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For over fiteen years now, Sylvain Courcelles has been practicing the art of guitar building, and he has also been playing guitar for almost 30 years.
He received formal classical guitar training at the University of Montreal, where he earned a Baccalaureate of Music degree. In his workshop in the north of Montreal, Sylvain individually conceives each instrument individually, but only after much discussion with the player who will ultimately be making music on the instrument.
His customers are involved in all styles of music: Jazz, rock, classical. Clients are from Europe as well as from North America.
Amongst his clientele he includes artists such as, Térez Montcalm, Michael Gauthier, Greg Clayton, David Gauthier, Guy Boisvert , Éric Auclair, Michel Morissette, Zachary Richard, Steve Dumas, Les trois Accords, Simple Plan, Jocelyn Tellier, Martin Roy, Charles Dubé, Michel Pépin, Alain Auger, Donald Meunier, Sylvain Quesnel, Hugo Perreault, Andrew Cowan, Guy Kaye, Carl Bastien, Luc Sicard, Yves Marchand, Stéphane Carreau, Pat Loiselle, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Martin Léon, Colin Perry, Charles Papasoff, Catherine Durand, Joseph Marchand.
To know more about this luthier, you are invited to enter his universe.
Enjoy your visit.
Sylvain Courcelles oeuvre dans le domaine de la lutherie depuis plus de quinze ans, et depuis près de trente ans comme instrumentiste.
Il a acquis une formation en guitare classique à l'Université de Montréal où il a obtenu un baccalauréat. Aujourd'hui, dans son atelier au nord de Montréal, il conçoit chacun de ses instruments dans les règles de l'art, après une longue discussion avec les musiciens qui les feront vibrer !
Sa clientèle vient de tous les styles Jazz, Rock, Classique... et autant d' Amérique du Nord que d'Europe.
Il compte parmis sa clientèle des artistes tel que, Térez Montcalm, Michael Gauthier, Greg Clayton, David Gauthier, Guy Boisvert , Éric Auclair, Michel Morissette, Zachary Richard, Steve Dumas, Les trois Accords, Simple Plan, Jocelyn Tellier, Martin Roy, Charles Dubé, Michel Pépin, Alain Auger, Donald Meunier, Sylvain Quesnel, Hugo Perreault, Andrew Cowan, Guy Kaye, Carl Bastien, Luc Sicard, Yves Marchand, Stéphane Carreau, Pat Loiselle, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Martin Léon, Colin Perry, Charles Papasoff, Catherine Durand, Joseph Marchand.
Pour en savoir plus sur le travail de ce luthier passionné de guitare, je vous invite à entrer dans son univers...
Bonne visite !
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Manuel Contreras, born in Madrid in 1928, entered the guitar making profession from the exalted position of being a much sought after cabinet maker.
It was Jose Ramirez the third who in 1959, and knowing of Contreras’ reputation, invited him to join his guitar workshop. Within three years he had developed his craft sufficiently to set up as an independent guitar maker in Madrid.
Then, in 1962 Contreras set up on his own at number 80 Calle Mayor.
Although Contreras should not be considered as being a luthier opposed to tradition, as his primary model, the 1st Special guitar, is firmly based on the development of the traditionally accepted ideas of construction, his inquisitive character led him to work, from the early 70s, on a number of unusual instruments. A cursory investigation of his work reveals a maker who was much more open than many of his contemporaries to new ideas and developments beyond the traditional style of the classical guitar. An enthusiast for the unconventional.
His first achievement, in this sense, was the design of the model "Double Top", which Contreras presented in 1974, after a number of experiments in order to improve the tone and the volume of the instrument and its capacity to get the sound out of the guitar body. The great reception this model rapidly got in the professional guitar world (the first Double Tops, were closely observed during their process of construction and afterwards used by the four mythical guitarists members of the Romero family) encouraged Contreras to continue with this innovative way of working, far away from the mainstream of classical guitar design ...
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J.C.i. Customized Guitars:
Superb Tone, Comfort, and Playability.
A Custom Made Guitar That Will Set You Apart From All The Rest!
My name is John iliou (a lot of vowels) and I am a twenty-something year old guitar maker. I have been playing the guitar since
the age of 15 and have always loved rock music. I started making guitars as a hobby and as each guitar was completed, I realized
that my guitars sounded just as good, if not better than the overpriced brand-name guitars. My mission was to study all of the brand name guitars, inside and out, and create a better guitar ...
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