Rockett Guitars: Tony is a renowned guitar maker specializing in quality custom made guitars allongb with all repairs, set-ups and restorations of many stringed instruments.
Tony Specializes in quality hand made guitars and has worked for clients across the south and beyond for some 14 years.
His wealth of experience and knowledge means he can create a truly
"custom" guitar for you that will be one of a kind.
Custom Guitar Making, Set ups, Re-frets Reconditioning & Restoration.
Tony uses only top quality materials for his work, the best machine heads,
high quality hard woods and quality components to specification.
So if your looking for a new guitar or your baby is needing some TLC then talk to Tony. Check out some of his projects ...
Earl S Marsh, classical guitar maker, with respect to Torres, Hauser, Romanillos.
A great deal of consideration has been given to the construction methods and design styles used by Torres, Hauser and Romanillos in the making of my guitars.
Each guitar is individual in its own right yet each imparts the specific character, quality of sound, craftsmanship and ease of playing recognised in all Earl S Marsh guitars.
Only the best in materials selection for guitar construction is acceptable in order to attain all of the qualities expected of a fine concert guitar.
The ingredients used for the mix I suppose can be said to be pretty much the same across a very wide range of guitar makers all over the world. But the guitar with that little extra comes from the maker with good hands, good eyes, good ears and that extra special added ingredient: 'Passion'.
This is what makes Earl S Marsh instruments worthy of the title 'Concert Guitars', and provides for purity and clarity of tone, together with excellent balance and projection.
My preferred choice of wood for the ribs and the backs of my guitars is Indian rosewood but I have used other woods such as English walnut, Myrtle, Jaguar ear, Maple and Arpuda. My preference for the soundboard is the best European spruce. I source this from the Swiss/Italian Alps and only the tightest grained spruce is used for the strutting and bracing. On occasion I also use the best quality Western red cedar with either cedar strutting or spruce strutting ...
Theo Scharpach, Luthier: After having worked on my own for almost 23 years, I decided that it became time to find a partner to pass on the knowledge. I was quite lucky to find Menno Bos interested in working together with me. I knew he had been making guitars for eight years (some fine historical instruments showing his craftsmanship) and moreover, he graduated as a guitar-teacher as well.
It turned out that we were able to share our style of guitar-making and for one and a half year Menno has been making Scharpach Guitars together with me.
Theo Scharpach:
I was born near Vienna, Austria in 1955.
I have been making guitars for almost 25 years. Now the workshop is in Bergeyk, the Netherlands.
I followed training in the fine art of wood handcrafting.
After that I also graduated as an antique furniture restorer.
The guitar-shop opened in 1976.
Menno Bos:
Growing up among church organ and choral singing like I did, the guitar is not the most obvious instrument you would expect I was attracted to. It took until I was about 16 years old before I got touched by the sounds of the classical guitar.
The fascination is probably due to the intimate character and the innumerable possibilities of sound colours this instrument has.
Classical concert guitar,
Archtop,
Dolphin Concert Jazz,
Dolphin Steel,
Jumbo,
SKD Steve Howe,
Grand Dad (12-string),
Grand Orchestre (8-string),
SLAB (longneck 6-string),
Selmer type,
The Arch (nylon),
Teardrop (nylon),
Octave Mandolin,
Hurdy Gurdy
Mighty Fine Music is owned and operated by Ricky Davis and Archie Cox Jr., who are both steel players in their own right. Archie (an architect and musician) and Ricky (a professional steel guitar player) have designed and built the SS HAWAIIAN, inspired by the famous Fender Stringmaster steel guitar.
Ricky Davis is best known as the steel guitar player for Dale Watson, and as a rising star in his own right among steel guitar players. Ricky grew up listening to the music of Ray Price, Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Bob Wills, but had no real interest in becoming a musician until one day in the early 1980s when he heard Ricky Skaggs' "Cryin' my heart out over you" on the radio. It was the outspoken steel guitar of Bruce Bouton that sold Ricky on learning to play steel guitar ...