• La Patrie is a line of classical guitars produced by the Godin guitar company. The La Patrie series of classical guitars consists of eight models including:...
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  • Rich BassLab Breedlove Guitars C. F. Martin & Company Carl Thompson (luthier) Carvin Corporation Charvel Cort Guitars Daisy Rock Girl Guitars Danelectro...
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    out if using exotic tonewoods in quality guitars was more important than luthier techniques and good design. He built a dreadnought guitar's back and sides...
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    repairable than neck-through, but separating the glue-set joint takes a skilled luthier away from productive duties. The bolt-on style is ideally suited to large-scale...
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    "jazzbox." Archtop guitars were subsequently made by many top American luthiers, notably John D'Angelico of New York and Jimmy D'Aquisto, William Wilkanowski...
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  • 1987, the "Chet Atkins SST". The Godin Multiac is a series of classical electric guitars designed and manufactured by Godin Guitars. Introduced in 1993, the...
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  • Theatre of Early Music. He plays a "viola built in 1789 by the Parisian luthier...Leopold Renaudin. Paull's activities have brought him to the forefront...
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    industry who helped shape the LA studio sound of the 1980s": Renowned luthier and Superstrat pioneer James Tyler passes away, aged 72". Guitar World...
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    guitar, or as a "GK-KIT" intended to be fitted into a guitar body by a luthier or manufacturer. The initial GK-1 had 24 output pins, with a resultantly...
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    are made of polycarbonate materials. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. An acoustic...
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  • In the late 1960s, St. Louis Music's founder, Gene Kornblum, met Master Luthier Kazuo Yairi who produced handmade concert classical guitars in Japan. Together...
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  • 40:1 gearless tuners. M-series guitars and basses, designed by English luthier Roger Giffin. These had a twin-cutaway wooden body and a bolt-on graphite...
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    luthier at Gibson). Some other Samick-built guitars are sold under Squier, Epiphone, Washburn, Hohner, Silvertone, and other brands. American luthier...
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    the neck is no longer compressed and pulled backward). The artist and luthier Irving Sloane pointed out, in his book Steel-String Guitar Construction...
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    multi-instrumentalist and composer Mike Oldfield, who had one custom-built for him by luthier Tony Zemaitis in the mid-1970s and used the bass on a number of his recordings...
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    its size to 60 employees. The year 1968 saw the arrival of the master luthier Mass Hirade, the innovator responsible for massive improvements in design...
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    violin-shaped model is commonly referred to as the "Beatle bass". A German luthier, Karl Höfner (1864–1955), founded the Höfner company in the town of Schönbach...
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    need to build another guitar. These plans were eventually given to guitar luthier Andrew Guyton in around 2004–05. Guyton made some slight modifications...
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  • guitars and electric bass guitars named after its founder, the American luthier Grover Jackson. The company was acquired by Fender in 2002, which manufactures...
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    years of their operation: David Harvey (luthier) Eden of Coronet guitar Jim Triggs (luthier) Lloyd Loar (luthier) List of Gibson players "Gibson History"...
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    Changed the World. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-630-0. "Godin Sponsors NYC Fretless Guitar Festival". gjd.guitaraffair.com. Retrieved...
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    Places since 2018. This building no longer houses manufacturing, instead a luthier store called Guitar Maker's Connection. The current headquarters on Sycamore...
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  • electronics expert who came in from Ampex; Rick Turner, a guitarist turned luthier; and Bob Matthews, a recording engineer.: 35ff  The company took over Pacific...
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  • brand should not be confused with the "T and Joodee" brand by Japanese luthier Shiroh Tsuji. Benedittini, Frankie (April 15, 2019). "Dyna Gakki". Vintage...
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  • skills from Roger Rossmeisl, a German immigrant who brought old-world luthier techniques into the modern electric guitar manufacturing process. One of...
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    American manufacturer of electric and acoustic guitars and basses, founded by luthier Ken Parker in 1993. Parker guitars were distinguished for their characteristic...
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  • Tobias is a brand of bass guitars originally made by luthier Michael Tobias starting in the 1970s, and later bought out by Gibson. Nowadays, Tobias bass...
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    a wood machinist, while Bill was a jazz musician, woodwork teacher and luthier who had for some years operated a custom guitar building and repair business...
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    guitars. Examples of solid-body hybrid guitars include the Ovation VXT, Godin A6 Ultra, Peavey's Generation Custom EXP Quilt Top w/ Piezo Series and Tom...
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    the company's early history but it begins with Travis Bean, a California luthier who was building guitars with aluminum necks. Bean and Gary Kramer started...
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