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ToneSmith Guitars, located near Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a premiere builder of hand-crafted electric guitars and bass guitars.custom guitars, ToneSmith, ToneSmith guitars, guitars, bass guitars, electric guitars, custom, minnesota, minneapolis, rogers, custom inlays, fretboard inlays, Kevin Smith
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Jaros Guitars is the father and son team of Harry and Jim Jaros of Rochester, Pennsylvania. When the senior Jaros retired from his job as a machine repairman for Westinghouse in 1987, he was finally able to give full attention to his lifelong avocation of woodworking. "I've been playing around with wood since I was a child," says the 80-year old craftsman. "I took industrial arts in junior high school and was hooked from then on. I served in the Air Force through World War II. Soon after getting out in 1948, I went to work for Westinghouse, starting out in their box factory making crates. I was about 24 years old. Like Jim with the guitars, I was always making something in my spare time, too. Nothing big, but I always built my own stuff. I built kitchen cabinets as a side job for a number of years, but eventually the pre-fabricated stuff became too much competition, so I quit."
We asked Mary Jaros how her husband liked this new kind of woodworking compared to the cabinet work he'd been doing for years: "I'd say he loves it," said Mary, "he really enjoys it. Oh, sometimes, they have to hurry too much and it sort of takes a little of the fun out of it for him, but it comes with the job, I guess. He gets over it, because people like their guitars so much." Harry was brought out of his "retirement" in the winter of 1995. At his son Jim's urging, he agreed to give guitar-making a try--if Jim would join him and develop his woodworking skills, too. Soon the two men were producing a veritable line of professional-quality guitars as fast as they could find enough curly and spalted maple for the highly-figured tops.
"Actually," said Jim, "Dad had wanted a project we could work on together, and since I'm a guitar player, it seemed that building a guitar was a natural. Dad never makes just one of anything, though, so we built four guitars right from the start. Thanks to him, even those first guitars were good. Only a year later, the summer of '96, we were displaying at our first N.A.M.M. (National Association of Musical Merchants) show in Nashville, Tennessee. That's where we met Pam Webster and a bunch of the Stew-Mac crew (Pam's a member of the Stew-Mac purchasing department). We've also gone to a number of vintage shows, such as Arlington, the Fall Philadelphia show, and the Columbus Guitar Show. Now I wish I'd done more woodworking as a kid, because although I grew up around a woodshop, I'll never be as good as my dad. He knows things I never will" ...
We asked Mary Jaros how her husband liked this new kind of woodworking compared to the cabinet work he'd been doing for years: "I'd say he loves it," said Mary, "he really enjoys it. Oh, sometimes, they have to hurry too much and it sort of takes a little of the fun out of it for him, but it comes with the job, I guess. He gets over it, because people like their guitars so much." Harry was brought out of his "retirement" in the winter of 1995. At his son Jim's urging, he agreed to give guitar-making a try--if Jim would join him and develop his woodworking skills, too. Soon the two men were producing a veritable line of professional-quality guitars as fast as they could find enough curly and spalted maple for the highly-figured tops.
"Actually," said Jim, "Dad had wanted a project we could work on together, and since I'm a guitar player, it seemed that building a guitar was a natural. Dad never makes just one of anything, though, so we built four guitars right from the start. Thanks to him, even those first guitars were good. Only a year later, the summer of '96, we were displaying at our first N.A.M.M. (National Association of Musical Merchants) show in Nashville, Tennessee. That's where we met Pam Webster and a bunch of the Stew-Mac crew (Pam's a member of the Stew-Mac purchasing department). We've also gone to a number of vintage shows, such as Arlington, the Fall Philadelphia show, and the Columbus Guitar Show. Now I wish I'd done more woodworking as a kid, because although I grew up around a woodshop, I'll never be as good as my dad. He knows things I never will" ...
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Hirsch Guitars: Custom handmade acoustic guitars and mandolins by Will Hirsch.
I’ve been building fine stringed instruments for about three decades. My passion is in crafting unique acoustic guitars and mandolins. My clients range from a woman in this town who plays in the local coffee houses, to a web designer in Kochi, Japan, to Keb’ Mo’, a multi Grammy award winner who’s performed all over the world ...
I’ve been building fine stringed instruments for about three decades. My passion is in crafting unique acoustic guitars and mandolins. My clients range from a woman in this town who plays in the local coffee houses, to a web designer in Kochi, Japan, to Keb’ Mo’, a multi Grammy award winner who’s performed all over the world ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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