Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Joe Till. I build these guitars in Westlake Village, California.
In the near future this site will tell you all you'll ever want to know about me... and then some. It might even mention a thing or two about my guitars.
Have something special in mind? I have several bodies waiting for you to decide on finish, styling, custom abalone inlay and any other option you can think of. If you have a specific design in mind call me today and let's discuss it.
Michael Dolan has been building custom guitars and basses in Sonoma County, California since 1977. A world-reknowned luthier, Michael Dolan hand-builds a limitless variety of stringed instruments. Using only the finest materials and components, Michael Dolan builds directly from the customer's specifications to create exquisite instruments that express the unique personalities of their owners.michael, dolan, custom, guitars, basses, hand made, custom made, luthier, instruments, acoustic, electric, strings, santa rosa, california
A guitar by Treker is a modern classic, each component of a handcrafted Treker guitar perfectly compliments the balance of tone and playability on these fine instruments with uncompromising attention to fit and finish, Treker combines the most advanced guitars and basses technology, features and modern production processes creating instruments of unparalleled beauty and playability. Fine hardwoods used in both the guitar bodies and necks contribute to the visual appearance and tone quality of Treker guitars and basses ...
Luther van Gool: cataloque of hanmade guitars, lutes, vihuela's, katalogus van handgebouwde gitaren, luiten, vihuela's ...
Making - restoring:
Guitars - Lutes - Vihuelas.
John van Gool started his career as guitar maker in 1978 and finished his first guitar in 1979.
His guitars are made by the principles of Antonio Torres, of what he believes give the best result in balance as well as tonal qualities of the guitar.
In 1988 he was able to follow a master class in guitar making with the well known guitar maker José L. Romanillos, which was repeated in 1989 and 1992 in Cordoba, Spain ...
The instruments are characterised by a great volume and a very comfortable playing facility for the left and right hand ...
Fouke Industrial Guitars: Aluminum Industrial Electric Guitars.
All Industrial instruments are hollow bodies, and this (combined with alloy and gauge selection) is what produces their unique tone, and acoustic response ...
Luthier, university lecturer, writer and currently researcher in Microsystems, Trevor Semple is probably best known as a maker of acoustic, flamenco and concert guitars of highly advanced construction.
Since 1985, he has experimented with materials such as carbon-fibre, aluminium and resin-cured honeycombs. With instruments in over eighteen different countries, and customers such as Vladimir Mikulka
and Carlos Bonell, he enjoys a world-wide reputation as one of the finest and most original contemporary luthiers.
This website is rather like life.
It is a journey through a career. It looks back over the past, the history, the experiences, and it also looks forward to the future - that exciting new place that exists only in the imagination. It is partly a reference work for those who have enquiring minds. Finally, it is an acknowledgement of my many customers around the world and a huge "thank you" to them all for their generous enthusiasm for my work over the last twenty-five years. Without them, none of this would have been possible.