Luthier interview
Nigel Forster. Interview. Video.
Friday, October 10th, 2008Nigel Forster | 2008 | Luthier Interview |
Nigel Forster is best known for being Stefan Sobell’s apprentice from 1988-1990 and from 1992-2003 but he’s recently gone solo and was been steadily building with his own distinct style and sensibilities. I’ve always known Nigel to focus on quality and sound and his candor is refreshing [...]
Mario Proulx. Interview.
Friday, August 15th, 2008Mario Proulx | 2008 | Luthier Interview | “Canadian Bluegrass”
Mario Proulx is one of the best kept secrets in bluegrass guitars. The Canadian builds guitars out of his Ontario workshop which many describe was having “a real whomp to them”. They are possibly one of the most powerful guitars I have experienced. Mario builds a [...]
Uchida Guitars. Profile.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008UCHIDA GUITARS | 2008 | Mitsuhiro ‘Micky’ Uchida
Uchida-san is one of the most humble builders I have never encountered and yet his guitars are unbelievably spectacular. I managed to speak to him earlier this year when he very kindly filled me in on his biography and current work. My recorder wasn’t working on that day [...]
Lynn Dudenbostel Guitars.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Lynn Dudenbostel | 2008 | Luthier Interview
Lynn Dudenbostel makes some of the finest mandolins and flattop guitars in the vintage style. Even in this period of great talent & technique in lutherie, Lynn’s work stands out from the crowd. Close attention to detail and a relentless pursuit of vintage tone has both flatpickers and fingerpickers [...]
Laurent Brondel Guitars
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008LAURENT BRONDEL | 2008 | Luthier Interview |
Laurent Brondel is a French native who is currently building high quality, fingerstyle flattops in Maine. Although his aesthetics have clearly been influenced by Stefan Sobell, his tone is entirely unique, combining the seperation and clear mids of the Sobells with traditional Martin dynamics and responsiveness. Laurent builds [...]
Kathy Wingert Guitars.
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Kathy Wingert | Luthier Interview | 2 0 0 7
I met Kathy at a UK meet organised by RMMGA members and was lucky enough to play one of Kathy Wingert’s guitars, even luckier to meet Kathy and pester her with a few questions after the meet. Kathy builds a particularly elegant guitar- in terms of [...]
Alan Dunwell Guitars.
Friday, June 13th, 2008A L A N | D U N W E L L | 2 0 0 6.
Luthier Interview
I initially met Alan at a guitar meet in the UK where he displayed some stunning guitars, with a clean aesthetic and a very lively tone- certainly one of the livelist guitars I ever played was a Dunwell!
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