Julian Mullen Guitars: Handcrafted instruments, repairs and restoration.
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Whether your guitar is in need of a set up or a complete rebuild you've come to the right place. New top nuts, electrical repairs, refrets and custom work, it's all here.
Reproduction parts for vintage guitars, full fitting service available for these quality parts.
electric guitar lovers . The Kronodale guitar is a totally different concept: new design, enhanced playability, superior tone. With his innovative 3-dimensionnal opened body-shape, the Kronodale Recycled G guitar is capable of producing screaming lead guitar tones and metallic rhythm guitar sound that can be found in every genre and playing environment.
When Juan Luis Cayuela was thirteen years old, he started to help his father at the workshop and he began to learn the profession of Luthier. Since that moment he never stopped his investigations and studies about the flamenco guitar and the classic guitar, putting into practice all the experience acquired in his music studies at the music conservatoire, such as tones, sound waves, tuning, etc.
As guitarrist and luthier, he has achieved beauty in the finish of his guitars, comfort for the guitarrist when he´s playing and a high sonority due to the selection of the materials and the drying of them ...
Born in Windsor, Ontario, and growing up next to the large musical centre of Detroit, I early on developed an eclectic taste in music.
I began playing guitar at the age of ten, and progressed through many musical styles from folk through the British invasion, and finally as a blues rock guitarist in my early twenties.
In 1974, two things occurred that changed my life. I decided that I didn’t want to make a living at music, and I met the Canadian guitar maker Jean Larriveé.
Inspired by the beauty of the instrument, I decided to dive headlong into the world of luthiery.
Struggling at first by trial and error, I managed to stick with it, and now realize that I couldn’t have made a more rewarding career choice.
... when I opened my first shop in Ottawa, Ontario, it has been my passion to understand the mystery and intricacies of building the perfect acoustic guitar. Each instrument is hand made using only the finest tonewods and the accumulated skills that only years of experience can bring. Every guitar is a challenge filled with variances and nuance. It is for this reason that I work alone, carefully ensuring the highest standards throughout every step of the way.
Moustache guitars: Manufacturer of Selmer and Maccaferri acoustic guitars. Original models with spruce top, laminated sides and backs, walnut neck, ebony fingerboard and bridge.
Coming from a family of musicians I started building guitars after a decade of woordworking. Now, after 7 years, my instruments have the quality I aim for.