Alberico Guitars: The first thing you will notice about my guitars is their simple beauty. I identify very strongly with the Arts & Crafts architectural and design movement of the early 1900’s, which was a reaction to the growing use of machines to produce cheap copies of elaborate Victorian designs. Too often today, the term "handmade" is... >>read more
Avalon is a new name in guitars but one with an established history and quality heritage. The company that now bears the name Avalon Guitars came into being in the 1980s as the Lowden Guitar Company. Through the years, the company’s reputation for producing the very highest quality acoustic guitars was widely acknowledged, although production... >>read more
Nick Benjamin steelstring acoustic guitar maker, Lewes, UK.
Unlike the majority of 'handmade' guitars my instruments are genuinely made in small numbers, by hand, each unique and the majority built to order with a full consultation, to meet the customer's exact requirements for tone and feel. I work alone in a small workshop in... >>read more
What exactly is a Carl Thompson bass? It is the Stradivarius of the electric bass guitar. Carl Thompson has been building basses since 1974 at the rate of about ten or so every year. He has made instruments for such greats as Anthony Jackson, Stanley Clarke and Les Claypool, as well as created the first electric 6-string bass and the first... >>read more
Introduction to guitar builder Sheldon Schwartz's website. When I was in high school back in the 70s, I set up my Strat with the tremolo down on the body to keep it from going out of tune so much (this is done all the time these days). This threw the Clampingintonation off, and not knowing how to fix it myself, I took my guitar to the local... >>read more