Stephen Owsley Smith builds top-quality bouzoukis, octave
mandolins & guitars with the celtic musician in mind.
Dear Musician,
Howdy! Here I am in northern New Mexico building instruments and taking some time out to let you know about them. Maybe you saw one, got my name and contacted me, maybe I saw you playing somewhere and got your address on my mailing list, maybe you found out about me on the internet: however the connection was made, I hope this will be an appropriate response. These pictures are representative of my mandolin family instruments, including mandolins, mandolas, octave mandolins, Irish bouzoukis, and mandocellos. Most of my customers for these instruments play Celtic, eclectic or non-categorical musical styles. Bluegrass purists should be warned that my mandolins don’t have the categorically-correct bluegrass sound: I’m not interested in building an instrument that "barks", I’d rather build instruments that sing, cry, and occasionally howl at the moon ...
Phillips guitars: Guitars and Guitar Repair.
"All of my instruments are designed from the inside out, they are not only great looking and
playing instruments, but beautiful sounding with exceptional value made to last a lifetime."
Enjoy ! Kraig Phillips
Carefully designed and crafted custom made acoustic guitars are offered by Canadian luthier Philip Ramer of Boreal Guitars, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Our custom made acoustic guitars are hand built to your individual specifications. As a starting point, we offer a line of acoustic guitars from which we create custom made guitars for our clients. All acoustic guitars in the Boreal Guitars line feature Sitka Spruce soundboards, Honduran Mahogany back and sides, and Indian Rosewood fingerboards and bridges. You may add features, from custom inlay work to unique wood choices, to match your individual playing style and taste ...
Boreal Guitars are custom built with the finest woods available. Almost any combination of wood is available; from the most exotic imports to domestic hardwoods and softwoods. We help you select the best wood available for your custom made guitar's bindings. Careful wood selection can enhance your custom acoustic guitar's sound and appearance ...
Graal Liuteria Artigiana Alessandria - Costruzione, riparazione e restauro chitarre classiche. - Handmade classical guitars and repair.
- Costruzione, customizzazione e riparazione strumenti a corda elettrici e folk. - Handmade electric and folk guitars, repair and customize.
What characterizes his classical guitar models, besides the timbre's features, is the technical and structural innovations, which however don't alter the classical nature of the instruments. Thanks to that, both national and international experts in different fields (teaching, composition and execution) expressed absolute appreciation to his work.
Hans van Löben Sels is a maker of fine handmade guitars, working in the Netherlands. He opened his workshop in Amersfoort in 1986 and has sold instruments to guitarists in Holland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Italy, France, Israel, USA and Korea.
All instruments are entirely made by hand, one or two at a time, from the best materials to be found, with all the attention a fine instrument needs.