitar builder Edgar Mönch, who was then working in Toronto. Jean expressed interest in learning how to build, Mönch invited him to visit his shop, and so began an apprenticeship.
Jean built his first two guitars under Mönch's tutelage before setting up a workshop in his home, where he continued to build and study. The energy which had fueled nightly five hour practice sessions was now directed toward learning to construct instruments. He had found his life's work.
From 1968 to 1970, Jean continued building classic guitars in his home shop before moving into his first commercial space, the second floor of a theater. His work brought him into contact with many people involved with Toronto's thriving folk music community. At their urging, Jean built his first steel string guitar in 1971 ...
Luthería Naty, es el nombre del taller del maestro Luthier Juan Carlos Moraga Alvarez, está ubicado en Valdivia, hermosa ciudad localizada en el sur de Chile. Los instrumentos del taller poseen gran belleza y una manufactura impecable lo que les hace muy cotizados y reconocibles por su particular diseño. Luthería Naty les da la bienvenida a su portal esperando que encuentren lo necesario para la elección de un instrumento que le acompañe el resto de su vida.